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[beefmaster]

hi games are taking 2hrs and up to copy to the hdd. it used to take 10 min not long ago. i have tried diffrent drives and no luck. could it be the xbox itself that is buggered. Also on certain games such as san andreas played from the dvd or hdd is not loading properly and the scenery is replaced by blue emptyness.  thanks

[beefmaster]

so no one knows  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

[MickRaider]

Have you tried a different version of dvd2xbox?

[beefmaster]

yer iv tried a few diffrent apps.

[creg turner]

Try finding the latest version of DVD2Xbox. You shouln't be waiting 2 hrs for a game.

[beefmaster]

yer i tried that. its really pissing me off. it took 2hrs and 52 min to copy gta sa last night

[creg turner]

Are you using an upgraded hard drive to save the xbox game too? Give me a little more info on the hard drive and speeds it has.

[beefmaster]

not sure becuase im not at home but its not the hdd becuase it used to work fine. its a 40 gig western digital. not sure about cache. iv tried diffrent dvd drives also.

This post has been edited by beefmaster: Jun 1 2006, 04:38 PM

[pimpmaul69]

delete dvd2xbox gamesaves possibly??are you copying to f:/games and not e:/games if you are copying to e: then thats your problem

This post has been edited by pimpmaul69: Jun 1 2006, 07:27 PM

[Devedander]

Are you copying from a scratched or damaged disc?  Recovering errors can make copying take lots of time.

Just cuz the HD used to work doesn't mean it's not the problem now, obviously something that used to work isn't working now.

[beefmaster]

copying to f games. the hdd works with some games that have been on there before this problem. alll my games are in perfect con.

This post has been edited by beefmaster: Jun 1 2006, 09:02 PM

[ClintiePoo]

Make sure all the cables are plugged in securely.  

Maybe try to FTP from the disc to your computer, and then back to the xbox's hard drive.

[chocolatecheese]

I would recommend giving the UnleashX built in disc copier a try.

[xboxconfused]

Well  Ill just to try and help you out a lil..I just modded my brothers xbox with a 160 GB Maxtor drive. I got it all loaded up and everything. WHen I was loading a game on it it took seriously 1 1/2 hrs to load it..I know it wasnt the DVD drive cause I just replaced the laser with a new one. Then luckily for him I had an extra 300 GB HDD, I figured I would try and load that one up. Well Now it only takes 10-15 mins to load a game on it..I say try and get a hold of another hard drive and swap it out and let us know how it turns out....

P.S. my brother is one lucky A$$....Thats a huge hard drive....

[fierygt]

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Make sure all the cables are plugged in securely.

Just to expand a little on that, you may even want to try an entirely new ide cable...even pulling on them once can damage them, so don't dismiss it until you've tried it.  If you are seeing artifacts while the game is running, it could be hardware failing somewhere down the line...you may want to backup and reformat that hdd, and also run some tests on it using the software that may have came with it.