This is a guide to make a full raw dump of your original Xbox 360 games. I didn't use a modified firmware because the existing ones are not public, and they are for only for one or two models of the DVD drive. This procedure uses the hotswap method and a software named wxRipper.

What you need:

-wxRipper - [Only Registered users can see links . Click Here To Register...]

-Xbox 360

-Computer

Ok lets get started.




So let's start with the hotswap method. I think everyone here already knows that the TOC of the original game is a fake one, so you have to load a big DVD (data or movie, more than 8Gb) in your drive. Then stop it (wxRipper has a function to stop it), and then replace the game you want to backup.

Now the DVD drive thinks that you have a big DVD loaded, it lets you access all the Xbox DVD sectors (nearly 4000000). But because your hotswapped DVD is larger than the Xbox DVD, you have to find the difference between the two DVDs, to compensate the shift of the second layer (layer1).

The software has a function to find the shift, it's called 'Hotswap/Find magic number'. To do that, the software uses some 'bench marks' on layer0 and layer1. These bench marks are already known by the software, and stored in a little text file (provided with the software). So for now you have to use a known game to find the magic number. When you have it, you can replace it in the drive with the known game by an unknown one. And if you want the software to add the unknown game to the database, you just have to click on 'Hotswap/Add game to database' and choose a name for the game.

For the moment, the known games are:

Code:
PGR3_PAL
QUAKE4_PAL
QUAKE4_BONUS_PAL
KAMEO_PAL
PDZ_PAL
PDZ_BONUS_PAL
CONDEMNED_PAL
CALL_OF_DUTY_2_PAL
NEED_FOR_SPEED_MOST_WANTED_PAL
FIFA_06_PAL
FINAL_FANTASY_XI_BETA_PAL
So to recapitulate all the procedure:

For a known game:

1 - Select your DVD drive in wxRipper
2 - Load your big hotswap DVD in the DVD drive
3 - Let the drive read the TOC, then stop it with 'Hotswap/Stop drive'
4- Replace the hotswap DVD by the Xbox DVD (without ejecting it of course)
5 - Click on 'Hotswap/Find magic number' and wait until the software gives you the magic number; and add a list of tasks in the main window.
6 - Click on 'File/Start dump', choose a name for the ISO file, and wait...

For an unknown game:

1 - Select your DVD drive in wxRipper

2 - Load your big hotswap DVD in the DVD drive

3 - Let the drive read the TOC, then stop it with 'Hotswap/Stop drive'

4 - Replace the hotswap DVD by a known Xbox DVD

5 - Click on 'Hotswap/Find magic number' - and wait until the software gives you the magic number and add a list of tasks in the main window

6 - Replace the known game by the unknown one

7 - Here you can click on 'Hotswap/Add game to database' to add your game to the known list

8 - Click on 'File/Start dump', choose a name for the ISO file, and wait...