Carbon CD is a freeware alternative to CloneCD and CD Manipulator designed to make backup copies of your music or data CDs.Carbon CD is also an English version of CD Manipulator written by Y. Kanechika in Japanese. Rizonesoft updated the code from Visual Studio 2005 to Visual Studio 2010, cleaned up some code, and added nicer graphics.Carbon CD is portable and ridiculously small at under 2MB. It detects your CDDVD drive and awaits your selection. While the updated icons are cute, they aren't necessarily clear. It might be nice to have text alongside the buttons, but you can mouseover for details. Choices include Read CD to Image File, Write from Image File to CD, Clone CD, Refresh Information, Mastering CD and Image File, Read Tracks from CD, Analyze Sub Channel, and Exit. A log file opens in a sperate window at the bottom.While CD's are slowly becoming a thing of the past, most of us will find the need to rip our CD's to our favorite format. Of course, Carbon CD can also make copies, erase, copy protect, and more. Carbon CD is small, portable, fast, and free. What else do you need?