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Schtrom360Xtract V2.1
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Schtrom360Xtract is used to backup Xbox360 and Xbox1 game discs in one step.


Features/Functions
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Version 2.1 Release Date 01.09.2006
- now extracts video.iso, pfi.bin and dmi.bin for xtreme 3.0 style images
- also tested with xtreme V3.2
- single extraction of video.iso, pfi.bin, dmi.bin, ss.bin and game.iso supported
- the extraction can be done from original discs, copied discs and image files
- two whole disc extraction methods:
- xtreme 3.0 style (video.iso, pfi.bin, dmi.bin)
- xtreme 2.0 style (blank.iso, no pfi.bin, no dmi.bin)
- injection of video.iso, pfi.bin, dmi.bin, ss.bin and game.iso to an image
- automatic detection of Xbox1 or Xbox360 game discs depending on the size
- stealth checks added for Xbox1 and Xbox360 copied discs and images by acidflash
- DVD-ROM support for USB SH-D162C by acidflash


Version 2.0 Release Date 10.08.2006
- now also enumerates Samsung TSSTcorp DVD-ROM SH-D162C drive letter
- you must flash with kreon's firmware first
- at the moment there is no full security sector extraction possible with this drive, there
are 69 bytes difference to a "real" security sector from the Xbox360 drive
- extraction of Xbox1 games should now be possible
- be warned, I had no way to test this, so it would be nice if anybody can confirm this works
- if the "game data visible"-function fails, extraction continues
- I never had this problem so some testing would be nice
- now you can also copy defective sectors on discs that for example are scratched
- in my tests I never had any read errors on Xbox360 discs, neither on the SH-D162C nor the
Xbox360 drive
- extraction time is now displayed in the status bar
- image files are named in ascending order from IMAGE1.000 to IMAGE999.000
- you don't have to move the image files if you want to extract another one
- last but not least the extraction speed increases dramatically with this release
- in my tests a complete Xbox360 image was extracted within 15 minutes on the SH-D162C
- many many thanks to blackpanther who helped me a lot on the extraction routine, he's a great
programmer and it's a pleasure for a noob like me to work with such a master of C++!!!


Version 1.0 Release Date 31.07.2006
- enumerates Xbox360 TSSTcorp DVD-ROM TS-H943A drive letter
- creates the CloneCD image desciptor file IMAGE.dvd for the layer break
- creates blank360.iso
- extracts security sector (ss.bin)
- makes game data visible
- extracts dvd sectors (game.iso)
- merges blank360.iso, ss.bin and game.iso to the CloneCD image file IMAGE.000


Hints
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Make sure your Xbox360 TSSTcorp DVD-ROM TS-H943A drive is in xtreme0800 mode.
The Samsung TSSTcorp DVD-ROM SH-D162C drive must be flashed with kreon's firmware.
Otherwise there's no drive letter available and Windows XP can't see the drive.
This program is written for Windows XP SP2 and I think it's the only platform it
will run on at the moment, but with the source included you hopefully can port it
easily.

For me no read errors occurred on Xbox360 discs! On Xbox1 discs the read errors are
corrected for best results.



Additional Steps
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To burn the image do the following:
- set the booktype of your burner from DVD+R DL to DVD-ROM
(you don't need this with xtreme firmware V3.1 and V3.2 on TS-H943A)
- start CloneCD
- insert DVD+R Double Layer disc
- choose image.dvd file
- burn at 2.4x speed
- I have not burned with DVD Decryptor, but I've read you must apply the layer
break manually in this software, there are some good tuts on www.xbox-scene.com


Technical Details
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Changes and error fixes


Version 2.1
- it seems to be the best to use blocks of 16 sectors when reading the discs,
especially for error corrections on Xbox1 discs this works best
- on error every sector of the failed block (2048 Byte * 16 sectors) is read again
before the sector is filled with zeros, this seems to give the similar results as
isobuster
- many functions have been rewritten, now we have functions like MySendCDB to send a
variable length command to the device
- I used a lot more MFC CStrings, cause the code get's more readable than with c style
strcpy and strcat
- MyExtractSectors is a very huge function, cause we can gain a lot of time in comparison
to calling MySendCDB every loop and init all the structs
- the most functions now accept file or device handles, so we don't need to open/close
devices and files all the day
- before the video.iso extraction the cd tray must be ejected and loaded on the original
Xbox drive, this is only necessary if the game data is already visible at video
extraction start
- the pfi.bin and dmi.bin extracted on the original Xbox drive with xtreme 3.0 has
a "four byte left shift" compared to the SH-D162C, so on extraction on the Samsung
drive I implemented this shift, thanks to kreon who helped me with the last 4 missing
bytes on the samsung and c4e for his immediate response in the forums
- differences between an SH-D162C xtreme 3 and an Xbox xtreme 3 image:
- 0xFD8FA00: 69 bytes challenge/response data missing in the security sector of the samsung
- warning: if you compare Xbox1 images extracted on SH-D162C and TS-H943A you get different
results even with isobuster, the SH-D162C seems to have a better error correction and
can read sectors the Ts-H943A can't read
- now I also try to support copied disks, they are checked for valid pfi, dmi and ss data,
first I try to extract the data in the usual way (cdb), if this fails I read the sectors
where the data resides on a copy, thanks for acidflash and Redline99 for help on checking
for valid bytes
- after extraction every file is checked on valid size


