How to install games on Hard disk (internal or external) for RGH / JTAG console
With the boom of RGH (Reset Glitch Hack) for the Xbox 360 many people ask one key item in the RGH process: how to install the games, either on the internal hard drive or on the external hard drive.
Although it may seem obvious, it is not enough to just transfer the ISO of a game to the Hard Drive and be happy.
Both RGH and JTAG make use of an XBOX 360 feature, which is Games on Demand - GoD. What the hell is this? Basically GoD are games that instead of coming on physical media (DVD) are in downloadable format, so the "on Demand" in the name. Full games purchased from the Live Marketplace as well as XBLA (Xbox Live Arcade) use this format. Both on RGH and JTAG it is also possible to run the game from its executable, in a way similar as on the previous generation Microsoft console, the so-called Xbox 1.
Despite all the above, the ISO is essential in this process being directly responsible for two of the four ways to install games on the HD that we will cover in this guide. Let's go:
GETTING YOUR GAME ISO
One of the possible ways that will not be treated here is via piracy: downloading the game in multiple parts, usually compressed in .RAR and after unpacking, generating the .ISO file.
If in possession of the DVD of your GAME, we need to generate the .ISO. I recommend two programs, both free: Xbox Backup Creator (XBC) and ImgBurn.
USING XBOX BACKUP CREATOR TO GENERATE THE ISO
Once unzipped into a folder of your choice XBC needs no installation to run, just double-click on its .EXE and the program will load:
(Depending on your operating system you may get an error message about MSCOMCTL.OCX. To solve this, simply download this ZIP file and unzip it. After unzipping, copy the file to the folder C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 and, via command prompt, run the following command: REGSVR32 MSCOMCTL.OCX. In other cases the problem is solved simply by executing the program as Administrator)
As the program loads, the DVD drives are listed. In the example above there are three drives. Choose the drive you will use (1) and insert the DVD of your XBOX 360 game.
When the disk identification is finished, the media type and size is shown (2) as well as other information appears in the bottom frame (3).
To start creating the ISO just click on START (4) and select a save location and the name of the ISO (.ISO file) must be provided.
Immediately the disk starts being read and the information transferred to the ISO. Notice that new data is displayed in the bottom box (5) and the amount of data remaining for reading appears in the center frame (6).
The status bar shows the elapsed time, the current reading speed and the reading progress. The reading time can vary, but on average it takes about 20 minutes.
When the task is finished your .ISO is ready to be converted.
USING IMGBURN TO GENERATE THE ISO
Similar to XBC, ImgBurn can also be used to create the .ISOs of your games.
After downloading the program it needs to be installed, and this installation does not require any special care. Run the program and the main screen will appear:
In the upper window we have a menu with some of the operations we can do and in the lower window data about the computer and the optical drives present. Insert the DVD of your game in one of the drives and click "Create a Image From Disc" (1)
A new screen will load. In the pull-down menu (2) select the drive that your game DVD is on and shortly after it loads, session data will be displayed (3) and (4):
Under "Destination" (5) choose the destination where the file will be saved and what the name of the .ISO will be. Then click the button represented by a disk and a "disk file" (6) to start reading.
The reading starts and its progress is displayed. The average time is the same as for XBC, about 20 minutes.
When the task is finished your .ISO is ready to be converted.
One note, unlike games burned to DVD-DL for use with the iXtreme unlock, there is no need to use ABGX360 to check the game image when using it on RGH or JTAG consoles, although such practice is recommended.
