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Minecraft story mode disc laser burned.Help!

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  • 13-01-2016 1:12pm
    #1
    murphyaii
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 140 ✭✭


    Only got the game for my daughter at xmas and she knocked it over flat and gave the disc a nice round burn on the disc.
    it see's it when loaded but then says disc unreadable.
    Tried the toothpaste and candle wax to clear the scratch but no luck.

    Have tried to rent but no available to install it to the hard drive.

    any other ideas out there.

    for the xbox360:confused:


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    murphyaii wrote: »
    Only got the game for my daughter at xmas and she knocked it over flat and gave the disc a nice round burn on the disc.
    it see's it when loaded but then says disc unreadable.
    Tried the toothpaste and candle wax to clear the scratch but no luck.

    Have tried to rent but no available to install it to the hard drive.

    any other ideas out there.

    for the xbox360:confused:

    Could you re-buy it from the Marketplace?


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    murphyaii
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 140 ✭✭murphyaii


    mordeith wrote: »
    Could you re-buy it from the Marketplace?

    Trying to avoid re-buying it as a last resort, after just buying it on disc from argos.


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    Dozyart
    Registered Users Posts: 765 ✭✭✭Dozyart


    there's a site called discrepair.ie that claims to be able to fix discs,i dont know anything about them,could be voodoo for all i know! Why was the xbox standing up?that was just looking for an outcome like this


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    Riesen_Meal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,577 ✭✭✭✭Riesen_Meal


    murphyaii wrote: »
    Only got the game for my daughter at xmas and she knocked it over flat and gave the disc a nice round burn on the disc.
    it see's it when loaded but then says disc unreadable.
    Tried the toothpaste and candle wax to clear the scratch but no luck.

    Have tried to rent but no available to install it to the hard drive.

    any other ideas out there.

    for the xbox360:confused:

    When its sitting on this dashboard screen -

    Hit X to try install it to the HD....

    I thought Minecraft story mode was playing from HD anyway as the game is episodic....?

    As in you download them one at a time as they come out?


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    murphyaii
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 140 ✭✭murphyaii


    Dozyart wrote: »
    there's a site called discrepair.ie that claims to be able to fix discs,i dont know anything about them,could be voodoo for all i know! Why was the xbox standing up?that was just looking for an outcome like this

    your xbox360 is supposed to be standing up.
    it is well known to cause scratches sitting horizontal


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    The_N4sir
    Registered Users Posts: 213 ✭✭The_N4sir


    murphyaii wrote: »
    your xbox360 is supposed to be standing up.
    it is well known to cause scratches sitting horizontal

    Would there not be more of a chance of it getting knocked over standing up rather than the CD getting scratched while horizontal?

    My 360 was always horizontal and it never scratched any discs


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    The_N4sir
    Registered Users Posts: 213 ✭✭The_N4sir


    murphyaii wrote: »
    Only got the game for my daughter at xmas and she knocked it over flat and gave the disc a nice round burn on the disc.
    it see's it when loaded but then says disc unreadable.
    Tried the toothpaste and candle wax to clear the scratch but no luck.

    Have tried to rent but no available to install it to the hard drive.

    any other ideas out there.

    for the xbox360:confused:

    I think Gamestop and maybe Smyths can fix cd's for something like 5/10 euros. Maybe someone else can confirm this


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    CatInABox
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,358 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatInABox


    The Xbox 360 was designed to be used either horizontally or vertically, and neither will scratch your disks more than the other.

    What is pretty much guaranteed to scratch your disk is moving from horizontal to vertical (or vice versa) with a disk in the drive.


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    jaggiebunnet
    Registered Users Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭jaggiebunnet


    I have an unopened copy for sale for 30 euro if interested


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    murphyaii
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 140 ✭✭murphyaii


    I've been told at a few different game shops that the xbox should be stood up.as it is known to scratch discs whilst horizontal after a while.


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    Spudman_20000
    Registered Users Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭Spudman_20000


    murphyaii wrote: »
    I've been told at a few different game shops that the xbox should be stood up.as it is known to scratch discs whilst horizontal after a while.

    Would these game shops be in the disc repair or disc insurance business by any chance? :)

    I think the general consensus is that the 360 is less likely to scratch discs when it is horizontal.


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    Tippex
    Registered Users Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭Tippex


    murphyaii wrote: »
    Only got the game for my daughter at xmas and she knocked it over flat and gave the disc a nice round burn on the disc.
    it see's it when loaded but then says disc unreadable.
    Tried the toothpaste and candle wax to clear the scratch but no luck.

    Have tried to rent but no available to install it to the hard drive.

    any other ideas out there.

    for the xbox360:confused:

    Smyths used to do the repairs in store not sure if they still do though


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