Version 2.0
- the CD-ROM enumeration routine has some major bugs, but they only show if you
modify the functions to scan more than one drive, cause of that I deleted the
SCSI inquiry command and took another approach with IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY,
the new function name is MyEnumAllXbox360CDROMs
- added a combo box for better changeablity of supported extraction drives
- added a check box for selecting Xbox1 game extraction mode
- "game data visible function" return value is ignored
- in the function MyExtractXboxImageFromDVD the first unreadable cd sector on the
disc will generate a MessageBox, the user can continue the extraction with errors
- the MyExtractXboxSecuritySector functions now has a Sleep of one second between
sending cdbs, this is for security only, no errors had been reported of a wrong ss
- the extraction routine is now modified for faster reading of sectors


Source Code
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Source Code is not released this time, sorry! Last time there were too many "patched"
versions out and users don't know what version they should download. This also
confuses me. I think the really interested people can figure out what's going on by
looking at the source code of version 1.0 and 2.0.


Special Thanks
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Greets go out to Xboxhacker.net and Xbox-Scene.com and all the other international sites
(spanish, italian, french etc.) for their support.
Many many thanks to blackpanther who helped me a lot on the extraction routine, he's a great programmer and it's a pleasure for a noob like me to work with such a master of C++!!!

My special personal thanks go out to my friend acidflash for changing parts, sending me his
changed code and making suggestions on what can be made better! He tests this tool very
intensive and saved me on getting a buggy release version out! Keep your humor!

Also thanks to MS VS2003 compiler optimization! This nasty option caused three days of error
searching! My personal advice: Turn it off!

Special Thanks to
- blackpanther (master of C++ and testing)
- acidflash (image stealth check implementation, the cool mutex class, testing and support)
- kreon (for his fantastic firmware and immediate answers on my messages, without him the
dmi part on the samsung can't be done by me, he's a great reverser)
- Redline99 (for releasing his source so that others can learn from him, I am really
impressed what you can do with Visual Basic)
- c4e (for making all this possible on the 360 and for his immediate professional response
on my dmi thread in the forum)


Don't get banned!
Kai Schtrom

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Xbox Backup Creator v2.0 Build:0100 by Redline99

Well after months of development, a complete rewrite, lots of lost sleep, way more money than I ever expected and so many bugs I lost count of them all, I present to you, Xbox Backup Creator. The All-In-One solution to your backup needs (provided you do it my way and your hardware is compatible).
XBC for short, sorry Xbox Connect people. I tried to come up with something else. :-)

I fully expect that not every burner out there will be supported. I will do my best to add support for them if I can figure out the problem. It has been hard to diagnose these kinds of issues without having the hardware to test on! A supported list of writers would be nice to compile in the future.



Hardware Requirements:
* Processor: Something within the last 3 years should be fine. I use a P4 3GHz with 1GB Ram
Ram: The application currently used a 20MB write buffer, shouldn't be a problem on current machines.
Drives:
A DVD+R Double Layer burner that supports a Buffer Underrun Technology.
PC DVD Samsung SH-D162C with Kreons modified firmware (PC DVD Drive) (Pre Version .80 of Kreon's Samsung SH-D162C doesn't completely support the Security Sector extraction, but the application will detect the capability when it is available)
Xbox 360 Samsung TS-H943A with Xtreme compatible firmware, v1, v2 or v3.
Xbox 360 Hitachi GDR-3120L with Xtreme compatible firmware with OPA v2.1 (Currently, the Hitachi GRD-3120L is not capable of viewing the game partition without a hardcoded firmware patch. Hopefully someone will create proper support for unlocking)
Xbox One Samsung SDG-605B with Xtreme 605b0800.bin firmware to dump the SS. (This drive is for making backups that run on the Xbox One)

OS Requirements:
* Windows NT platform with NTFS file system (because file sizes are 4+ GB)
* Windows XP SP2 is preferred, Vista has not been tested.
If there is enough interest I may support Win9x by way of creating file sets within FAT32 limits. An ASPI driver will also be required. (ASPI already supported)

Application Use:
It should be pretty straight forward. Read your disk then write it to a blank DVD+R DL.
Since this application is not multi-threaded, please do not disturb it while writing.
After inserting a disk it may take a few seconds for it to be recognized.

Supported Backup Images:
Xtreme style disk images version 1-3. wxRipper(info) support may be added at a later date.
The application will only build version 3 style images. I don't see the need to add the complication of the version 1,2 types. This is because the data is outside the readable LBA range to the Xbox and the older firmwares will just not use the extra DMI and PFI sectors. The Security Sector is in the same position across versions.

Xbox Versions:
* Xbox 360: Xbox 360 disks and Xbox One disks!
* Xbox One: Xbox One disks! (not fully tested, but should work)

Support:
I will do my best to keep current and add requested features, feel free to contact me with ideas, compatibility issues or bug reports. I ask of you to please not use the forums to talk about your adventures in pirating. Specifically the forums at www.xboxhacker.net and www.xbox-scene.com. My personal belief is that making a backup of property you purchased is within your rights. Of course not everyone shares this opinion and you should use common sense and do not distribute or download backup disk images. You can view Microsoft's statement on piracy at the link www.microsoft.com/piracy/default.mspx

Known Issues:
* Writing probably doesn't support all burners
* Sometimes it will not write at the selected writing speed
* May have display issues with some locale settings

Installation:
This application requires the Visual Basic 6 sp6 runtimes, included if you need them. There is also a dependency on MSCOMCTL.OCX, included in the setup package. Hopefully you can just run the exe! Use the Setup Package if you need it.

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