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Can I use my save games with a different cd?

  • 08-03-2010 11:29am
    #1
    wayne0308
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 428 ✭✭


    Sounds a bit like a vague question but let me explain.

    I lost the disks to a couple of games that I had for the xbox 360, and bought new ones. Can I use my old save games with these new cd's?

    I wont be able to try it out till the weekend sadly.


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  • #2
    rizzla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,945 ✭✭✭rizzla


    Yes you can.


  • #3
    wayne0308
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 428 ✭✭wayne0308


    rizzla wrote: »
    Yes you can.
    Thanks for that, a friend of mine had me worried. He reckoned that you couldn't. This was based on an experience he had with a specific game, forza 2. The original disk got scratched and the new disk just started the career from the beginning.


  • #4
    Burning Eclipse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,943 ✭✭✭Burning Eclipse


    wayne0308 wrote: »
    Thanks for that, a friend of mine had me worried. He reckoned that you couldn't. This was based on an experience he had with a specific game, forza 2. The original disk got scratched and the new disk just started the career from the beginning.

    What he told you makes absolutely no sense!


  • #5
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    Burning Eclipse wrote: »
    What he told you makes absolutely no sense!

    Yep... Games are pressed from a master copy, any 2 discs will have identicle code on them and will use the same save files.

    Your friend was talking out his bum


  • #6
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    Burning Eclipse wrote: »
    What he told you makes absolutely no sense!

    Hmmmmmmm it's possible alright, game is saved after an update has been applied to the game. For what ever reason patch is deleted (clearing of cache is one) |When you try to load the game (some games not all - Fable 2 is one that comes to mind) deline the update or the console is off line, it tells you it cannot load the game as it was created with a newer version and forces you to make a new game overwriting the old save.


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  • #7
    wayne0308
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 428 ✭✭wayne0308


    Burning Eclipse wrote: »
    What he told you makes absolutely no sense!

    It happened to him though, must be patch related as mentioned, he had no other evidence other than forza 2 to go on though. He had the game 70-something% complete and then the disk was scratched and when he got the new disk his progress was back to 0%, there was game data on the disk. Nothing had changed on his machine in the meantime.

    Good to know that it works though!


  • #8
    wayne0308
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 428 ✭✭wayne0308


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    Thats impossible as the xbox game DVDs are not rewritable not to mention the 360`s drive is a DVD-rom and doesnt have the ability to write to any media. Your friend did something silly and has blamed the disk :)

    Pretty much :) end result would have been the same sadly for him.


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