subject: What To Do When Getting "To Play This Disc, Put It In An Xbox 360 Console" Error? [print this page] What To Do When Getting "To Play This Disc, Put It In An Xbox 360 Console" Error?
One day you just want to play your "awesome" xbox 360 game and suddenly out of now where, you see this error "to play this disc, put it in an Xbox 360 console" on your screen! Let me tell you what happened and what to do next.
That might be something related to your Xbox 360 console itself or the disc you are trying to play on, so first have a look on the Xbox 360 game disc itself and check whether there is any kind of scratches or flaws on it.
If you find a scratch or a flaw on the disc that seems to be the reason and just to check it you can put any other game in your Xbox 360 console and try it once more, if the other game is working fine that definitely assures that it's a fault with the game disc & check on the scratched discs page on our web site for more information about the reason for this issue to occur.
If you didn't find any flaws or scratches on your xbox 360 disc, then do the following:
1- Do not insert any discs in your xbox 360 console, and go to the system section on your dashboard
2- Check the console settings.
3- Choose start up.
4- Set it to disc not dashboard
If it is set to dashboard, select Disc and try the game again. It should work.
If it is set to disc or you tried playing your xbox 360 game and it didn't work, then read the following steps:
1- Clean your xbox 360 game disc gently and try it again.
2. If it's still not working try also another discs to know whether it's an issue with the actual Xbox 360 console then or not.
3- If the other xbox 360 discs works, then play the game without your hard disk because it might be a problem with it.
4- If the game is still not working, then you should exchange it from the retailer you bought the game from as it isn't scratched.
In other case, if all your xbox 360 game discs are triggering the same error, then you should immediately get in touch with the xbox 360 support to repair or exchange the console.
