So I was plugging my xbox power cord into the wall and accidentally bumped my xbox with my knee and it put a nice circular scratch all the way around the disk. Just one perfect circle on the outer edges of the underside. I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with getting a disk resurfaced anywhere like blockbuster or an electronics store.

If not, what would happen if I rented the game and installed it on my xbox hard drive and then put my copy in. That might work since the disk doesnt spin when it is installed to the hard drive. It plays just by recognizing the game

11/25/2009 4:40:11 AM

Sounds like a question some of my boys in Tech talk can answer

[Edited on November 25, 2009 at 4:57 AM. Reason : k]

11/25/2009 4:57:11 AM

There are a couple of things you can do. This happened with my BioShock disc, and that game is fucked. But, like any problem, there is a solution.

1. You can buy the game again at Target. Keep your receipt, and have your bad disc with you. Replace the fresh disc in the case with the bad disc. Then drive to another Target, go to returns, and they give you a full refund. This works like a fucking charm.

2. Install the game to your hard drive.

3. Rent the game and swap the discs. Return the game immediately and deny everything.

11/25/2009 6:45:30 AM

I've had quite a few discs fixed at a video rental store (locally owned from back home). I had at least one with horrible gouge on it and they weren't even sure if the resurface machine would fix it or not, it did. I think they charged around $5. I don't have any experience with whereabouts to get it done, but you may just call around to places that have/sell used dvds/games like blockbuster, eb games, and maybe even try the nearby libraries (I would think they have some means of removing scratches from dvds if not a resurfacing machine).

[Edited on November 25, 2009 at 8:53 AM. Reason : ]

11/25/2009 8:52:20 AM

Why not just man up, admit you broke your disk, go to the store, and replace the video game that you fucked up.

11/25/2009 8:56:12 AM

Look buddy, if the 360 wasn't such a shoddily made console, the disc wouldn't have gotten fucked up. I've done similar shit with other discs in other systems, but they've never fucked up before. I'll be damned if I'm going to drop 60 bones again when the game wouldn't have gotten fucked up in the first place because of shitty hardware design. Luckily, however, there are ways around it.

11/25/2009 10:30:19 AM

can your parent pay for it?

11/25/2009 10:35:25 AM

I think Gamer Doc resurfaces discs

11/25/2009 10:58:32 AM

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"360 wasn't such a shoddily made console"

lullz

11/25/2009 11:24:22 AM

rub the CD with brasso. that's how i repaired my baldur's gate 2 and diablo 2 discs.

11/25/2009 1:03:19 PM

lol did this really need another thread?

11/25/2009 1:48:22 PM

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"Look buddy, if the 360 wasn't such a shoddily made console, the disc wouldn't have gotten fucked up."

Solution: steal from Target or Blockbuster. Makes perfect sense.

I'm pretty sure they have a resurfacing machine at Schoolkids still. Dunno if they'll let you use it or not, but you could give that a try. I think renting/borrowing and installing it to your HD is the best solution, though.

11/25/2009 2:02:29 PM

play and trade (i think that's the name) over by Crossroads in Cary resurfaces discs.

[Edited on November 25, 2009 at 2:04 PM. Reason : ...]

11/25/2009 2:02:56 PM

^ i got my copy of zelda for wii resurfaced there a while back because the game wouldn't load after i selected a file due to a pretty deep scratch. it worked fine after that.

11/25/2009 2:11:42 PM

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"Why not just man up, admit you broke your disk, go to the store, and replace the video game that you fucked up."

My thoughts exactly, but I figured it would spark a ridiculous argument so I remained silent. Next thing you know there will be a thread along the lines of:

I accidentally bumped my xbox and if fell off my TV stand and now it doesn't work. Can someone tell me how to scam a retailer into getting me a replacement xbox? I mean after all, it's Microsoft's problem for making a shoddy product!

I'm just kidding, don't go apeshit. Happy Thanksgiving, hope you get your game working.

11/25/2009 2:17:08 PM

ok, so I'm going to respond with updated advice for anyone who has experienced a similar problem....

