No joke: get Nero 9 for free!

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Geoff Spick11 November 2009, 9:27 PM

Nero's long-lived disc-burning/content-creating/platter-spinning DVD tool has been stripped back, with the latest Lite version available for free.


Back in the day, Nero seemed to come bundled with every CD and then DVD drive you ever brought. Now, it's usually available in a big box in the stores or as a premium download. The latest version, Nero 9 Reloaded celebrates this free spirit by going back to its roots, stripping out a lot of the extra features and providing a back-to-basics data-burning and disc-copying edition for free.

While many PC users will have already switched to open source software like InfraRecorder and others, there is still a large user base happy with the latest version of the product they've used forever and Nero 9 Lite offers a smooth upgrade path to the full version, at a discount price. You also can't miss the very PlayStation3 swish that it is using for its box art and background!


Users of the free version can easily upgrade to the full all-singing, all-dancing version of Nero

While there used to be a free edition of Nero, this replaces and updates and improves on it by being smaller to install, faster and while it still comes with a dreaded search toolbar and the questionable My Nero community, is still very useful, especially for anyone picking up a new Windows 7 or Vista PC and not amused by the lack of proper burning facilities. Note that it requires Microsoft XML 4.0 SP2 to install. Grab a copy of the free version, here.

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AlexF (User):

There's free and there's "free" - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dubious-Tactics-Packaged-into-Free-Nero-9-Lite-126360.shtml

11 November 2009, 10:16 PM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

petert (Senior member):

My laptop runs Windows 7. I downloaded Nero Lite and installed it. It would not run. So, I updated it. It would not run. That's enough for me.

12 November 2009, 9:15 AM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

ywlaw (New user):

Isn't this extremely old news? Anyway, the free version has a watered down interface, which I'm not very fond of. I guess we can't ask for more than the fact that it is functional.

12 November 2009, 10:49 AM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

The Big Baboo (User):

Yea I had Nero 8 installed when I updated a whole bunch of stuff just lately and I'm actually too scared to use it for anything :(

12 November 2009, 12:01 PM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

soloman498 (User):

What are the added extra's that get loaded with free Nero?
About time you updated the site.Crossover was October 2008 and Seashore was July 2006

12 November 2009, 12:40 PM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

The Big Baboo (User):

Quoting soloman498:
Seashore was July 2006 ??????
Seashore???? Is this the place that young bird sells sea-shells by and what does that have to do with burning software ?




12 November 2009, 5:09 PM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Tim01 (New user):

I actually prefer this to the full version. I hated what Nero started to come with.. Media player etc. All I want is a burner, and this provides it. Great stuff.

Oh, and as far as that softpedia post goes, how hard is it to disable the task bar if you use IE? 2 clicks.

12 November 2009, 3:29 PM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

MrRobinson (New user):

I suspect something sinister here as search and scout have not been removed and these were the dark side of Nero. Stick to GPL offerings.

13 November 2009, 9:20 AM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

apt.pupil (Advanced member):

so they say it's "free" as in- you don't pay extortionate prices for half- effort software bundled with a great burning utility(i despise Nero 8 & 9 because of it's MANY media playing utilities i pay for- but never use. winamp and VLC are more than enough for me kthxbai)

i have no problem with UNINSTALLING the ask toolbar once it is installed, i don't see the big issue about that.

13 November 2009, 4:36 PM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Douglas (Regular user):

Quoting apt.pupil:
so they say it's "free" as in- you don't pay extortionate prices for half- effort software bundled with a great burning utility(i despise Nero 8 & 9 because of it's MANY media playing utilities i pay for- but never use. winamp and VLC are more than enough for me kthxbai)

i have no problem with UNINSTALLING the ask toolbar once it is installed, i don't see the big issue about that.


I agree with you there, Apt.pupil. I use Nero for burning, and that's it: WMP and VLC handle all my media, Audacity is my audio editor and Picasa handles images. Nero Lite is a welcome program on my computer: it burns and does a lot better job than Roxio does and a helluva lot better job than Windows in a simple interface. 'Nuff said.

And seriously, it's a toolbar. It takes about thirty seconds to uninstall. If that.

15 November 2009, 12:37 AM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

apt.pupil (Advanced member):

Quoting Douglas:
I agree with you there, Apt.pupil. I use Nero for burning, and that's it: WMP and VLC handle all my media, Audacity is my audio editor and Picasa handles images. Nero Lite is a welcome program on my computer: it burns and does a lot better job than Roxio does and a helluva lot better job than Windows in a simple interface. 'Nuff said.

And seriously, it's a toolbar. It takes about thirty seconds to uninstall. If that.


yes. you remember Nero 8's video player?
it looked ugly, lacked proper codec support, and whenever i started Nero home- it would reclaim file assosiation, which meant everytime i finished burning my compilations- i would have to readjust my file assosiations in the windows control panel. Frustrationware FTL



15 November 2009, 4:52 PM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Human Calculator (Regular user):

Nero 9 for FREE? Sounds good to me!

01 January 2010, 2:26 PM (2 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

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