CDRWIN was a CD/DVD burning software for Microsoft Windows developed by Golden Hawk Technology company.

[1] It progressed from lone wolf Jeff Arnold's hobby to a full-blown recording software that equals the power, performance, and features of many of the programs from the big boys.Once popular, CDRWIN's usage diminished due to the bundling of limited versions of other software packages, such as Nero Burning ROM and Roxio Easy CD Creator, with new computers and optical drives.

[citation needed] The company behind original CDRWIN, Golden Hawk Technology, no longer exists.

[citation needed] People could back up PlayStation games quickly and easily, and soon discovered that its unique cue sheet operations allowed them to alter the TOC for any CD being duplicated provided that the CD writer supported writing invalid TOCs.

This problem was overcome when CDRWIN was released and duplication was made more accessible when Nero Burning ROM was updated to support this type of copying.