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Subject: Disc Not Reading

Still no resolution here? I sure hope this is a disc problem because I'm not thrilled about getting a 5th xbox360.

I usually have to do one or two ejects to get the game to start but then it seems OK after that, probably since I did manage to install it.

Any chance of being allowed to play w/o the disc reading once it is installed? They've got my $150 already.

  • 10.13.2010 7:16 PM PDT

Yeah i have a launch one and i have this problem. It worked fine for a few hours and now it gets worse. I play one game then after that disc read and it continues like that!

  • 10.13.2010 10:46 PM PDT


Posted by: JonnyOThan

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Mine stopped working at the end of each match... annoying.. disc is fine and so is my laser eye.
This actually could be a hard drive issue (happened to me). Try playing without it connected. Then call Microsoft Support.
Was the same thing for me so I transferred my gamertag and halo reach profile to a flash drive and I beat the campaign with only one dre and zero other problems.

  • 10.14.2010 6:04 AM PDT
Subject: Disc Not Reading? Call 1-800-4-MY-XBOX for support (see page 35).

Yeah, same thing happened to me yesterday. I couldn't play any of the modes on the disc. However, I had a scratch on mine (a mysterious DEEP scratch). I took my game back to GameStop and they gave me another copy for about five bucks... It worked out good, so I'd recommend doing that.

Oh, and if and when you get another copy: DOWNLOAD IT TO YOUR HARD DRIVE! It helped make sure you can play the game and it places less stress on the Xbox 360 and the disc.

  • 10.14.2010 6:32 AM PDT
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  • 10.14.2010 9:35 AM PDT

this is annoying ive never had i problem with my xbox ive hadit since the summer before halo 3 came out and now apparently it cant read the stupid halo reach disc it seem s this is a disc problem or something bungie did and wasnt paying attention please find out whats wrong and yes it was working about 12 hours ago. GT: ( LT WIENSTROER)

  • 10.14.2010 9:37 AM PDT

i also realized ever since they came out with the install game a lot ofppl have been having disc problems also. Oh and ya im not going to go buy a second xbox 360 because next thing you know 400 dollars later with a warranty you still get screwed because the xbox dosent break until after the warranty i wish they had a life time warranty because i always buy one and of course i never have to use it.

  • 10.14.2010 9:58 AM PDT

i also looked at my disc again and i hope you read this comment bungie because it is going to be helpful looked at my disc no scratches ok good but i happened to tilt my disc alittle and relized theres a certain area on the disc that is discolored its darker looks like something spilled on it but that didnt happen because i would just buy a new game. it looks like a puddle on the disc but dried up. i tried cleaning it and nothing changed its still there. i never noticed this until i did the install download on my friends xbox because he scratched his disc and now his works fine. but when i got home today expecting to play some reach it didnt work. so if any one else see this wierd mark on there disc say something if we all do bungie eventually has to do something about it.

GT: LT WIENSTROER PLEASE HURRY UP ITS BEEN A MONTH FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

URK PLEASE HELP NIT JUST ME BUT EVRYONE ELSE WITH THE PROBLEM MSG ME OR ON HERE PLEASE THANKS FOR UR TIME :)

[Edited on 10.14.2010 1:38 PM PDT]

  • 10.14.2010 10:38 AM PDT

this absolutely is NOT a disc problem, im on my 3rd disk. buy a new one or go to pc gaming, just do it... >:( im pissed

  • 10.14.2010 4:00 PM PDT

brand new 360s, brand new copy of reach, installed to the hard drive and still getting issues with disk read, right before it happens my sound gets messed up

  • 10.14.2010 4:35 PM PDT

I think Bungie and MS have an issue they need to ADDRESS here. Every type of console has been affected, zero new info has come, new and old are variables too. And if the only way to get a fix is to contact the BBB and MS, this is a REAL problem. Bungie, please at least say more than call xbox.

  • 10.14.2010 6:51 PM PDT

If your disc is not reading call microsoft and they will send you a new copy thats what I just did!!

