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Can You Transfer 360 Games From a PC to a Hard Drive?

The Xbox 360 console reads game data from dual-layer DVD discs which hold up to 8.5 GB of information per disc. The dual-layer DVD's (DVD-DL) can be copied to a single .ISO disc image file on your computer via freeware programs from the Internet. Each .ISO file is an exact replica of the original DVD-DL disc and is meant for back up and archival purposes only. You can copy these .ISO files from your computer to another hard drive just as you would copy any file.

Things You'll Need

Computer with 8.5 GB of free space
DVD drive
USB memory device or secondary hard drive
Xbox 360 DVD
.ISO back up program

Instructions

- 1
  Turn on your computer and download an .ISO copy application (see Resources). Install the program and restart your computer to complete the process.
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  Eject your DVD drive's disc tray, then insert an Xbox 360 game DVD. Close the tray.
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  Run the .ISO back up program and select your DVD drive from the main menu. Click "Copy DVD to .ISO" and select a folder to save the .ISO file to on your hard drive. Input a file name for the .ISO disc image archive being made, then click "OK" to begin the copy session.
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  Wait for the .ISO copy session to finish, then close the program and eject the Xbox 360 DVD disc from your computer.
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  If you wish to copy the .ISO file to another hard drive or a USB memory device, connect it to your computer then click "Start." Click "Computer" and select the second storage device. Locate the original .ISO file and drag it to the storage device you wish to copy it to. Alternatively, you can right-click the .ISO file, select "Send To" and then select the storage device to copy it to.

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