How to burn a disc for Xbox 360?

the Xbox 360 from Microsoft since its inception in 2005, has already won the hearts of many players around the world.For example, according to official data in 2010 the world has sold more than 40 million set-top boxes, and given its alleged lifecycle (up to 2015), it becomes obvious that the Xbox 360 - a very real competitor such monsters as the Sony PS3 and NintendoWii.Unfortunately, the software company did not "reinvent the wheel" and entered a proven way, deciding to provide the lion's share of the profit from sales of consumables (disks with games) and not the console itself.However, it can not be called cheap.As a result, the owners of this game system who want to play new games are forced to buy only licensed discs.And the old trick with cloning and the proliferation of the image, which is very actively used in personal computers is impossible.Still, it would be nice to download from the web image of the game, write it to disk, and play.And it is indeed possible!However, you must re-flash the console, making adjustments in the drive firmware.It is clear that Microsoft against such interference is not happy with him and in every way struggles blocking stitched console when Live or in the most new versions of hardware stuffing consoles.But if you do not Rockefeller, you can rest assured - game worth the candle stands.This is indirectly evidenced by the abundance of questions about how to burn a disc for Xbox 360, set on the forums.In fact, users implicitly voted for firmware and work with samopisannymi disc blanks.

So, how to burn the disc for Xbox 360?This will require stitched console drive with double layer disc recording, the program CloneCD or ImgBurn latest versions, high-quality disc.Sometimes, even after the instructions that console owners can not figure out how to burn a disc for the Xbox 360. So just point out one possible reason: the image of downloading games you need to pay attention to the firmware version (LT 2 or 3).Trying to burn a disc for Xbox 360 standard XGD3, implemented on firmware LT 3, may require preliminary preparation of the drive (firmware change it, "learn" to work with a larger disk).XGD3 - this is a new disc format for Xbox 360, which appeared in 2012.His feature - the image of the game took more than 8 gigabytes.By the way, do not try to run the images XGD3 + LT 2 console LT 3 - may have problems.

consider how to burn the disc for Xbox 360 (ImgBurn) :

  • run the program;
  • select capture an image (Image) on the disc;
  • as a source (Source) specify file .dvd;
  • select the desired drive, if more than one (Destination);
  • test modes (Test mode) and verification (Verify) disengaged;
  • write speed - less is better;
  • record.

When reports of a lack of disk space to enable writing to the end of the ingot (Case XGD3 + LT 2 console LT 2).

As you can see, the answer to the question of how to burn a disc for Xbox 360, is simple enough.Create a disc from an image can each.The main thing - to take into account some special features.

We mention them again:

  • disk image XGD3 + LT 2 LT 3 on the console does not run.Correcting it is possible, but this is a topic for another article;
  • image + LT 2 (and below) works fine on consoles LT 2 (and above);
  • recording discs for Xbox 360 assertion that the miser pays twice, true as ever.Believe me, it is better to overpay a little for the quality of the disk (Verbatim, TDK), than to buy it after an unsuccessful attempt to record on cheap Chinese noneym.Although, of course, there are exceptions;
  • ideally capture an image must be performed at high speed.In general, this rule holds true for records of any drives in the home collection.Still, it is not about catching fleas ...
  • do not try to throw off the image to a CD using the old version, accidentally "stale" on the hard drive.Better to spend a little time and download the most up to date;
  • sometimes image files have the extension nrg.In this case, instead of the need to use ImgBurn famous Nero (mode UDF).