================================================================================ = Xbox Backup Creator v2.

9 Build:0306 by Redline99 *** NOTE *** This build of XBC does not support older Xtreme ripping firmwares (Kreon drives are still supported though) Stealth Checking verbiage/intent removed, XBC only does limited checking . Use abgx360 at http://abgx360.net for more thorough Stealth Checking Removed - Support for previous Xtreme ripping firmwares Removed - Stealth Check Buttons - Use agbx360 Changed - Stealth Check Report - PFI Wave X Date match removed Changed - Named check mark on options tab as "ISO Check" to reflect it is not a "Stealth Check" anymore Added Added Added Added Added Added Ability to lock game partition before ripping Ability to detect iXtreme firmware spoofing Support for iXtreme 1.6 Samsung Support for iXtreme 1.6 BenQ Support for iXtreme 1.6 Liteon Support for iXtreme 1.6 Hitachi (Note: Hitachi is untested and awaiting a firmware release)

Due to an issue that affects the Liteon ix16 it is advised that you start XBC without a DVD in the drive. ================================================================================ = Xbox Backup Creator v2.8 Build:0275 by Redline99 Added - Added support for BenQ VAD6038 0800 firmware (Note: This has had limited testing, be cautious) ================================================================================ = Xbox Backup Creator v2.7 Build:0265 by Redline99 Added Added Added Added Support for Kreon's SH-D163B firmware Support for Kreon's SH-D162D firmware Verify Disc button on the Drive Tools Tab Added option to do a Verify Disc after a Burn (Note: Used ImgBurns build in Verify when selected)

================================================================================ = Xbox Backup Creator v2.6 Build:0260 by Redline99 Changed - Stealth Check Report Changed - SplitVid Implementation for better compatibility Changed - Removed Eject/Load button from Drive Tools Added Added Added Added Added Added More information from SS to log Stealth Check for Backup media Stealth Check Before Burn process for Nero Stealth Check Before Burn process for ImgBurn Stealth Check to Validate Media ID XEX-SS-DMI SplitVid format as a public option, Default Enabled

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Region Check button in Drive Tools Region Check button in Image Tools Better sector caching to generic dvd reader Check and on the fly fixing for backup media info in PFI Check to validate Video size versus PFI when injecting into an ISO and in Stealth Check

Fixed - XDVDFS Parser to read on 0x10 sector alignments ================================================================================ = Xbox Backup Creator v2.5 Build:0XXX by Redline99 Changed - Stealth Check Report Changed - SplitVid Implementation for better compatibility Changed - Removed Eject/Load button from Drive Tools Added Added Added Added Added Added Added Added Added Added Added Added More information from SS to log Stealth Check for Backup media Stealth Check Before Burn process for Nero Stealth Check Before Burn process for ImgBurn Stealth Check to Validate Media ID XEX-SS-DMI Media ID Check before injecting SS or DMI into an ISO Image SplitVid format as a public option, Default Enabled Region Check button in Drive Tools Region Check button in Image Tools Better sector caching to generic dvd reader Check and on the fly fixing for backup media info in PFI Check to validate Video size versus PFI when injecting into an ISO and in Stealth Check

Fixed - XDVDFS Parser to read on 0x10 sector alignments Fixed - Issue with reading Backups on a SHD162C somtimes Known Issues: The read tab is slower to enable the controls Return Value from ImgBurn not working properly USB Drives in ASPI mode are not recognized correctly And a few others from previous releases with some more new ones sprinkled in to keep me up late. Notes: Check your settings, this version will reset all settings back to their defaults On the Image Tools Tab if you use the "Image Browser" it will first check if there is a dvd in the current selected drive. If there is a dvd in the drive the n that is what will be displayed. You can use the menu in the Image Brower to close that and open an iso file. ================================================================================ = Xbox Backup Creator v2.4 Build:0225 by Redline99 Added - Image Browser/Extractor Right mouse click in Tree/List for extraction options Use File menu to load an iso image from HDD Added - Region Checking xbe/xex Added - Support to burn image in ImgBurn (Currently doesn't get correct exit cod e?)

