copying games to hard drive?

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#1 YodaSoda3
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When you copy a game to your hard drive does it affect the disk at all?

Does it copy the game from the disk does it copy or does it take the game off the disk and put it on your hard drive?

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#2 Elite_Bruce
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Once you install the game to the HDD the disk is still needed to start the game play. For me it seems that games run a bit smoother and load quicker.

It only copies the game to the HDD.

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#3 znator
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When you copy a game to your hard drive does it affect the disk at all?

Does it copy the game from the disk does it copy or does it take the game off the disk and put it on your hard drive?

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It copies the game, you still have the disc if you go to another persons house and still play the game off it, its basically just a digital copy of the game in other words.
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#4 sourcerah
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no it doesnt affect the disk. it does reduce the "wear & tear" of your disk dive, makes loading times on some games quicker, and reduces the noise the xbox360 makes... the only con of "installing" a game on your hard drive is that it takes up memory/space on your hard drive... other than that i haven't heard any complaints
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#6 Palantas
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A "disk" is a harddrive, like what's inside your Xbox or computer. A "disc" is a CD or DVD. The disc a game comes on is read-only, and can't be erased or modified by anything your Xbox does (short of scratching the hell out of it, but that's another story).
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#7 djmillard2
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and just so you guys know, when you install the game to your HDD, you can use any copy of the game to be in the disc drive. it doesn't have to be the disc you downloaded from.
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#8 YodaSoda3
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ok, thanks guys
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#9 Chris_53
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I dont tend to bother installing to my HDD, i did it with GTA 4 and honestly didnt notice any difference in loading times or performance. All i noticed was i had much less HDD space free and the console was quieter.
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#10 shawn7324
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Some games you will notice a minor to mid increase in overall performance & some you will won't even notice.
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#11 djmillard2
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Some games you will notice a minor to mid increase in overall performance & some you will NOT even notice.shawn7324
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