I have recently started running into a problem with backing up my games that Ive never seen discussed on these boards. I have a Kreon Samsung drive that I use to make backups for the NME 1.2 chipped xbox. I have always used Xbox Backup Creator + NME Associat0r to create perfect backups, but the last 3 games Ive tried to backup had trouble when I tried to convert them to be NME compatible. The games were Guitar hero 3, Call of duty 4, and Army of 2. Since I started running into the problem Ive tried reading through the forums to find alternative methods of converting my ISOs to make them NME compatible. Unfortunately none of the methods have helped. Heres a rundown of what I tried with Army of 2.
First I ripped ISO using Xbox Backup Creator 2.8 using the complete backup option. I checked the ISO size and it showed up as 7,835,492,352 bytes (same size as my COD4 and GH3 rips) After ripping the ISO I checked for ixtreme compatibility using image tools. Heres a screenshot:
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http://www.halfspec.com/downloads/xbox/1.jpg)
I also checked for ixtreme compatibility using XDVDMulleter. Heres a screenshot:
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http://www.halfspec.com/downloads/xbox/2.jpg)
When I try to convert the ISO using NME Associat0r, I rejected with the following message.
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http://www.halfspec.com/downloads/xbox/3.jpg)
I have learned from burning countless coasters that cleaning and patching again doesnt work, so for the purposes of this story Ill press no and continue to SSMerger.
After extracting the SS.bin, I load the ISO only to be greeted with this message:
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http://www.halfspec.com/downloads/xbox/4.jpg)
Then it gives the NME security sector md5:
The it gives a different current security sector md5:
Then I say no for calculating md5 sum.
I insert SS.bin and Im left with this screen
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http://www.halfspec.com/downloads/xbox/5.jpg)
When I click Merge and create layer break file I get the following message:
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http://www.halfspec.com/downloads/xbox/6.jpg)
When I click Yes, the process continues. I end up with an iso that is 7,835,492,352 bytes (same size it was before I started with the conversion)
instead of 7,705,657,344 bytes which is what all my other working backups have been.
At this point Im clueless as to what I should do next. I have all three of the games here and I can rip either one of them to my hard drive if someone have some suggestions as to how I might be able to fix my problem.
Any help is greatly appreciated (IMG:
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Lane