Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Disc Read Errors Hit Xbox 360 Versions

I do not think mw3 lives up to the hype, it's like mw2 graphics with different game content. The spec ops and survival add a little something but for 65$ i was looking for a lot better game play all around but was sorely disappointed. COD black ops is still on top -Skorn

You have to be signed into xbox live, then go to system, storage and press x then left shoulder, right shoulder, x left shoulder, right shoulder and remove system update will pop up.

My sister had this happen to her yesterday on my copy while playing with her friends. She was scared to tell me out of fear of my reaction. I told her not to worry, it was the devs fault not hers. Hopefully activision steps up to replace faulty copies. $775 million in 5 days! I think you can afford to replace these defective games and show your dedicated fans that you care about us. Besides as long as Skyrim keeps working I'm golden.

same thing happened to me and like u said as long as my skyrim works im fine but they need to step up and do there job

My copy worked great for 8 days then it started freezing. I decided then to try and install it to the hard drive. Thats when the disc read errors started appearing. I went to the store to get a replacement copy for free. Went home immediately tried to install into my hard drive and recieved the same exact error! I have a new generation xbox 360 slim with a 250gb hard drive. All my other games work fine so I don't know what the problem could be.

I have the same exact thing happening to me! I played MW3 for over a week, then it suddenly becomes unreadable!

Please update me if yours begin to work

I have found the fix for this its so easy yet microsoft cant sort it out !!
Go to system settings / hard drive / select
using controller press RB LB X RB LB X
THIS WILL DELETE THE LATEST XBOX UPDATE !!
REBOOT XBOX BUT DONT SIGN IN (IMPORTANT)
INSTALL YOUR MW3 TO HARD DRIVE - IT WILL GOTO 100 % NOW THE UPDATE IS NOT THERE !!
REBOOT CONSOLE AND SIGN INTO LIVE TO DOWNLOAD UPDATE IT NOW WORKS !!
PASS IT ON BUT GIVE ME THE CREDIT DONT CLAIM ITS YOUR FIX !!

Youre delete update and install method worked for me, thank allot, we owe you.
Cheers

That delete update thing does not work!!

empty cache. delete updates, load game to hd and then update worked! Thanks

The first time I tried playing the game I had problems. Could not read it. After a couple of times I was able to play MW3, but I had to do this every time I wanted to play. so I returned the game and got a new one, this one is even worse can barely play it. I brought it to my friend and it played fine on his xbox wich is older than mine. I'll return it again but get the game at another store and see that will work, maybe the store that I returned it had a bad batch. I'll let you know if it worked.

Im installing my game right now after deleting the update. I hope it works!!

thank u very much it really helped and i give u full cred.
:D

yes i have had these problems the disc could still work with some xbox 360s but some still say the disc is unreadable

This worked! Thank-you!! Hail to Gabriel!

Same thing happening to my son's MW3. Very frustrating...he just got the Xbox for his birthday and was so excited about the release of MW3. Now he can't really play it! Will the store where I purchased the game exchange for a new one?

Yes, I returned mine, but even my new one did the same thing. Not saying it will happen to yours but just warning you it might.

My game will just randomly freeze at any given moment or the error message saying "disc can not be read" and close the game erasing all progress I have made since my last save point. Modern warfare 3 is my only game that does this and I am playing on the new 4 gb x-box 360 slim elite that I have only had for about 4 months. I had my game replaced but the problem still persists.

I bought this game the night it was released. Everytime I play, midway through a match it says " disk unreadable. " I hear that there's people having this same problem.

Definitely * . I played it a couple nights with no issues....then I tried the campaign and it went downhill from there. At first I would just have to open and close the tray a couple times then a day or two later it would only kick me off with disc read error once then I could restart and be golden. Now day 7 I can't do anything and I'm ready to throw the whole Xbox out the window. I didn't spend this money to hear other people talk about the game I can't play at all and I'm pretty disappointed with Microsoft for letting something like this keep going with no fix.

