data burn

[MikeTee]

Sounds like you have a few different things going on here. First of all, you say your friend's backups work on your Xbox. Have you tried to have your friend backup one of the games you are trying to back up, like Scooby Doo on his equipment and play it on your Box? Maybe you could duplicate whatever he does.

If what he does involves using RecordNow Max, try D/l the latest engine from either Stomp or Sonic Solutions which is PXengine408, that will hopefully recognize your LG drive.

Another thing is you mention default.xvb files, did you mean default.xbe files, which is the Xbox executable? You can patch them with Craxtion, or you can use DVD2Xbox to copy & patch your original game to the Xbox HD.

As for making an iso, I use Qwix 101, it has never failed me. After that, you should have a patched iso ready to burn. Either with RecordNow if PXEngine 480 recognized your drive or any of the above mentioned progs that can burn an iso, ie; Alcohol or possibly Nero.

One last thing, have you ever tried to run the game from your Xbox HD and if so, does it work?

Good luck

Mike T.