CyberLink Power2Go Essential 9

Backup and keep all of your data safe with this complete CD/DVD burning tool for Windows.

Everything is about data. Your entire computing experience is about your data – pictures, movies, music. Your data, your memories are irreplaceable; and keeping it and them safe should be your primary concern when it comes to your computer. This is why I'm really grateful for applications like CyberLink Power2Go Essential. It’s an optical disc burning tool for Windows. It can keep your data and memories safe and you can have a good time using it, too.

CyberLink Power2Go Essential allows you to safeguard your data, copy DVDs and burn everything in sight to optical media. You can use it with its new System Recovery tools and you can make use of over 5000 free DVD menus from its online resources at DirectorZone.com. These powerful templates allow you to create professional styled CD's and DVDs, and to safeguard YOUR valuable data.

CyberLink Power2Go Essential is a complete burning tool. With it you can burn data, rip music, copy discs, create photo and video discs on Blu-ray, BDXL, DVDs as well as CDs. If you have access to disc images, *.ISO files, you can also mount that disc image file as a virtual drive and access it like a real disc drive on your PC. You can rip and copy your music from your favorite CDs or extract a soundtrack from your videos. CyberLink Power2Go Essential's precision audio editing tools, featuring its Wave Editor 2, provide you with a high-grade precision waveform editor for that perfect professional touch.

If digital photos are your bag, then you're going to love CyberLink Power2Go Essential. You can use it to showcase your photos as interactive slideshows in their original image quality. You can create professional quality DVDs with customized DVD menus and can download free, unlimited menu templates from DirectorZone.com.

If your PC didn't come with System Recovery Discs, don't worry. CyberLink Power2Go Essential can save your bacon in the event of a catastrophic system failure. Its backup and recovery tool helps save your data from unforeseen events, such as system crashes. It also supports government strength, 256-bit encryption. Its added password reminder also gives your data extra security.

Pros: Creates system recovery discs, professional styled DVD menus, interactive slide shows with HD support

Cons: Advanced hardware, as well as a large amount of RAM, will likely be required to avoid a hefty performance hit when the application runs or burns discs.

Conclusion: CyberLink Power2Go Essential is an awesome application. It satisfies just about every type of optical disc management, burning or mounting need and does it with an elegant interface. However, users should understand that applications of this type usually require power CPU/GPU combinations in order to complete tasks in a timely manner. You'll also want to make sure you have as much RAM as your PC can handle and/or you can afford in order to avoid having your PC swap data to your hard drive.