I was on a three day trip and came back happy to play MW3 and 20 minutes into campaign I get the error. Cleaned the disc twice and it played for about 20 minutes each time and got the error again. Played a full game of NBA 2K10 for an hour, no error, and played a brand new copy of Assassin's Creed Revelations (game rocks BTW) for 3 hours, no error.

Exchanged it SIX times!?!?!?!....In the process of exchanging yet again...

this has happen to me and my xbox plays other games perfectly.i want meh money back or a new copy

My disc got this error tonight. So immediately blammed the disc. However the disc works fine on an older console. Upon borrowing a friends copy would still not play. Also had trouble with other discs now. Has this one game caused a problem on my xbox.

I have the old elite, ever since I put mw3 in it I have problems with other games as well.

See comment 65 for solution.............. Delete the update and install all will be fine........

I have the same problem, I have cleaned the laser, returned the game to the store I purchased from and it was replaced with a new game, took it home and same issue. Other games play fine.

I am one of the many that have had this problem. As a matter of fact it has happened to me twice. Bought the game, took it home and tried to play it and it didn't work. After messing around with it I could get it to work but once I turned the Xbox off. The next time I tried to play it, it wouldn't work. So i brought it back, they gave me another copy. Same thing. This is a really big mistake by activision for being so eager to release the game with out working bugs out. I'm thinking of going back and just asking for my money back because the game has way to many bugs in it and activision doesn't really seem to be doing to much about it. Really disappointed.

I have had this issue many times and have tried everything not sure what xbox or activision did to this thing but every other disk plays great and really it seems to be a issue with their update! I clear my cache on the drive start it over again and I can play again for hours until it does it again, I have taken the disk over to a friends house and it plays fine. There is a serious issue here and it seems to be on both companies. I have just bought my xbox last december so it cannot be broken disks dont get scratched at my house and I baby my xbox. I wish they would get the update right!!!!

Just bought the game a few days ago. I am 30% through the campaign and now it keeps giving me the disk read error. Very frustrating!

I took my copy back 3 times... my xbox plays EVERY game and dvd I own but this one... Xbox says it's Activision, Activision says take it back to where I bought it, and Gamestop says "buy a new xbox"...

Im having the same problem after about 5 hours of game play it kicks me off with the error message " can't read disk or disk unreadalbe" this is my second copy, and they won't even acknowledge that its their fault. I'm done with microsoft for good cancelling my account.

On my way to exhange it for the second time, for 65 bucks a game this is absolute bull

I played the game for about a week and it suddenly stops working. It claims to be unreadable but it has no scratches. Aside from that my Xbox plays all my other games, including old ones that have been clawed up. There is DEFINITELY something wrong with the game. Activision needs to step up and fix our * !

Yes we are having this exact issue. We thought the xbox was broken and then realized it was only happening with Modern Warfare 3.

My boys birthday present, wm3, very frustrating.

Mine has had this issue also. Nicety not be able to play a game I have waited a year for!

Mine just started doing this 2 days ago. I thought it was my xbox but ALL my other games work.

This happened to me in black ops and i deeted everything in the black ops folder on system settings then memory and cleared my cache and it worked so try that

And clear the cache

Constantly having disc read errors. Also, if I have CoD: MW3 in the console and lets say I go to Netflix to watch some movies. When I'm done watching movies and try to go to the dashboard, my consoles locks up and you can hear the console repeatedly try to read the disc. I either have to power down my console or eject the disc in which I eventually get to the dashboard. I've gone to GameStop and have gotten a new copy 4 times now and still get the same problems.

Yep. I get into the game about 4 minutes and get the disk unreadable. I eject the game and restart the game ,and it plays for 30-45 minutes, and i get it again. Disk was new and untouched the first time it happened.

