PowerISO

The CD and DVD formats are used today by a lot of people, even though they were released a long time ago. The popularity of these formats is due to the large number of advantages they offer. As such, optical discs are very cheap, they can store a fair amount of data and they can be played using a large variety of devices, like CAR stereos, computers, audio players and so on. But with this popularity also comes a problem, and that's the fact that optical discs can get scratched easily, putting the data stored on them in danger. Even the tiniest scratch can ruin a disc and can make the data stored on it impossible to read.

That's why it's a good idea to back up your CD and DVD collection on the hard disk, so in case disaster strikes, you will have your data in a safe place. Today's modern hard disks are quite large and allow storing tens and even hundreds of CD and DVD images on them. The only problem is to find the right software for the job. A program which allows you to back up any optical disc with ease is PowerISO.

Installing the application is one simple process and using it is also very easy. After installing and running the program, the user will be presented with an intuitive interface, which clearly displays all the features included in the program. Speaking about features, PowerISO allows creating image files from any CD or DVD and even allows creating disc images from scratch, using the user's files and folders stored on the hard disk.

Besides creating images, PowerISO can also burn them to a blank disk, allowing the user to customize the writing speed. There are also a couple of extra features available in the program. One of them is the possibility to rip audio CDs to regular audio files, which can be played using any regular media player. Besides that, the application is able to convert images from a format to another and also to compress an image, for reducing its size and saving hard disk space.