  • 10.14.2010 7:18 PM PDT

If the new disc is the solution, then everyone would have a new disc. There are multiple errors going on here. I don't mind a fix for everyone, but at the price they are charging, it just does not make sense. If they know the issue, then they should fix systems, not send Mexican refurbished ones up. How do you know if the one they send will work or not if they don't know the problem? If the new disc worked, this wouldn't be an issue.

  • 10.14.2010 7:23 PM PDT

its most likely an error in code on the disk, not the disk or the console, the only solution would be for bungie to release a patch for it

  • 10.15.2010 12:22 AM PDT

Just so everyone knows here is what I did. I filed a complaint with BBB. Within a day I recieved contact by MS requesting more information. They stated that MS and Bungie are working on locating the issue but that there was no "disk fix" it has to be serviced by the console. Since mine was out of waranty I was given the option for an exchange or free repair. Since I had been waiting this long to play I opted for an exchange. Recieved my replacement Halo 3 box, swapped the HD over, and put the game in. So far 4 hours without errors, prior to replacement was about 1 hour then nothing since. Not saying this will work for everyone but it worked for me and I am enjoying my game that has been collecting dust since launch date! Hope that everyone gets it worked out and get out there soon!

  • 10.15.2010 1:02 AM PDT

team SMaLO

i have this problem too but opening/closing the tray usually fixes it

  • 10.15.2010 1:35 AM PDT

"What's there to understand about swish, swish, stab?"

Who knows, it could be anything until Bungie or Microsoft say otherwise. I was able to play mine for a good two weeks, couldn't play campaign, but I at least could play Firefight. Now, it just stopped working entirely and I get nothing but DREs, my console is a launch console that was bought in 2006 and sent to MS for RRoD in 2008. Even ODST doesn't work after the seizure that was the Reach DRE. Let's keep this thread alive, as for me, I gotta get to work.

[Edited on 10.15.2010 5:04 AM PDT]

  • 10.15.2010 4:45 AM PDT

maybe you should try to install it to your hard drive.?.?

  • 10.15.2010 12:41 PM PDT

Is this problem getting worse? In the beginning I would only get a disc error on a certain checkpoint in one campaign mission. It didn't bug me because I primarily play matchmaking and didn't have any problems with that. But recently I've been getting errors during the loading screen of firefight and now its starting to happen in matchmaking.

To the poster above me. Installing it actually makes it worse. When I uninstalled it the errors were less frequent. But now its every other game.

  • 10.15.2010 12:51 PM PDT

When you read most of these posts, you start to understand that there are multiple issues with this game.
Pinpointing to one common problem is almost impossible.
I mean there are issues with the discs, with the start-up consoles, with the slim consoles, and there are many different versions of DRE's.

A few posts back, someone brought up the fact that these games are having much more data on them.
That Halo Reach is the first of these "heavy data discs".
That is why on most of the original consoles you have problems reading the disc. This is the case with my console.

I just wonder upcoming releases that I want to buy like:
Fable 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood; will have similar problems?
These games will have 2x the data than the previous release....

  • 10.15.2010 1:41 PM PDT

"What's there to understand about swish, swish, stab?"

maybe you should try to install it to your hard drive.?.?
Already tried it.

  • 10.15.2010 1:55 PM PDT

Yo they need some sorta oatch or a replacement issude at gamestops or somethin this is rediculus

  • 10.15.2010 3:17 PM PDT

I have been having the same issue, i just assumed it was almost time for some red lights to start flashing. Im glad/sad to hear im not the only one I hope they fix this soon, FYI I have a white xbox 360 and the tray is silver.

  • 10.15.2010 5:28 PM PDT
Subject: Disc Not Reading

THIS IS STUPID IM GOING TO PC GAMING -blam!- BUNGIE -blam!- MICROSOFT THEY WONT FIX THIS -blam!-~!!!

  • 10.15.2010 6:01 PM PDT
Subject: Disc Not Reading? Call 1-800-4-MY-XBOX for support (see page 35).
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i dont know if this will work for veryone and you may have already heard this but i installed t on my hardrive and now it ays i can play and i previously had a problem with campaign

  • 10.15.2010 6:52 PM PDT