Hi there,

This is my 1st post but i have used this forum for a while. I have recently purchased all the gear i need to backup my 360 games but for some reason i keep cranking out coasters (6 so far and getting expensive). Can anyone help me please to set me on the right track.

My equipment is the following:

Modded Xbox360 with Samsung Drive
Windows Vista
Samsung SH-D162C with Kreon .81 firmware
LG GSA-H42N duel layer burner
Schtrom 360Xtract 3.1
CloneCD 5.3.0.1
TDK 8.5GB 2.4 speed Duel Layer Discs

I have left all of the settings standard on all programs. I have read a lot of forums and cant seem to sort the problem.

Please help me!!!!

Billinblue

Are you burning your discs with the required layer break?

hi jacksback, what do i have to do to set the layer break. i havent messed with any of the settings so was hoping the programs would do it for me? what do i have to change? clonecd or schtrom?

i find even using xbox backup creator and other programs i just keep on cranking out coasters. there must be something simple wrong. please help.

i use clonecd... with two files. one is the .dvd containing the layer break and the other is the image file itself.

open the program and you'll be presented with the four icons in a small rectangular box... click the second image("write from image file") so then another window pops up ("copy from image file to cd writer"), click the browse button and browse for the .dvd file which contains the layer break. the empty box on the side will fill up with some info, then click "next" at the bottom and burn

first moved in the backup section, it will be better.

for the time being run you samsung at 12x (fast speed), hoping it is not version B .

Burn using IMGburn called by xbcreator, this way you are sure that all the right parameters are passed.
( Tutorial: XBCreator & Imgburn )
you backup files are they passing the stealth test (image tool) in XBCr 2.5.

can you run a verification on one of your burn? ( How to verify a burn )

also try to get some verbatim.

if it does not work, you need to know where is the problem, find a friend that has a working setup. Bring your original and backup to test them on his X360. Bring one of his known working original and corresponding backup and test it on your x360. It will tell you if the problem is the DVD your are producing or your X360 Drive.

will start from there,

-soso

thanks mate, i will try all that now and see how i go. so far i have been using tdk discs as all my other backups that a mate has done work fine. thanks again

HELLO AGAIN. COASTER NUMBER 7.... OUCH.

I extracted the image using XBC 2.5 build 0230 which seemed fine. Then downloaded and burnt the image using ImgBurn 2.3.2.0. but unfortunately it failed again.





here is the burning log.

I 14:22:26 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started!
I 14:22:26 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (6.0, Build 6000)
I 14:22:26 Total Physical Memory: 1,047,232 KB - Available: 509,508 KB
I 14:22:26 Initialising SPTI...
I 14:22:26 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 14:22:39 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD±RW/RAM!
I 14:24:07 Operation Started!
I 14:24:07 Source Device: [1:1:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H42N RL00 (F:) (ATA)
I 14:24:07 Source Media Type: DVD+R DL (Book Type: DVD+R DL) (Disc ID: RITEK-D01-01) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)
I 14:24:07 Image File: C:\Users\Wilbur\Desktop\xbox\battlefield\BF2.dvd
I 14:24:07 Image File Sectors: 3,697,696 (MODE1/2048)
I 14:24:07 Image File Size: 7,572,881,408 bytes
I 14:24:07 Image File Volume Identifier: XBOX360
I 14:24:07 Image File Implementation Identifier: Daikin U.S. Comtec Lab
I 14:24:07 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)
I 14:24:07 Verifying Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 3697695)
I 14:24:07 Verifying Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1913759)
I 14:32:28 Verifying Layer 1... (LBA: 1913760 - 3697695)
I 14:39:53 Device MD5: e9a474ab611c2c732c964ff49ffbce69
I 14:39:53 Image MD5: e9a474ab611c2c732c964ff49ffbce69
I 14:39:53 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:15:46
I 14:39:53 Average Verify Rate: 7,817 KB/s (5.6x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 11,049 KB/s (8.0x)

and the xbc log

Xbox Backup Creator v2.5 Build:0230 By Redline99

Found ODD: TSSTcorp DVD-ROM SH-D162C TS04 at [E]
Additional Info: XB360 KREON V0.81
Found ODD: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H42N RL00 at [F]
Additional Info: 
Nero v7.0.0.0
ImgBurn 2.3.2.0 is available
ImgBurn - The Ultimate Image Burner! by LIGHTNING UK!
Getting media info [E]
Media Type: DVD-ROM
Bytes Used: 6.87 MB (7,206,912 bytes)
Getting media info [F]
Disk Book Type: UNKNOWN
Media Type: DVD+R DL (Blank)
Bytes Available: 7.96 GB (8,547,991,552 bytes)
Starting write process...
Using ImgBurn to write image
Using 'C:\Users\Wilbur\Desktop\xbox\battlefield\BF2.dvd' instead
Mode Parameter = Xbox 360
ImgBurn returned an exit code of 0
Getting media info [F]
Media Type: Not Present
Write completed in 00:39:09
Getting media info [F]
Media Type: DVD+R DL
Bytes Used: 7.05 GB (7,572,881,408 bytes)
Getting media info [F]
Media Type: Not Present

Can someone please have a look at all of that and give me an idea where i am going wrong. I saw the bookmark was showing DVD+R DL but i thought i changed that setting. Where did i go wrong? what settings should i be using?

Thanks

billinblue

I think i can narrow down my problems to my burner... LG H42N. Everytime i change my booktype or bitsettings to DVD-ROM it seems to revert to DVD+R automatically for some reason.

Has anyone else experienced this problem too?

Is there a way of fixing this problem besides throwing the burner out of the window and getting a new one. I have wasted 9 discs now and it would have been cheaper to buy a new burner. Why does the LG do this?

Thanks

Billinblue

still not working. i tried to change the booktype on all of the programs i could but i still seem to burn DVD+R DL format. I have attached a copy of the last disk verify here:

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H42N RL01 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD+R DL

Disc Information:
Status: Complete
Erasable: No
Sessions: 1
Sectors: 3,697,696
Size: 7,572,881,408 bytes
Time: 821:44:46 (MM:SS:FF)

TOC Information:
Session 1...
-> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 3697695)
-> LeadOut (LBA: 3697696)

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Disc ID: RITEK-D01-01
Book Type: DVD+R DL
Part Version: 1
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 2
Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP)
Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,450,783
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 2,110,367

Layer Information:
Layer 0 Sectors: 1,913,760 (51.76%)
Layer 1 Sectors: 1,783,936 (48.24%)

Can anyone point me in the right direction as my 360 wont recognize DVD+R DL and only likes DVD-ROM format.

thanks in advance.

What do you mean by dowloading if you extracted??

what drive do you have in you x360 and which firmware on it?

booktype is not an issue with the latest x360 firmware.

you need to know where is the problem, find a friend that has a working setup. Bring your original and backup to test them on his X360. Bring one of his known working original and corresponding backup and test it on your x360. It will tell you if the problem is the DVD your are producing or your X360 Drive.

-soso

i have the H42N too and its burn good after i burn game only with Xbox Backup Creator
with clone cd it imposibel to burn a game

When you use img burn to burn make sure you have change the layer break setting to 1913760 otherwise no matter what you do the xbox360 will not read the disk.

Greetings! if all else fails, you can force the booktype on your DVD burner using NERO cd-DVD speed. once you burn that app. select EXTRA, then select BIT SETTING. you will then have the option to change the book type to DVD-ROM. so you will to change the new setting to DVD-ROM then click on "set as default" then press the set button... that would force the book type.