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Happycamper

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 12:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Can anyone help? I suspect one of my children scratched the CD. It won't load anymore.

Is there any way to copy the original so when one gets wrecked we can make another copy of the original? (like we do for their computer games)

Jed245

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 02:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Happycamper heh cool name... Oh yeah er Well there are a couple of things. Number one does it load sometimes or it never ever loads?

You can get your xbox moded, which, is illegal. If you want to do this there are a few things to do first off goto www.techtv.com and type in xbox in the search bar. There you'll find the right step by step method to modding your xbox console.

With a moded xbox you can copy games to your hard drive and you'll also need a bigger xbox hard drive. This is a little techy, but, not too hard. There are several sites to order your mod chip from and you can most likely find a local game/computer guru that can install the chip and the hard drive (which you can get at your local computer shop) for you.

However if you do go the mod way then you might not want to ever use xbox live with that console. Why not you ask? Well because xbox has a system checker that tells xbox live if there have been any changes like a new hard drive or a new chip to the machine. Mr. Gates will likely hunt you down for that.

As for the damaged CD there are DVD disk repair kits out there. I've had VERY little success with them, but, they might work? Considering the fact that they cost close to 30 bucks you would be better off buying the game at a local electronics boutique used.

You can even exchange your scratched cd in on a different title.


If it sometimes loads and then says "there is a problem with the disk you are using please make sure the disk is clean." or something like that.

Then maybe what you need is a simple adjustment on the DVD drive. This works really well, however, if you mess up just a little you'll be buying a new xbox along with that new game.

I've done it and let me tell you ya gotta know what to do and what your doing. :o)


Hope that helps ya out a little.

Jed.

Jed245

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 02:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
P.S. Maybe I'll see ya online playing mechassault sometime?

(zenlike)

Happycamper

Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 07:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the info Jed. To bad there isn't a quick/cheap fix for repairing scratched CD/DVD's. The other stuff you mentioned, is far to technical for me. LOL

Karuuna

Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 10:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I take my damaged games to a local store that sells used video games. Whatever machine they have to repair CDs seems to work much better than the ones they sell. They never charge me, probably because we frequently buy used games from them. :)

Happycamper

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 10:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I wonder if the video stores that rent games, would have a similar machine? That's the only place in town, that I can think of that sells "used" games.

Karuuna

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 07:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Happycamper, they probably do. You could call and ask. :)

Rissa

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 08:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Happy, I don't know whether this will work with your games but it has fixed a few of my scratched music CD's.......toothpaste. LOL Some tech told me this long ago, apparently rubbing/buffing a very teeny amount of toothpaste over the scratch stops the light from reflecting off it's edges. Only works with minimal scratches not deep gashes. :) Good luck.

Draheid

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 08:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Happycamper,

I use a product called "ClearKote CD Restorer" on my CDs & DVDs when I have minor problems with scratches. It contains some micro-substance that is supposed to fill in the scratch(es) and make the disc useable again. I have found it works very well on rented DVDs that have minor scratches on them when my DVD player has problems.

Good luck.

Edit to add: I purchased this at a local Blockbuster video.

Ryanc829

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 10:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Just be glad ya don't have the same problem I had with my PS2. The laser crapped out and I had to buy a whole new system. The one that crapped out was one of the original launch day PS2's.

Happycamper

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 11:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for all the suggestions!!