First off, let me say. Yes I know there are a tons of threads already on this topic. The reason I have started anew is because each thread has different responses that just are entirely too time consuming and do not answer my specific questions. That being said lets begin:
My rip drive is a TSSTcorp DVD-ROM SH-D162D SB00 at [E] Additional Info: KREON V1.00
I had read that I could use Schtrom360 v 3.2, which doesn't work for me. I get an error message saying "Only XBOX extraction is supported on this drive". So left that alone, downloaded and tried XBC v2.9, which worked fine reading and ripping. Under Read, checked Complete Backup under image style, which gives a lil message to the right that says "This is not a true 1-1 copy of image. See "Read Me" for more details. Clicked start and poof, made the image.. I have a .dvd and a .iso image.
Now the next part is where the threads get confusing. Threads say I should run steath check through ABGX360 v1.0.1 before I burn using IMGburn but others say it's unnecessary. So that is where the process has stopped for me because I don't wanna try what was in one thread and get errors and then have to go read through those other hundreds of threads back and forth.
So, my questions are
1) Can I have responses from people who have successfully completed backups using the methods that I am using.
2) Are there any changes that need to be made in my image creation process in XBC v2.9 i.e., something checked under the image tools, options, etc. tabs
3) Is ABGX360 v1.0.1 necessary, and if so, can I please have layman term instructions on how to use ABGX360 v1.0.1
And thats pretty much it, I have everything else I need. Flashed Hitachi drive, dual layer burner, verbatim disks, even entirely seperate 360 for playing backups. Just need to know if I using XBC correctly and how to use ABGX360 if necessary.
If you're ripping your own games properly, then you would only use abgx360 just to check the ISO, rather than to do any patching/repairing. Your best bet is to download abgx360 (version 1.0.4 though, not 1.0.1) and set autofix to level 0, then run your ISO through the program and post the log in this thread. If there's any problems, people will point you in the right direction.
Ripping games with a Kreon drive is no longer Live safe though, at least potentially. For the games to be Live safe you would either have to patch them with an SSv2, or use a drive with 0800 firmware for ripping games instead of Kreon.
Anyways, I would say the first step is to run one of your ripped ISOs through abgx360 with autofix set to level 0, just to see if there's any major issues with your ripping process.
Thanks for a nice simple answer. I'm not really to worried about Live as I really only play PS3 games online anyway. But this is the the log that I received. Sorry so long but I didn't see where I could save the file
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//\\//\\//\\//\█▀█\█▀█\█▀█/ /\ \ ─┤├─┐│ │//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//
───────────────▀▀▀─▀▀▀─▀▀█──────└─┘└─┘└─┘─v1.0.4───────[http://abgx360.net]────
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Checking for updates to abgx360.dat...
Downloading abgx360.dat
100% [================================>] 851
abgx360.dat was downloaded successfully
C:\Documents and Settings\Johnny Blaze\Desktop\Daddy\To Burn\360\Kane and Lynch
2.dvd is valid
Checking Game
ISO: "C:\Documents and Settings\Johnny Blaze\Desktop\Daddy\To Burn\360\Kane
and Lynch 2.iso"
Size: 7838695424 bytes
Files in ISO: 454, Folders in ISO: 23
Total bytes used: 6297244134 (86.28%)
Game appears to have random padding
Checking default.xex
Original PE Filename: kl2.pe
Original PE Timestamp: 2010/06/18 13:59:23
Game Name: Kane & Lynch 2
Developer: IO Interactive
Publisher: Square Enix Ltd
Genre: Action shooter
No Avatar Awards
Achievements: 50 Achievements totaling 1000 Gamerscore
XEX CRC = 7AC7581C
XEX Media ID: A9000DF36525191078EE439A-6BBBEACA
Region Code: 0xFFFFFFFF
Region Free!
Checking SS
Timestamp of Authoring: 2010/06/21 00:00:00
Timestamp of Mastering: 2010/07/13 19:03:10
SS Version: 1
SS CRC = 92A316A6 (RawSS = 909C1779)
SS Media ID: A9000DF36525191078EE439A-6BBBEACA (matches game)
SS looks valid
Checking PFI
PFI CRC = 05C6C409
PFI matches known data (4th - 7th Wave)
Video partition found
Video CRC = E2FA3A26 (V0 = E0363F4E, V1 = EAE76B94)
Video partition matches known data (6th Wave)
Basic Stealth check passed!
Starting Verification
Looking for 92A316A67AC7581C.ini in the online verified database
Downloading 92A316A67AC7581C.ini
100% [================================>] 351
92A316A67AC7581C.ini was downloaded successfully
Using 92A316A67AC7581C.ini (351 bytes)
Video CRC matches
V0 CRC matches
V1 CRC matches
PFI CRC matches
DMI CRC matches
SS CRC matches
Xex CRC matches
Checking Game CRC... (press Q to cancel)
Percent Elapsed Estimated Time Average Current Errors Total
Done Time Time Left Speed Speed Recovered Retries
100% 2:33 2:33 0:00 45.5 MB/s 54.0 MB/s
AnyDVD style corruption was not detected
Game CRC = E3B83BF9 (matches)
All CRCs match
Verification was successful!
Comparing L1 Video on L0 to L1 Video on L1...
SplitVid is valid
