Backup and Play Xbox 360 games info

Look, i am wanting to backup my games for xbox 360 in case they get scratched or broken. I have bought these games and intend to use them for personal use. If you are in the same position as me read on:

So many people are going around asking questions about where to start from scratch. So far on the forum I havn't found an all in one from normal xbox 360 i bought to modded xbox which can play burnt games. I think there are many people like me aswell. So i havnt written any guides, but rather collected some and put them in one place. All of this is FREE luckily if your willing to make a crossover cable from a cat5 cable which does sound quite cool lol. But yer, here are some links to get you reading. None of these are mine, i just collected them.

If any one has done this before, some advice on best programs and dashboards etc would be GREAT! Thanks and i hope it is of some use:

Complete textbook guide for everything:
http://www.360mods.net/tutorial/Textbook.pdf

The backup:
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/141037

The FTP part:
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/213943

How to make a crossover cable:
http://www.littlewhitedog.com/content-8.html

all this was found on GOOGLE.