I was installing the Windows 2003 Resource Kit today, and I ran across these two command line programs that come with it:

cdburn.exe
dvdburn.exe

I started poking around, and I realized they both could be used to burn ISO files from the command line.

For a test, I downloaded a random ISO from MSDN, and gave it a spin:

Sure enough, it burned the ISO to dvd without issue – and actually it seemed faster than most of the GUI programs I have used in the past.

So what do you need to get this to work for yourself?

1. Download and install the Windows 2003 Resource Kit

2. Once you install, go to the command line and get into this folder:

C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools

3. Then, burn your DVD by using DVDBurn.exe, or burn your CD by using CDBurn.exe. Here are the command line options:

DVDBurn.exe {DVD_DRIVE_LETTER} {ISO_FILE_NAME}

CDBurn.exe {CD_DRIVE_LETTER} {ISO_FILE_NAME}

That is all there is to it. Now..what would make this complete is a way to build an ISO from the command line. Anyone know of a free way to do this?