Just happened to me- during a game, going to contact retailer for an exchange or Microsoft need to do a new update. My Xbox is legit and other games work fine, so I should not even have spend £5 for a disc cleaner when the disc is mint......followed the shi** xbox diagnosis waste of time- resulted in disc replacement- genius!!

If you haven't registered a compliant on the xbox forums, go to the following link and enter a post...

http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/8/p/139413/774162.aspx#774162

im getting errors aswell on the game not to pleased

It wont even start, you hit start and it says error

Yes same problem disc read error and open and close tray for bout an hour the game may finally work

its happening on ps3 aswell i go into a give and my screen freezes and it says disc error , what should i do?

Deleting your cache works most of the time, system, memory, hit Y select clear cache and then try your game again don't accept update and try loading it to HDD. I know this has been posted before but it usually works. I repair DVD Drives on xbox and with a new laser it still happens P of the time.

My xbox plays all my other games flawlessy. For the first two days I had MW3, it worked fine, but then began displaying "Disc Unreadable Errors" at game start up. After the Error pop-up appeared, though, the game intro continued playing behind the pop-up. I have tryed cleaning the disc, cleaning the lens, removing the hard-drive, clearing system cache, using another hard-drive, using another xbox...all the same. From what I've seen, this problem has occured with thousands of other people. Microsoft or Activision need to do something about this.

I bought this game within the first hour of it coming out and I have had the same problem. As of 12-05-2011 my game was still reading an error. I would tell anyone who hasn't bought the game already not to until this problem is fixed. These games cost too much money for this kind of issue. If your going to charge $60 make sure the game works. I'll think long and hard before I buy another Activision game

Having the same issue with the third post below me. Ive exchanged my copy of MW3 twice and am still receiving the same results. Activision need to do something about this ASAP.

i have two consoles, works on one but not the other

There is obviously a problem and neither Microsoft or activision are speaking or acting like they care about the issue. It's going on 30 days and some of us have only played the game 15 mins with no resolution to the problem yet

it is microsofts problem when they updated the dae.bin file to try to catch pirates! they won't admit it though even though it is known! they also delete the support forum, and threads that pop up about it and won't fix it. and the pirates broke through and are the ones who can play!

I had this problem repeatedly when trying to join a friends game, for me i have always had the xbox standing up, tried laying it down and it worked first time, i have an xbox 360 slim 4gb model. i never had any issues on my previous xbox with the same game, but this was installed to the HDD. not sure if this makes a difference for anybody, but just a tip.

yep, same issue here....my xbox won't read my mw3 disk, but reads my other ones fine. I've remained very active on the xbox forum and we still await comment about any progress in the matter. It's been almost a month since some users could load their copy of mw3.

I'm on my 2nd copy of MW3 and I'm still getting the error. I have an old xbox but I just bought Rage and it's working fine. Get your sh*t together Activision.

For anyone interested in making something happen with this issue please sign this petition and lets get Activision to do something about this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.change.org/petitions/activision-incorporated-resolve-the-xbox-360-mw3-disc-read-error-issue?share_id=cfuANvdGYJ&

I replaced two discs and I get the same error.

This is happening to the Playstation 3 users aswell

i do have that issue. my way to try and fix it was to install it to the console so when i get the game to actually register i go to my games and select play it from there. but it takes awhile to get the console to recognize the disc :(

Thank you for a bad batch of games activision we know mistakes happen and youve heard too many accounts of people having their disks screwed up but itd be * nice if you guys decided to at least release a statement diagnosing what really would be causing a majority of these problems.

