Installing games to hard drive problem

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#1 vi3tboy123
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When i try to install games to hard drive it installs it to console instead of hard drive meaning it says install game instead of install game to hard drive. When i do install the game to console it doesn't make my games run faster.
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#2 k2theswiss
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how do you install to console?.... theres a 4gb console but thats not even released. plus your not really going notice time time it loads by timing it with your head... after u install it do you hear your dvd drive running? if not then it worked
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#3 vi3tboy123
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Yeah? But why does it say install game instead of install game to hard drive that's unusual. When i try the install game it doesn't do anything.
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#4 peterb1990
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I installed a game to my hard drive on my xbox. it takes up to much space, my opinion is dont install just put the disk in
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#5 k2theswiss
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Yeah? But why does it say install game instead of install game to hard drive that's unusual. When i try the install game it doesn't do anything.vi3tboy123
do you have the new model xbox? that could maybe the reason
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#6 k2theswiss
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I installed a game to my hard drive on my xbox. it takes up to much space, my opinion is dont install just put the disk inpeterb1990
some body needs a bigger hard drive.... my advice is upgrade and install all your games. i payed 35 bucks off ebay for a 60gb harddrive. had it for at least 9 or so months works great i have 8 games installed and dlc maps and still got 14gbs
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#7 goki1012
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When you install your games to the HDD, you NEED to put yor disk in. This prevents people from borrowing a friend's disk, installing it, and getting to play the game for free! Installing the game has a lot of great things for 6 GB per game: - faster load times - quieter system (because the disk drive doesn't move) - prevents scratching your disk - plays your scratched disk (only on the console the game was installed too, unfortunately) - disk drive lasts longer because older Xbox 360 model's disk drive was fragile I would suggest you have at least 60 GB of HDD.
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#8 vi3tboy123
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I had xbox 360 elite but i remember it use to work, now i don't know what was the cause of it. I search the problem on google and i can't find answers please i really want to make my games run smoother and faster.
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#9 Kaim91
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Well, as long as the game is installed and is taking up space, then what makes you think it's not working?

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#10 JordanizPro
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I installed a game to my hard drive on my xbox. it takes up to much space, my opinion is dont install just put the disk inpeterb1990
Yea but if you install a game to the hard drive your xbox wont work as hard resulting in a better chance of not getting rrod

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#11 vi3tboy123
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Think about it. Why would it say install game instead of install game to hard drive ? That doesn't make sense even when theres play game from hard drive it says play game instead. Like what the hell?
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#12 Kaim91
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Who cares what it says, as long as the effect is the same? You think you aren't getting the benefits because it doesn't say the right thing?

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Think about it. Why would it say install game instead of install game to hard drive ? That doesn't make sense even when theres play game from hard drive it says play game instead. Like what the hell?vi3tboy123
Ok. two things. When you install it does it actually install? It should take a while to install a game. If it does that then it DOES install. Now the next thing. When you play a game does the disc spin? there is two ways to find out, one is the sound, go near it and see if you hear tit spinning. the second way to find out is to touch the front of the disc drive and see if it's hot after playing the game for a while. If you can't hear the disc spin and the disc tray is not hot then you're running it from the hard drive.
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#14 MathMattS
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I installed a game to my hard drive on my xbox. it takes up to much space, my opinion is dont install just put the disk inpeterb1990

It's better to install games to your hard drive-- then, playing the game generates less heat and is said to have faster load times.

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#15 metalkid9
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[QUOTE="peterb1990"]I installed a game to my hard drive on my xbox. it takes up to much space, my opinion is dont install just put the disk inMathMattS

It's better to install games to your hard drive-- then, playing the game generates less heat and is said to have faster load times.

Not in my experience. The heat coming out of the vent is always hot either way. The only extra heat that generates is from the disc tray since the disc is spinning. When you run it from the hard drive there is more stress on the video card and cpu to run it more smoother therefore there could be more heat cuz of it.