Microsoft and the Xbox 360 gaming industry has together created a new set of rules that do not accept any modified Xbox 360 on the Network. If you attempt to play on the network, you will get banned for life, with no chance of getting the ban cancelled.

Unfortunately the ban hits all those gamers that prefer to use a backup of their original Xbox 360 game as well. They cannot play on Xbox Live with a modified Xbox 360, even when they bought the game they are playing.

Avoid installing a mod chip in your Xbox 360 by all means, it is just going to cause troubles with getting banned and your warrant on your console. Instead get a copy of the new game burning software that are available. It is able to create and exact 1:1 copy of any game and can overwrite any protection code there might be stored on the game disc.

The game burning software also works with consoles like PS2, PS3, Nintendo WII, Game Cube of the old Xbox console, you just have to make sure to use the right DVD format for the right console. With the use of Xbox 360 it is DVD9 that is the right format, else it might not work.

Here is an overview on how you can backup your Xbox 360 games :

- Install the Game burning software on your computer and restart.
- Insert an Xbox X 360 game in your computer and run the game burning application.
- Open the Xbox game folder and start copying the game to a folder on your computer.
- Insert an empty DVD standard DVD9 disc to your DVD burner.
- Carefully follow the instruction in the game copy software, and start the burning process.

It is always a very good idea to create a backup of your newly bought games, for that simple reason that there is no money back guarantee on Xbox 360 games, if the disc gets destroyed you have wasted you money and lost the game forever.