I thought it was my console, but after reading this im sure it must be a bad disk , all other disks play fine . had to buy cleaning disk but still have problems

My husband got this as a gift for his birthday... 1st copy of it kept freezing and saying something about disc unreadable, clean disc. It was clean/ Store gave us a new copy. Same thing happening with this second one! Store policy is if it's open they will replace with new copy...I think I am going to print this off and ask for a refund and they can deal with the company. I am amazed some attorney hasn't started a lawsuit over it.

yep im having this same issue i bought a used copy and had this issue

happened to me to :/ playing it at a friends when it first happened then took it back to my house and still didnt work after i tried everything

My son got the error message on his new COD MW3 game two days after getting it. Retailer said to contact Microsoft - they in turn said to contact Activision. That was 36 hours ago and I'm still waiting for a reply.....Feel cheated - meanwhile, have a very disappointed son.

See comment 65 for solution..............

Think i may have found a soloution, seems to have worked for me any way.
I deleted the installed game from my hard drive, turned my 360 off and then back on again, re-insalled the game to my hard drive and dont seem to be getting the disc read problem any more. Hope this helps some of you if not all, good luck.

some day it works fine some day it wont let me play at all and it is pissimg me off i was going to take back the game but cant find reciept

I have the same problem my disc read error comes up when starting the game if I get it started it does it during survival mode on and offline sometimes during campaign I think they should test there games better and send out new copies to everybody who joined call of duty elite.

It isn't Activision. It's Microsoft. Microsoft issued an update to prevent pirated games from loading... Which caused issues with certain drive types. I have 3 xboxes and 2 of them play my game EVERY time. But the third one has issues reading the game. There was a new version of game disks that started to be made right before MW3 was released.

The first time I put the game into my Xbox it would not load. It sucks because I was really looking forward to that game.

I also have this problem. I tried the other 25 games and they read fine. I even took the game back and exchanged it. STILL had a problem. These games are too expensive to be having this problem. HOPEFULLY this game is replaced with a working copy.

Having issues with my disc aswell, the is BS

My copy worked fine from launch until this Friday 16th Dec. Palying multiplayer when the disc unreadable error message appeared. Unable to play it since. Tried downloading to HD but game puts up unreadable message again at 40%. Rubbish, do we really deserve to be treated like this. Who else can sell goods that dont work and then just shrug their shoulders and say sucks to be you?

My disc has been doing this since i bought it home from the midnight launch, the very first time i played it booted me and continues to do it to this day, that same error can't read disc, not a scratch on it. it is very annoying and needs to be fixed!

My disc has been doing this since i bought it home from the midnight launch, the very first time i played it booted me and continues to do it to this day, that same error can't read disc, not a scratch on it. it is very annoying and needs to be fixed!

The error occurs often and is clearly a bad disk. MS should replace!

well mine just wont read on the dashboard, it doesnt start playing it just keeps saying reading......open tray. over and over

I have fixed this problem !! to fix delete the xbox update do this by going to system settings / storage and select press RB LB X RB LB X this will delete the update then install the game to hard drive it will go to 100%.
Reboot and sign into live to download the update and it will now work no problem..
It is not a disc problem and its not your laser it's the update that causes it.. trust me it does work, but dont steal my glory but feel free to pass it on just remember Dan Pedder sorted it before anyone else..

Hail to Dan Pedder! This works!

Your solution, unfortunately, isn't a cure-all. MW3 fried my oriiginal DVD drive (2008 360 Elite with 120 GB HDD)and I just installed a new drive yesterday, played Batttlefield 3 and Skyrim for 5 hours with no problem. As soon as I put in MW3, the drive stopped reading everything except for a CD-ROM. Won't recognize any DVD format whatsoever...even after deleting cache, removing updates, etc. $40 drive is now junk.

Pdz1210, please see if you can help me. I have a 4gb console and not enough space to install the game on the hard drive (even though I erased everything). I followed your instructions to try fix the problem but I can't save the game. Is there another way to solve the disc error problem?
Thanks

will my presitge be erased?

I tried this fix and it uninstalled the update but it still won't read the disc so I can download it to the hard drive. Any ideas?????

