Blindwrite Suite


 


Review:
BlindWrite Suite
Version: 4.0.5.40
Reviewer: Hemispasm
Provided by: VSO-Software

Imagine this moment; you're unpacking your brand new 48x CDR drive, plugging it in and installing accompanying burning software. You are so excited … your first burner. And you have thousands of things to burn… You get out the GTA3 game you have just bought yesterday and throw it in the drive. You press that burn button … oh such an excitement!! After a few minutes the excitement turns to be mere disappointment. What a surprise, your backup doesn't work!!

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Trying to get a legal backup of CDs you own nowadays is almost impossible due to the copy protections schemes these CDs implement. Additionally, the burning software that is usually shipped with most cdr drives is usually good for simple tasks such as burning text, images, video files or creating your favorite audio compilation. But when they come up against any form of protected CDs, they just can't do the job '“ unless you call shooting coasters out the window a good day's work. Up to now, it's been a handful of programs that could cope with protected CDs and get the job done. You can now add another performer to this short list, and that's BlindWrite.

Blindwrite and BlindRead



The BlindWrite Suite comprises a set of software tools that can be used to reproduce any CD, even protected ones. It is a product of VSO Software, which is also the developer of CopyToCD. Actually, technically speaking, BlindWrite Suite (BWS) consists of two parts; BlindRead (BR) and BlindWrite (BW). BR is used to make a perfect image of the CD you want to backup, while BW actually burns the CD image to give you a working backup.

Although BR and BW are parts of the same package, they are somewhat separate programs. That's because the image created by BR can also be used with several other programs, while BW, on the other hand, can burn images created by programs other than BR.

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BR currently generates CD images of the following formats:

BlindWrite (recommended format)
- 2 or 3 files will be generated:

  • BWT - The control file
  • BWI - The image file
  • BWS - The Subcode file (not created if Subcode extraction is not selected)

    CDRWIN, FIREBURNER - 2 or 3 files will be generated:

  • CUE - the control file
  • BIN - The image file
  • SUB - The Subcode file (note that Subcode handling is NOT provided in CDRWIN or FIREBURNER)

    ISO with 2352 bytes/sector - 2 files are generated

  • ISO - The image file
  • SUB - The Subcode file

    BlindWrite can burn the following formats:

  • BlindWrite(*.BWI)
  • CDRWIN, FIREBURNER (*.CUE)
  • Wave files (*.WAV)
  • ISO 9960 files

    Although BlindRead and BlindWrite are separate, potentially independent programs, for the purpose of this review they will be considered to be indispensable parts of the same program. Besides, most users will find it makes most sense to use these two together rather than separately.


    Now let's see how the installation goes on the next page


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