I am a total newbie to the x-box, and have borrowed a couple of games and was looking at trying to back them up, but i am having problems.
Well not so much problems, simple fact is they don't back up.
using a pioneer 106 and roxio 6
help is indeed needed.
de rascal:beer:

You can't backup games directly in your DVD drive.

Games must be placed in the Xbox DVD drive, and then FTP'ed across to the PC where they can be burnt to disk.

Please read the FAQ here > http://www.cdrom-guide.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=94958 and then checkout www.xbox-scene.com. This will give you all the info you need to get started.