This is a real easy fix ! it's not the disc or your laser going down !!
Step 1 - go to system settings / hard drive / select
Step 2 - Press LB RB X LB RB X
Step 3 - Delete system update
Step 4 - Install to hard drive
Step 5 - REBOOT AND SIGN BACK INTO LIVE - DOWNLOAD UPDATE WHEN PROMPTED
IT DOES WORK AND SPREAD THE WORD JUST MENTION ME WHEN HELPING OTHERS - DONT GO STEALING MY GLORY !! PEDZ 1210

I have finished campaign mode and gotten quite far in Special Ops, not to mention i have completed the first level of Prestige Mode on Xbox Live. i already downloaded the game to my hard drive and am now getting this problem. will deleting the game from my Hard Drive and the update then re-installing the game to hard drive and re-installing the udate cause me to lose everything i have accomplished in the game. I really don't want to have to start from scratch again over a stupid error that appears to be running rampant accross the MW3 boards.

No if you already have the game on your hard drive just delete the system update and then sign back into live to download the new update.

This works 100% the game was unreadable the first time I put it in my xbox. Just follow his directions do the exact buttons he posted from the main storage screen before you press y. Hit no when it boots back up to the update. Install it to the drive and then do the update.

Cleared cache, deleted update, started installing MW3 to my HD and got unreadable disc at about 45% still. Tried it a second time and it still gave me the unreadable disc error so I'm thinking this doesn't work for everyone.

I am getting a disc unreadable error at about 40% of the way through the install, three times in a row now.

hey dude i tried your idea and that didn't work out for me instead of working like it should of it says unreadable so i try again and now it wont even read it as if there is no game in the xbox but all my other games work fine. any ideas?

I get it and thank you for sharing, but I follow your steps(5 or 6 times just to make sure it wasnt me) but when attempting to install it on my HD, I get the same disc error at about 15% complete on the install and I have to start over. any ideas on that?

Had the same issue and tried this many times with the install stopping at 40 percent. Finally i shut down the xbox and pulled the power and held the power button for 15 20 seconds and let it sit 5 mins or so. It installed all the way after that.

Just opened it new today and it started up then gave the can't read disc problem, tried to clean it to no avail. also tried it on a friend's console and encountered the same problem.

Look at comment 65 for solution !

Glad it helped Justin.

My wife bought me mw3 for our x box 360and when we put the disk in it says that we need an update to play the game. So we updated it then when the game came on it says game is unreadable. So we cleaned the disk and it came back on worked two Mins then quit again. We took the game back to sams club and got another copy and tried it. The new game has the same problem. They need to fix the problem

I love this game. However as I was just barely playing I knocked my Xbox accidentally. It didn't even fall over, it was a very very light hit and it just leaned up against the entertainment center about a half-inch away. Now my copy doesn't work... What do I do? That's $60 down the drain.

Just take it to a game repair center and they can remove aa layer off the disc and it will be almost brand new again. Same with scratches. What you have is a laser burn.

I have this problem, so annoying, like the most annoying thing to happen to xbox ever.. Also at one poiny it said it was a mixed media disk :S

ive just after gettin me 2nd copy of the game and yet again not working? these are brand news games bought from a shop which are simply not working. I was chatting to activision and after all the messing around they made me do all they could offer me in advice was to send them the copy of mw3 and they resend out a new one. What if its the same with this one after waiting up to 2 months to get it? its absolute bollox if you ask me and i want some answers as i paid the money to play this game and as of yet all i have been doing is looking at an unreadable disc error...

*****REALLY WORKS, THX PEDZ1210!***** This is a real easy fix ! it's not the disc or your laser going down !! Step 1 -go to system settings / hard drive / select Step 2 -Press LB RB X LB RB X Step 3 -Delete system update Step 4 -Install to hard drive Step 5 -REBOOT AND SIGN BACK INTO LIVE -DOWNLOAD UPDATE WHEN PROMPTED IT DOES WORK AND SPREAD THE WORD JUST MENTION ME WHEN HELPING OTHERS -DONT GO STEALING MY GLORY !! PEDZ 1210

Glad it helped you out. If only the other people on here took the time to read my solution they would be playing the game ! Still the solution is there people ! Look at comment 65 for an easy fix.

