| There is a right way and a wrong way to copy | | | | permitted to backup their Xbox games for their |
| Xbox 360 games. The wrong way is to attempt | | | | own use. What's illegal is copying them for sale to |
| to make a copy using your traditional DVD | | | | others. That's counterfeiting, and it is most |
| burning software. It simply won't happen. Those | | | | definitely against the law. So relax. You can |
| older copying applications cannot bypass the Xbox | | | | backup your own Xbox game disks without |
| game's copy protection scheme. So, you may | | | | worrying about spending time in the "Big House." |
| ask, "How do I copy Xbox 360 games the right | | | | One word of advice; use good high quality DVD |
| way?" Easy; you acquire one of the many | | | | blank disks. You are backing up an expensive |
| software applications that were designed | | | | entertainment investment, and should do so on |
| specifically to read, copy, and burn Xbox 360 | | | | quality media. The difference in cost between low |
| games. | | | | quality and high quality DVD blanks is small. Get |
| When Xbox games first became popular, knowing | | | | the good media, and start protecting your |
| how to copy Xbox 360 games was no simple | | | | valuable Xbox 360 games following the steps |
| skill. Before this special software came onto the | | | | shown below. |
| market, gamers had to physically modify their | | | | 1. Install the Xbox game burning software onto |
| Xbox game consoles by soldering a modulation | | | | your computer, and start up the application. |
| chip, mod chip for short, onto their motherboards, | | | | 2. Insert your original Xbox 360 game disk into |
| at the risk of damaging their consoles. Even with | | | | the DVD drive. |
| this modification, copying Xbox games was a | | | | 3. Follow the onscreen instructions for copying the |
| complicated process of ripping the original game | | | | Xbox files to your computer hard drive. |
| files onto the computer hard drive, and then | | | | 4. When prompted, remove the game disk and |
| burning the files from the hard drive onto a DVD | | | | insert the DVD blank disk. |
| blank disk. The backup copies were often not as | | | | 5. Follow the onscreen instructions for copying the |
| pristine as the originals, and often worked poorly | | | | Xbox files from your computer hard drive to the |
| or stopped working at all after a few plays. | | | | DVD blank disk. |
| Certainly not a reliable way to backup expensive | | | | 6. When the onscreen display indicates that the |
| Xbox games. | | | | process is completed, remove the DVD disk. |
| But that was the old days. Now the copying task | | | | This entire operation should take no more than |
| is straightforward and fast, and you needn't be a | | | | twenty minutes. Because the copying process |
| computer geek with a soldering iron to pull it off. | | | | uses so much of the computer's capability, don't |
| All you need is a fast computer, a DVD burner | | | | try to multitask when copying. Let your computer |
| that reads dual layer, some DVD blank disks, and | | | | be dedicated solely to the copying process. |
| your copy of the Xbox 360 game copying | | | | Now you've seen how easy it is to make a copy |
| software. | | | | of your Xbox 360 games. You've become an |
| This is the point in the process where some | | | | expert. From now on when someone asks you, |
| gamers nervously ask, "Can I copy Xbox 360 | | | | "How do I copy Xbox 360 games?" you'll have all |
| games legally?" What's being recommended here | | | | the answers. |
| is perfectly legal. Xbox 360 game owners are | | | | |