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How to Rip / Dump Games

YOU CANNOT PLAY GAMES DIRECTLY FROM THE DISC DRIVE, OR USE AN XBOX ONE/SERIES TO RIP GAMES!

Stock console method

Requirements

  • Xbox 360 console
  • USB storage device that's at least 16GB. You might encounter problems with smaller devices.
  • Velocity

If you want to rip games from disc:

  • Xbox 360 game disc
  • Xbox 360 console with a working disc drive

0. Preparation

Before beginning, you need to check if the USB is formatted:

  1. Go to System.
  2. Select Memory.

  3. Select a device

    If you see an unformatted storage device...
    1. Press to format
    2. Select Yes

    This will erase everything from the drive. Make sure to move the files off of it first!

Once done, return to home by pressing twice.

  1. Go to My Xbox > System Settings. NXE: My Xbox
  2. Select Memory. NXE: System Settings

  3. Select a device

    If you see an unformatted storage device...
    1. Press to format
    2. Select Yes

    This will erase everything from the drive. Make sure to move the files off of it first!

Once done, return to home by pressing twice.

  1. Go to Settings > System. Metro: Settings
  2. Select Storage. Metro: System Settings

  3. Select a device Metro: Unformatted Storage

    If you see an unformatted storage device...
    1. Press to format Format Button
    2. Select Yes Format Device Popup

    This will erase everything from the drive. Make sure to move the files off of it first!

Once done, return to home by pressing twice.

1. Ripping discs

If your game isn't a disc (XBLA, digital, etc.) skip this section.

  1. Go to Settings > System. Metro: System Settings
  2. Select Storage. Metro: Storage

You'll want to change these options to stop game(s) from automatically starting:

Settings > System > Console Settings > Auto-Play > Disable

Settings > System:

Settings > System

Console Settings:

Console Settings

Auto-Play:

Auto-Play

Disable:

Disable

Settings > System > Console Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Startup > Xbox Dashboard

Settings > System:

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Console Settings:

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Startup and Shutdown:

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Startup:

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Xbox Dashboard:

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  1. Go to home on the dashboard
  2. Insert the disc into the drive, and close the tray.
  3. Once the game shows up press (Game Details) with the game selected.
  4. Press the Install button.
    • If you see Delete instead, skip to Section 2.
    • Note: Not all games have the Install option. List of currently known uninstallable games:
      • College Hoops 2k7
      • Minecraft
      • Pocket Bike Racers
      • Sneak King
      • Dead or Alive Xtreme 2
  5. Select the storage device you want to install the game on.
  6. Once it's 100% Completed press to continue, and press to go back to home.

2. Transferring HDD games

If you ripped the game(s) directly to the USB drive, or they're already on the USB drive, you can skip this section.

How to transfer games from the HDD or internal storage
  1. Go to Settings > System. Metro: System
  2. Select Storage. Metro: System Settings
  3. Select your hard drive or internal storage and Press . (Device Options). Storage: Hard Drive
  4. Select Transfer Content. Image
  5. Select your USB storage device. Image
  6. Make sure the games your want to move are selected. Image
  7. Press right, then select Start. Image When it's done you can take the USB drive out of the console.

3. Importing games for use in Ainex

  1. Insert the USB drive into your PC. Go to Content.
  2. Go into 00000#. There will be folders with names consisting of lots of letters and numbers. You should find the game's folder within one of them.
  3. The game will have a name with a bunch of letters and numbers just like the folders, and no file extension.
    • XBLA games will be one file, GOD (disc) games will contain a file, along with a *.data folder with the same name.
    • ContentCache.pkg is irrelevant. Ignore it.
  4. To confirm that it is indeed a game try opening the file in Ainex.
  5. Once you've made sure the file works in Ainex you can rename, or move the folder the game is in for convenience.
    • FOLDER ABOVE, NOT FILE or *.DATA FOLDER!
    • (Optional) If the game crashes you can try extracting the game using Velocity.
    • If the game is extracted you will need to drag default.xex onto Ainex.
    • Some games have multiple .xex files, so if you can't find default.xex or it just doesn't work, try another one.

RGH / JTAG method

Modded consoles can use custom dashboards or other homebrew apps to copy game files from discs to removable storage devices.

1. Copy Files

Use Aurora or Freestyle Dash to copy your game data from the disc to the USB drive.

When it's done, you can take the USB drive out of the console.

2. Importing games for use in Ainex

  1. Insert the USB drive into your PC. Go to Content.
  2. Go into 00000#. There will be folders with names consisting of lots of letters and numbers. You should find the game's folder within one of them.
  3. The game will have a name with a bunch of letters and numbers just like the folders, and no file extension.
    • XBLA games will be one file, GOD (disc) games will contain a file, along with a *.data folder with the same name.
    • ContentCache.pkg is irrelevant. Ignore it.
  4. To confirm that it is indeed a game try opening the file in Ainex.
  5. Once you've made sure the file works in Ainex you can rename, or move the folder the game is in for convenience.
    • FOLDER ABOVE, NOT FILE or *.DATA FOLDER!
    • (Optional) If the game crashes you can try extracting the game using Velocity.
    • If the game is extracted you will need to drag default.xex onto Ainex.
    • Some games have multiple .xex files, so if you can't find default.xex or it just doesn't work, try another one.

Redump Method

Not recommended for most users.

If you happen to own one of these specific PC DVD drives, you may use the Redump method to dump full game ISO files for archival purposes.

  • SH-D163A / TS-H353A
  • SH-D163B / TS-H353B
  • SH-162C / TS-H352C / SD-M2012C(?)
  • SH-D162D / TS-H352D

0800-series optical drives from the Xbox 360 can be flashed to dump XGD3 copy-protected discs from a PC.

  • Phillips VAD6038 aka BenQ VAD6038
  • Liteon DG-16D2S
  • Samsung TS-H943

See Redump.org for more information.

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See also

Redump Xbox and Xbox 360 dumping guide

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