I upgraded to the 120GB hard drive over the weekend, and at that time the data transfer program informed me that some files were corrupted and could not be transferred.  I just now tried playing Burnout3 (downloaded over a year ago as one of the Xbox Originals) and learned that the game saves from before were corrupt.  Not an issue - I honestly wouldn't mind working through the game from the beginning again. 

The problem is that the game will not allow me to even save a game profile.  Any thoughts on how to remedy this?  Do I perhaps need to delete Burnout3 and redownload? 

If I cannot play the game again, it's not a big loss, but it is a game I do enjoy on occasion when the sim-style racing games get on my nerves ;-)  

Not totally sure how it works with the DLC version but look in memory and there should be a Burnout 3 folder with the gamesave file that is seperate from the game file. Delete the save file and it should open up the 3 save slots next time you launch the game. You shouldn't have to delete the 5 GB game file or however big it is, but that is the next step if this doesn't work.

B3 never allowed saves to be copied on original xbox and now any 360 HD change (like when mine keeps coming back from repairs as a refurb) means you have to start the profile again.

It worked - thank you :-)  

Do you happen to know if other Xbox Originals games also have this limitation?  (I haven't bought any, but am considering getting the original Halo.) 

I'd really advise getting a physical disc if possible - try the used games store or ebay, you could probably get a pretty cheap Halo triple pack of Halo 1, 2 & map pack for Halo 2. Or even just Halo 1 alone for less than this. Halo 1 is backwards compatible.

In this case though, it is Burnout 3 that denies the save game copying so most other xbox 1 games have no problem.