Added - Support to burn image with Nero (COM component) Added - Support to detect identity changing between Hitachi and Samsung I've been too lazy to hook my Hitachi back up with a modified firmware so this has not been fully tested by myself. :) Added - Support to Extract/Inject Video Added - Support to read PFI, DMI, SS and whole image off of a backup Added - Support for iso's that dont have PFI, DMI (will substitute standard valu es) Changed Changed Changed Changed Changed Changed Changed Changed Changed Fixed el Fixed Fixed Fixed SPTI Timeout values, hopefully fixes more than creates problems :) Drive Open method for burner to Exclusive Access Changed verbiage on ISO Tools tab from Merge to Inject Relaxed PFI check to allow for oddballs like Star Trek Legacy Timeout value when setting layerbreak from 10 seconds to 120 Method to detect current visible partition, a little slower now though Removed SGD-605B until I have the time to properly support it Removed Save Firmware button, there are better tools for this Removed Get DriveKey button, there are better tools for this

- Not being able to quit if the drive space was low and user selected canc - Initial lock state for Kreons drives - File Handle not being closed after FindFirstFile - Issue with non-standard video or game partition sizes (Star Trek Legacy)

================================================================================ = Xbox Backup Creator v2.3 Build:0185 by Redline99 Added - Support for SH-D163A using Kreon's firmware Changed - Get Security Sector precedure to retry upto 5 times on failure Changed - Stealth Check to include Security Sector It also will do an additional check for Xbox One 0x0200 - 0x02CF ================================================================================ = Xbox Backup Creator v2.2 Build:0180 by Redline99 Fixed - Some drive/media combinations didn't report Available bytes correctly Added Added Added ) Added ) Added Added - Option to Perform the OPC or not, Default = True - Option to Perform the Track Reservation or not, Default = True - Fix for Invalid Xbox One Security Sector (Kreon pre .81 and Hitachi F900 - Support for Maximus-Garyopa Hitachi-LG Xtreme v2.2 Stealth 8in1 (limited - Support for Frog Aspi v0.29.4, http://www.frogaspi.org/index.html - Support for TS-H943A Xtreme v4.0 Game Partition Unlock command Set Write Speed, Hopefully more compatible New method of monitoring the tray status GetMediaStatus routine, to allow for more waiting after closing a disk Increased the File IO read timeout, this puts more responsibility on the burners buffer-underrun tech

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Please start using the Frog Aspi v0.29.4 in ASPI mode. If it works for everyone then I will probabally set that as default next time. ================================================================================

= Xbox Backup Creator v2.1 Build:0175 by Redline99 Removed - SDG-605B from being able to create a Complete Backup Image (Will bring back and fix later) Removed - Most of the "Wait For Ever" CDB code options. This was causing what lo oked like a App hang. Removed - Speed Boost check box. It is now controlled by the drop down box in th e Drive Specific settings Changed off Changed Changed Changed - Log File will always get the Detail Log Level unless logging is turned - Reduced executable file size - Improved installer - Read Me file to reflect common questions and current status.

Fixed - ToolTip text for the Merge/Extract on the Image Tools Tab Fixed - Burner didn't write at selected speed Fixed - Error on Windows 2000 related to "uxtheme.dll" Fixed - DeviceIoControl Error when extracting Security Sector with SH-D162C (Exp erimental; not proven) Added - More detailed logging of operations and results Added - Hopefully some better writer compatibility (I can't really test) Added - New logo by jhyphinwill, Thanks looks nice and it got me away from the M icrosoft logo :) Added - New Read error reporting that will tell you the file name of the data it can't read Added - Check of the OS before using theme dll (uxtheme.dll) Added - Additional Inquiry data (Nice for Kreon s SH-D162C, shows version info) Added - New dialog when a read error occurs (Allows Retry, Fill with zeros, Canc el) Added - Should a file buffer error occur during writing, it will retry 10 times before failing Added - Code to prevent multiple instances of the application Added - Warning if the drive is already unlocked when doing a Complete Backup Added - Better overall retry strategy when Initializing/Writing/Finalizing) Added - A detailed Security Sector log Added - Check of image file size before writing Added - Optimum Power Calibration before writing Added - Log file will now reset if larger than a 512KB Added - New method for reading Xbox One disks. This should greatly improve the p rocess. See Note * Added - Feature to save the XDVDFS structure to a comma delimited text file (mos tly for research) Added - XDVDFS File system entry details (if a read error is in the file system area) Added - Feature that if user selects to fill read errors with zeros, but a read error occurs in file system data they will get prompted again as th is could be a media defect error in game data and shouldn't just be filled with zeros. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* This uses a technique I called the "Sector Mapper" It uses the XDVDFS to read only the data referenced by the file system. In theory this should do two things: 1. Speed up the process by not trying to read the Security Place Holders 2. Speed up the process by only reading the data, not the entire disk.