Look at comment 65 for solution

My husband has tried to play the game and it also states error and will not read disc. he has cleaned everything and emptied Cache and it still does not work.

You have to delete the system update I have explained how on comment 65. The new system update is causing random disc errors to pop up. It's not the disc or the laser. There is a video on my YouTube channel aswell if you need it search mw3 disc error fix tried and tested its posted under thekuriozdj I'm the same person.

@pedz 1210. Help please. got old type x box elite with hard drive mw3 disc error message comes up, tried your method deleted countless system updates, didn't sign in, used clear cache on several attempts, tried playing without hard drive and still unable to play or install (only get to 27%) dont have x box live but tried the new update via usb and installing update off disc but no solution, you seem to be an expert of some sort please help. much apreciated

Same thing happening as ek93. Cleared cache, deleted updates, tried to install but still got the disc read error at about 46%. Tried reinstalling and redeleteing update and then installing to HD again but keep getting the error. Sometimes I don't even get the option to install because the game shows up as "Mixed Media Disc". It looks like the only true fix is going to be from either Microsoft or Activision. That's assuming either of them finally just take the blame and come up with a solution.

I had just picked up MW3 and it would not read at all, so i went and returned it and got another brand new MW3 and it still does not read the disc.

Mine isn't working. Purchased on dec. 29. Wtf?

I bought this as a gift for my son and it does not work "disc read errors" I will be taking the game back to best buy and am hoping for a refund or replacement

i have a brand new 250 gb 360 and it failed to load the disc at the dashboard and all it said was "open tray" many forums say this is a faulty drive due to the console but thats impossible when my xbox can load any other game other than the new MW3 game. it's obviously a problem with the disc and the manufacturer should fix the problem

This is horrible pay money for something that doesn't work? And they won't d anything or say anything about it? You made so much money but can't treat your fans that bought a faulty disk to one that should be working? We have to pay to ship a disk that wasn't our fault? Horrible.

I have the same problem. I don't know if its the console or the game. But I really want to play my Modern Warfare 3 game.

I bought my disk on Friday and I bought it back to the shop 4 times! They tried it in there console said thir console had no prblem, they then put it in a disk cleaner for a further hour! Got home tried it again still messed up. I have also tried to delete the update none there to delete, I've had my xbox 4 months now. Still waiting on bloody IW to do a update!

See comment 65 for solution, Activision wont release any updates as it's not their problem !

Problem has been caused by the Update from Microsoft....

This happens every time I start a game, I'm lucky if I even get through one round. On top of that, it doesnt save my progress. So if I complete a challege and then this happens, I just have to do it again. Because of this, I'm still a level 27. I have no idea what to do, the COD customer service just avoided my questions when I tried to get help, I'm starting to think I wasted 60 bucks.

Same problem here this is ridiculous especially given the price of the game Activision needs to do something to fix this because expecting people to pay to replace their faulty product is unfair and just a bad plan.

Yes the exact same problem is happening with my sons game.He got COD MW3 for xmas & is yet to play it!, very frustrating indeed!!. We took the first one back to the store for an exchange & the new one is doing the exact same thing. All his other games work fine. His xbox is a slimline 250G & is only 12 months old.We are not happy at all!

See comment 65 for solution..........

I have been getting errors and I am sick and tired of it. The company needs to step up and fix the issue. recall if necessary RC in MD

See comment 65 for solution...... getting tired of writing this..... If only people took notice of the forum instead of jumping in head first and complaining the disc is faulty.....

Hey YO Freak Pedz- I tried your way and my freakin game wont get past 46% download to hard drive- WHAT FREAKIN NOW!!!!

