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PSPDan · 8th February 2010, 21:16

I already have an Elite.. And my brother is buying himself one for his room. But we don't want to buy extra copies of all our games, so I was wondering, can you install the game to the hard drive of one, and use the game disc on the other, and play them simultaneously?

Penn · 8th February 2010, 22:14

No, game disc must be in the console even when installed on the HDD.

PSPDan · 8th February 2010, 22:33

Ah ok that sucks. Thanks.

Steve_90 · 8th February 2010, 23:08

If you need the disc, whats the benefit of installing it to the hd?

shady22 · 8th February 2010, 23:12

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Originally Posted by Steve_90

If you need the disc, whats the benefit of installing it to the hd?

xbox runs much quieter as the disk doesnt actualy spin

Penn · 8th February 2010, 23:12

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Originally Posted by Steve_90

If you need the disc, whats the benefit of installing it to the hd?

Doesn't load any game content from the disc. It checks it at startup and checks it continuously whilst playing the game to see if it's in the tray.

AXracing · 9th February 2010, 00:37

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Originally Posted by PSPDan

I already have an Elite.. And my brother is buying himself one for his room. But we don't want to buy extra copies of all our games, so I was wondering, can you install the game to the hard drive of one, and use the game disc on the other, and play them simultaneously?

I do it all the time. You still have to use the game disc to load the game every time you turn your xbox on though. Some of the 360's no not know when you use the hard eject to pop out a disc. So all you do is turn it on with the disc in and boot the game. Then hang about until the game disc stops spinning and the eject it using the hard eject pin trick. Then stick the disc in your other 360 and your away. But there is a very real chance of killing your disc if you open it with it still spinning. Apparently it does not work on all 360's as well.

PSPDan · 9th February 2010, 01:05

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Originally Posted by AXracing

I do it all the time. You still have to use the game disc to load the game every time you turn your xbox on though. Some of the 360's no not know when you use the hard eject to pop out a disc. So all you do is turn it on with the disc in and boot the game. Then hang about until the game disc stops spinning and the eject it using the hard eject pin trick. Then stick the disc in your other 360 and your away. But there is a very real chance of killing your disc if you open it with it still spinning. Apparently it does not work on all 360's as well.

Hard eject pin trick?

I tried ejecting a game earlier after booting it off the HD, and it went straight to dashboard.

AXracing · 9th February 2010, 19:06

If you press the eject button the Xbox knows the tray is open so it will not work. If you take the face plate off the 360 you will see 3 holes just under the drive. If you poke something in there the tray will open. I use a bit of welding rod but a paper clip will do. Depending on the drive you have will depend on the hole you have to use. Then with some but not all 360s will just keep running. So you just stick your disc in the other and both 360s can run from the 1 disc. Just be positive the disc is NOT spinning when you open it. As I say it does not work on all Xboxs as some will register the drive as open.

Ste-88 · 15th February 2010, 19:46

Flash one or remove the case of one then manualy lift the disk out of the tray and load into other one.

Either that or jTag.

Personally I'd flash, since LT is out now.