Backup Games

[coolhandf]

I think I'm probably going to ask a daft question but I can't find the answer to it, so here goes. Why is it not possible to make a direct copy of a game or any other format? Is it not possible to copy every 1 and 0 on the disk and put it on another disk in exactly the same place?

Cheers

[mitford]

Originally Posted by coolhandf

I think I'm probably going to ask a daft question but I can't find the answer to it, so here goes. Why is it not possible to make a direct copy of a game or any other format? Is it not possible to copy every 1 and 0 on the disk and put it on another disk in exactly the same place?

Cheers

I think it's to do with the machines they use which are very expensive i think they call it stamping or printing discs? but if you had one of these machines you could make exact copys until your hearts content

[Jon007]

its got hidden sectors on it, only the 360 drive can pick them up, if you had a backup of a game you could make a direct copy of that

[blakey_8]

You can make a backup of an original XBox 360 game. You need either a Kreon drive, 0800 drive or any dual layer drive which you can use to rip games using WxRipper.

[Jon007]

Im sure if you used a normal drive you'd have to put in the security sectors, dmi etc manually