Just bought my XBOX today after hearing news of the chip.

I was wondering can you do a straight copy of the backups or is the only possibilty downloading the iso and burning from there.

Asking cos i live in Ireland and theres no sign of affordable broadband here yet.
I dont want to have to buy all the games as i have to supply to a few people and would prefer to make the copies myself.

so far no one besides px and riot know how to copy originals

I hope u are happy with the Xbox m8. The games will be ripped by px and riot and then probably put on the Internet as Iso images and then we can download them and burn them like games for Dreamcast ;)

Thanks for the info but i'll rephrase the question.

When i buya backup froma member of the board can i use my PC to copy that backup?
I dont want to have to buy 5 backupsof the same game (in case i scratch 1) if i could buy 1 and copy that myself.

Yes you can do a 1:1 copy of the backups...just like all other backups.

use clone cd to make a 1:1 copy...
works all the time

majority of the games are going to be on dvdr mate
so u will need a dvd burner

bungle123

OT: but new xboxs on ebay are $210 + $25 shipping using Buy It Now feature, hope you didnt pay retail..

yes you can ?
i have a question can you copy a ps2 dvdr copy
like 1:1?

r u sure??? i burned a copy of shrek today on a cdrw just to see the files, but when i pop it back in the pc it doesnt show anything... it basically doesnt read the sectors or something... i read somewhere that the files are unreadable under windows... if this is the case, then you cant do a straight copy unless you get the prog for reading them. again, this is my first burn and i could be completely wrong. just sharing my info

what kinda dvd burner do you think you'll need to burn games do you think it'll work with a Pioneer A03 burner?

No didn't pay retail.

cost me €20 thats twenty.
once off.

and Game Master that what i've heard.
I'd like to hear from someone who has downloaded a game and made a 1:1 copy of it.

You CAN copy a Xbox COPY! It doesn't matter if they are CDR or DVDR. How do I know?........Because I have done it. They are just simple ISO files, CloneCD copies the CD ones fine, and Nero copies the DVD ones fine, so as far as making a backup of a backup, you CAN do that.
It is no where near that for acopy of an original (store bought) game, for that we need to leave the ripping to the experts-for now.

Thanks lads,

I think its time i got myself a DVD burner.

the Pioneer A03 and A04 both burn xbox ISOs without any problem, and you can just use normal ol' Nero to burn them with.

the disks will not show up in the pc drive anyway its a different file system so it will look like theres no information on it