I have xbox360 slim. Two games i just purchased from a craigslist ad MW3 and Battlefield 3, both games have no scratchs on them. The system will play games for five minutes (time does not include prelude into the game, which for both games play flawless.) Afte you have taken control of character the game will stop with an error code that says cannot read disk, clean disk and restart xbox. I have had both games cleaned/resurfaced at game zone, in whitch returned the same error code at the same time. Are the games no good, if not what causes that. Other games work perfect even games with light to medium scratchs play all the way through without a problem. Tahnks for your feedback

Is your xbox360 having trouble reading disc? In this guide I will provide some common solutions to help you fix your disc read issues.

1)Remove any memory devices or usb flash drives.
2)If the disc you are using is excessively scratched, this can cause the xbox to have trouble reading the disc. You can use a damp soft cloth to try and clean the disc. Grab the disc by the edges and using a soft damp cloth lightly wipe the disc from the center going outward.

3)Try removing your Xbox hard drive and then play a disc. Turn off the console. Locate the hard drive on the top of your system(depending on how you have it positioned). Press the release button on the hard drive.



If your system can read disc without the hard drive attached then you may need to replace the drive.

4)Clear the Xbox360 cache. Clearing the cache may remove updates to certain games. Keep this in mind.
Go to System Settings in the My Xbox menu. Select Memory, highlight your storage device and select Clear System Cache. Try and play the disc.

If after the above steps you are still having trouble. You may want to contact Microsoft Xbox live support to have your system serviced. You can find the support information in the link below,
Xbox Support


Regards,
G33k

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