So I really have 3 non-douchebag options which do not include trying to scam a store out of a brand new copy,

1) I can rent a copy and download it to my hard drive and then take the rental game back. My disk would hopefully play because when you have a game downloaded to the hard drive, the disk does not need to spin. The xbox just needs to recognize that you have that game in your system.

2) I could try and find a store that does disk resurfacing around North Raleigh, or I can send it in to one of those websites online that do disk resurfacing for like 5 bucks and then they send the disk back to you.

3) I emailed activision and asked them about disk replacement since I already paid $60. The $60 does not pay for the cost of them making the disk, obviously, but the cost of the "rights" to the game. They said I can mail it back to them with a $20 check or money order and they will send me a replacement game in about 3-6 weeks which kind of blows.

I could buy a new one, but I don't feel like spending $130 (after tax) on this game. Thanks for the posts and anyone with any info on a store in Raleigh that does resurfacing would be much appreciated.

11/25/2009 3:57:11 PM

honestly, I think copying it to your hard drive is the most decent thing to do

11/25/2009 4:05:47 PM

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"when you have a game downloaded to the hard drive, the disk does not need to spin. The xbox just needs to recognize that you have that game in your system."

I don't know how downloading to your xbox hd works because I don't have one, but, this just makes no sense to me. How exactly do you think that the xbox 'recognizes that you have the game in your system' without reading the disc? It certainly doesnt have a magic camera to look at the picture on the front, it still has to spin up and read the data at first just like it would to play it from the disc.

The only way I could see that working is if the sectors identifying the game cd were not scratched, and it was just some random other files that don't work, but from the sound of your post I'm assuming the game won't load anymore so that probably isn't going to help any.

[Edited on November 25, 2009 at 4:11 PM. Reason : ]

11/25/2009 4:10:41 PM

^haha that makes me sound like a total noob.

well my disk will start up and play for like 30 seconds, but then i get a disk read error as it is trying to join a Multiplayer game online. I think this is because the outer edges of the disk surface got scratched. I think it does spin upon startup for a couple seconds just long enough for the xbox to recognize the game. I think in my case dowloading it to the hard drive will probably work. I'm about to go rent it and give it a whirl.

11/25/2009 4:21:56 PM

*update*

IT WORKS!!!

downloading my friend's copy to the hard drive, giving him his copy back, putting my copy in and letting it play from hard drive = MONEY

11/25/2009 7:49:35 PM

I've fixed a 360 game disc with toothpaste. Use some that is slightly abrasive and if you rub it in a circular pattern over the scratch around the circumference of the disc, it should be just enough to get the disc to read again.

From some random website:

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"Xbox 360 Scratching Disks Almost as soon as the Xbox 360 was released, gamers started complaining that their consoles were scratching the discs. In February of 2007, Llamma.com investigated the matter and found that some Xbox 360 drives do not contain a mechanism to secure the disc solidly in place. This has left some video game discs unusable. Believe it or not, this can actually be fixed with toothpaste. Simply put a thin layer of toothpaste over the disk, let it dry, and then carefully wipe the toothpaste off with a wet towel as if you were cleaning it. After you have removed the toothpaste, clean it once again with windex. *** Just be careful, if you do this too many times to the same disk, it will destroy the CD."

11/26/2009 12:16:12 AM

^LOL wtf?!?

11/26/2009 2:20:12 AM

i've used brasso numerous times in my life to fix scratched CD's and DVD's. thin coat...buff it out...profit

11/26/2009 9:54:35 AM

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"Solution: steal from Target or Blockbuster. Makes perfect sense."

If Target gets a return as defective, they are going to send it back to Microsoft. They arent going to be paying for that disc...Microsoft will be eating that cost, and no one deserves to eat the cost of a damaged disc due to shoddy hardware more than MS.

11/26/2009 12:50:36 PM

^ Amen.

I don't understand how anybody can argue that the 360 isn't a shoddily made console. I've been through the red ring, and I know more people who have had the red ring than haven't.

That sort of shit doesn't happen by accident.

