Making Backups of Xbox Games

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Playing xbox on the side of the tourist information centre

can’t remember the name of the game – everlasting something? We played Geometry wars before this, which was so exciting I couldn’t even take a picture.

Making Backups of Xbox Games

Article by Kelly W Parker

Many Xbox 360 owners want to be able to copy there games to have a backup if the original is lost or damaged. Just imagine if you got a new game scratched after only a few tries. It seemed to be a game that you enjoyed and had paid to own it. If you understand how to copy your Xbox 360 games then you’ve got a back up.If something does go wrong or it gets lost or scratched then you’ve got the security of having a same as new backup copy to use and you haven’t lost anything

Just the playing of you video game will tenf to cause disk ware over time. Though you may not realize it, every time you play, it becomes a little used and worn a little. More often, gaming disks can be damaged by getting dropped or scratched. That is why you should always have a backup copy as those types of damages can not be fixed. Scratches also frequently happen due to faulty hardware or mishandled use. Game systems add wear to the disk every time you play it. By duplicating them and making backups, you will never need to buy the same Xbox game again and that saves money.

In order to make a back up copy of your Xbox or Xbox 360 game you will need special softeare as standard software that you might use to copy CDs or DVDs will not work due to the security codes built in to the video games discs. There are special software programs that are designed foe making backup copies of Xbox and Xbox 360 games.

After the software has been installed you want to load your original Xbox game into your PC’s disc drive and start the duplicating process. It then writes all of this information back to a new blank disk which will be recived by your Xbox console as an original and is impossible to tell it has been copied.

This entire process should take only a few minutes and then you have the comfort and security of knowing that you have a “same as new” backup copy of your game to use in case your original game should become damaged or lost.

It is very important that you understand that we are not trying to encourage you to make illegal copies of Xbox games! Our goal is simply to explain that you can make backup copies of the games that you already own to protech your investment. This is totally legal, and it gives you a technique to make sure you have a copy in case something occurs to the original.

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Xbox Games question by Chey: What hardrive do I need to buy to play xbox games on my xbox 360 arcade?
I want to play xbox games on my 360 but I have no clue what hardrive to buy.

Xbox Games best answer:

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just buy a 20gb hard drive you just need it to save memory for saving games, and stuff if you plan to buy games from the game market place then just buy a 60gb (not sure if they come out with those anymore), i got mine at christmas in 2008