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Posted on Dec 27, 2008

Scratched disks whilst playing games xbox is scrathing them

  • Anonymous Jan 18, 2009

    i have the same problem, while playing one of my favorite games, it suddenly stopped, made a grinding sound, and the disk drive opened, when i checked the disk, circles had been scratched around it.



    any way microsoft will buy me a new game? im pissed.

  • Anonymous Mar 27, 2009

    in my disc there is a scratch around and it wont come off

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I had the same problem. I purchased a bag of foam rubber with double stick tape. Open the DVD drive and place two foam rubber pads on both the left and right of the inside of the top cover.

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Check the More Info Section & FAQ section for more details on disc repairs.


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