CD/DVD Software

What would be an easy reliable CD/DVD software? I've heard Nero is good, but
there is a lot of stuff I'll never need and it's pretty expensive. I
basically need it to backup data and photos. I'm now using Sonic RecordNow
which was on the computer when I bought it, but it has gotten very flakey
lately and doesn't work well. I don't have the CD (I never got one) so I
can't even uninstall and reinstall it.

Thanksk.


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