Do I need HDD Loader to backup games?

[Tango87]

Well I looked at the sticky's and searched xbox-scene but I really have not found a clear cut answer to my question... I just wanted to know if I need to dump my game on my XBOX Hard drive before I can do a Databurn? Or can I just put the game in the XBOX and it will read it? I networked my XBOx to my computer and then put in a game but the game did not show up in the D: folder. Please help me out! I am trying real hard to learn all this basic stuff, I almost did a backflip when I finally got FlashFXP to work. Thanks in advance guys.

Tango87