well, here's what i use for each format. CD= CDRwin with CDRwin, click on Extract (the white drive) to make a.BIN and.CUE for your CD games. you can then burn using this program, or, burn using Nero/Alcohol. You can even mount these to Daemon and do a CD > CD copy with your favorite burning software. DVD= Alcohol 120% this handles most images and imo is the best imaging software out there. if youre going to do this yourself then Alcohol 120% is the way to go. first of all, making an image for Alcohol is extremely simple, burning is just as easy. the first thing though that comes to mind when considering using these images, are that they can be mounted onto Daemon for DVD > DVD-R copies. that alone just made it possible to burn these images with your favorite burning software just by simply doing a dvd > dvd copy. even for scene releases which are in.ISO format, Alcohol handles these as well and you should have no problem burning these images as long as Alcohol supports your dvd-r/+r burner.