I was just kidding about the Blockbuster thing. I really wouldn't recommend renting and then swapping out the disc. Installing to your hard drive is probably the ideal solution, but seriously, buying from Target and then selling to another Target fucking works. I'll be damned if I'm going to drop 120 for a game and eat that cost when the incident is the product of a poorly made system.

Go ahead, hate all you want. I don't give a shit.

11/26/2009 4:50:46 PM

^as much as I would want to say its your fault for bumping the xbox360, I don't know of any other system that completely rapes a disc when you accidentally move it, so yea, shoddy as fuck.

11/26/2009 6:00:34 PM

at least they extended warranty to 3 years, because 1 year was a joke

[Edited on November 26, 2009 at 9:07 PM. Reason : .]

11/26/2009 9:06:32 PM

while they may not scratch disks, early ps2's were also tremendous pieces of shit.

11/27/2009 3:59:14 PM

if you want to fix the disk, put some toothpaste over the scratch and brush radially. rinse it off and it should work

11/30/2009 3:29:57 PM

hey use toothpaste

11/30/2009 4:35:39 PM

I've heard toothpaste does the trick

11/30/2009 4:55:00 PM

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"well my disk will start up and play for like 30 seconds, but then i get a disk read error as it is trying to join a Multiplayer game online. I think this is because the outer edges of the disk surface got scratched. I think it does spin upon startup for a couple seconds just long enough for the xbox to recognize the game."

Fuck. Mine just started doing this about 15 minutes ago.

11/30/2009 5:15:17 PM

borrow a friends, install to hdd, return to friend, put disc in, enjoy

11/30/2009 5:42:02 PM

What if you've got a problem with your toothpaste?

I'm sure that thread's long gone by now, but it should be enshrined in the TWW hall of fame.

11/30/2009 5:50:07 PM

^^ Yeah, I'd do that except I only have about 2 gigs of free space left on my HDD. Anybody got something larger than 20 gigs for sale?

11/30/2009 6:38:58 PM

toothpaste does indeed work, kids.

11/30/2009 6:45:06 PM

I heard that ejaculate works as well. Just cum on the disc and buff it off. Do it quick though. You can't have too thick of a layer dry on. You'll never buff it all out in time.

11/30/2009 6:49:34 PM

long before they sold all these resurfacing machines and you kids got lazy, we always used peanut butter (similar to toothpaste) and i still use this method today

11/30/2009 7:42:32 PM

I too have used toothpaste on a scratched disk.

11/30/2009 7:51:13 PM

There are videos on youtube showing the toothpaste method. Most people who comment say it doesn't work because they probably have deep scratches in their disks. I think the toothpaste method only works for minor scratches. I'm not sure I would ever try it on a disk I actually cared about.

Axelay, I would say just delete what you have on the hard drive to give you enough space for the game. I had to delete Gears of War 2 in order to install COD MW2. I haven't had any problems ever since I did this. Good luck.

11/30/2009 11:32:07 PM

I actually took mine to Play N Trade in Cary today and had them repolish the disc. Worked like a charm, and plays as good as new once again. I'll be interested to see if it stays that way. My 360 lays flats on its side, is very well vented, and doesn't get jostled while spinning.

12/1/2009 9:33:00 PM

^how much was it to get it repolished? my disc is scratch from the shitty 360. everything works so far (knock on wood) but i cant play the last fucking mission. it freezes as the last mission is loading. i might to that or just borrow one from my friends. but as long as the MP works i'll be ok for now

12/2/2009 1:13:59 AM

$4.00 per disc.

12/2/2009 11:10:07 AM

please guys I have a match tonight

12/2/2009 11:36:15 AM

This happened to my copy of MW2 as well. I just took it back to Wal-Mart, with the receipt, and they gave me a new one.

12/2/2009 8:18:25 PM

Borrow working disc

Install to hardrive

Return working disc

Insert scratched disc

Play from harddrive

________________

Profit?!?!?!

[Edited on December 2, 2009 at 8:22 PM. Reason : Or just bust a nut on your CD, that will surely work]

12/2/2009 8:22:04 PM