Please be aware that although this has been tested and is working the concept has not proven itself on a large scale. It currently does not work on Xbox 360 di sks. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Xbox Backup Creator v2.0 Build:0100 by Redline99 Initial Release ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hardware Requirements: Processor: Something within the last 3 years should be fine. I use a P4 3GHz with 1GB Ram Ram: The application currently used a 20MB write buffer, shouldn t b e a problem on current machines. Drives: A DVD+R Double Layer burner that supports a Buffer Underrun T echnology. PC DVD Samsung SH-D162C with Kreons modified firmware (PC DVD Drive)** Xbox 360 Samsung TS-H943A with Xtreme compatible firmware, v1 , v2 or v3. Xbox 360 Hitachi GDR-3120L with Xtreme compatible firmware wi th OPA v2.1*** OS Requirements: Windows NT platform with NTFS file system (because file sizes are 4+ GB) Windows XP SP2 is preferred, Vista has not been tested. If there is enough interest I may support Win9x by way of creating file sets within FAT32 limits. An ASPI driver will also be required. (ASPI already supported) Application Use: It should be pretty straight forward. Read your disk then write it to a blank DVD+R DL. Since this application is not multi-threaded, please do not disturb it w hile writing. After inserting a disk it may take a few seconds for it to be recognized . If it does not populate and enable the buttons after more than 30 seconds press CTRL-R to force a refresh. Remember, you must use one of the supported drives for READING Xbox disk s. The drive will ALSO need the modified firmware. :) A lot of people were confused about this. You cannot just pop the Xbox disk into your burner to make a backup. This app doesn't support making a backup of a backup. Find another way, its easy. If your burner doesn't automatically set the book type to DVD-ROM for DV D+R DL then you must set the booktype before writing using the appropriate bitsettin

g app for your burner. Some of the newer Xbox drive firmwares get past this requi rement. Samsung - Use Xtreme v3.1 or later Hitachi - Use the MediaCheck patch by Geremia Known Issues or Errors: If your disk isn't recongized with in 20 seconds, press CTRL-R to force a refresh May have display issues with some locale settings, not really tested. Writing doesn't support all burners, I hope that it has improved though! Session Fixation Errors are usually due to media and/or burner firmware. Optimum Power Calibration failures are usually due to low quality media. Invalid Write Address failures are usually due to low quality media. You may get a DeviceIoControl error with a Sense error of "0/00/00", I d on't have a good answer but, some people have reported success by reinstalling updated Sa ta drivers. Also another method that may work is to use the Nero ASPI driver instead of S PTI. During the write initialization you may encounter "Power On, or Bus Devi ce Reset occurred" I have not been able to figure out the root of this or the proper method of recovery. If you happen to know, please fill me in on the secret. :) Supported Backup Images: Xtreme style disk images version 1-3. wxRipper support may be added at a later date. The application will only build version 3 style images. I don't see the need to add the complication of the version 1,2 types. This is because the data is o utside the readable LBA range to the Xbox and the older firmwares will just not use the extra DMI and PFI sectors. The Security Sector is in the same position across versions. Xbox Versions: Xbox 360: Xbox 360 disks and Xbox One disks! Xbox One: Not supported, previous version was making the ISO incorrectly and I haven't had time to fix yet. Hopefully next major releas e. Support: I will do my best to keep current and add requested features, feel free to contact me with ideas, compatibility issues or bug reports. I ask of you to ple ase not use the forums to talk about your adventures in pirating. Specifically the forums at www.xboxhacker.net and www.xbox-scene.com. My personal belief is that m aking a

backup of property you purchased is within your rights. Of course not e veryone shares this opinion and you should use common sense and do not distribute or do wnload backup disk images. You can view Microsoft's statement on piracy at the link b elow. http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/default.mspx Installation: This application requires the Visual Basic 6 sp6 runtimes, included if y ou need them These is also a dependency on MSCOMCTL.OCX, included in the msi setup pa ckage. Hopefully you can just run the exe! Use the Setup Package if you need it . If you are upgrading from a previous version, you should be able to just copy the executable and run it. If you decide to run the installer, uninstall the previous through Add/R emove Programs. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Some shortcut keys: CTRL-TAB = Switch to next tab CTRL-L = Show/Hide Log CTRL-C = Cancel current operation CTRL-R = Refresh Disk Information -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Provided you do it my way and your hardware is compatible! :) ** Pre Version .80 of Kreon's Samsung SH-D162C doesn't completely support the Security Sector extraction, but the application will detect the capability when it is avail able. By the way... Good job Kreon! Also note that .80 has a bug that prevents the SS from working on a Xbox On e. You can manually fix it or better yet use Kreon's .81 version. *** Currently, the Hitachi GRD-3120L is not capable of viewing the game partiti on without a hardcoded firmware patch. Hopefully someone will create proper support fo r unlocking.