Your solution may work for some, but it is not a cure-all for every system. My MW3 caused my original DVD drive to stop reading any disc. Bought a new one, started it up with Battlefield 3 then Skrim for 5 hours total. As soon as I put in MW3 the drive quit reading the disc and now will not read anything but a CD-ROM disc. I've deleted the cache, removed the update, the whole 9 yards over & over again to no avail. Brand-new drive now junk.

Pedz,
I cant figure out how to do this with the latest xbox interface update. where do i find the place to do this?

i have tried the #65 and still no luck for me ....

Try standing your console upright as Gibran suggests further down in this forum, I cant possibly find a solution to everyone but my method has helped quite a few up to now.

Microsoft might be patching the update soon as I think they are a bit peed off as I found a way to delete system updates !

I paid 60 something dollars for this and I have only played the game sparingly and all my other games are fine. I'm PIST.

Have had 2 copies fromAmazon and both are showing errors

Same to me also i just got my third mw3 from a return and tried and it said disc is unreadable and i just got it with no scratches or circle i think its my disc drive REPAIR TIME!!!! ; (

just bought game yesterday...played it for six hours (quite addicting) Went to turn it on today, mind you, I have never taken disc out of xbox console...and it says disc unable to be read. Other games work fine.

Yes, tonight my sons copy stopped working - disc unreadable - he only got it for Christmas.

We pre-ordered a copy of MW3 for my son. The first time playing it he had disc errors. We took the game back to Best Buy to exchange it, twice already. Nobody at Best Buy seems to know of this problem. Returning the last one today for a refund. Tired of the B.S. of back and forth. wish they would just fix the problems and send out new games when ready. Rob Mayo

I tried getting a refund for mine from best buy after exchanging 3 times, but they refused to give me one. Now I am stuck with a shiny piece of nothing. Tried installing as per comment #65, but couldnt get past 43% on one disk, 30 something on another and 0 and the last. Very frustrating.

mw3 is not reading on my xbox while all other games are fine. i even returned it for a new one yesterday and same issue.

Well I have the same issue. Played it after work for a week, came back land mine just shows me open tray, I bought my xbox in 2008. I dont know how big the hard drive is. But I never could copy any game to the HD, so I deleted or reformatted , huh. Can't play black ops, mwf 2 , mwf 4 , only world at war, So I thing before someone post the fix, They need to tell what GD console they have, too me it's a system compatability problem with mwf 3 that just flat out mess up everything,
What's bad is , I work at a remote mine site , we live in a hotel like rooms, our own, each room connects to cat 5 cable , 20 or more coworkers play after work, I work 2 weeks here , and 2 weeks at home, just got in from home and now this , can't play NOTHING , stuck playing world at war, Can't update till I bring it home

I bought modern warfare 3 the day ot came out, and my Xbox Won't read it. I am only 14, and spent 65 bucks for a broken game. I think that I should receive a replacement, because all of my other games work great.

MW3 keeps freezing up my xbox. All other games seem to run just fine. I can not even play single player without it freezing. At one point it even made my xbox red ring. I almost crapped my pants. I am very disappointed with this game. The disk is scratch less, even tried my friends copy and had the same problems. I wish Activision would step up and take care of the issue instead of making money off of a sub-par video game. Thanks for wasting my money

I've been playing MW3 just fine since the day it came out and all of a sudden I can't play anymore. It loads up, gets to the multiplayer, connects to xbox live, and shortly after says it can't read the disc and once aknowledged, shuts off the game. WTF? The disc is in perfect condition.

pedz help me please. I have the newest xbox 360 slim and i am getting the un-readable disc errors over and over. cleaned it and still getting the error. PLEASE HELP!

stand your x box up and do comment # 65..........it works ....thanks P

If you have a 4gb slim you wont be able to install it as it takes up 7.8gb !!
You could possibly install to a usb drive / pen as long as it was minimum 8gb.
Try clearing your cache and any game save info , I have heard the elite download can cause problems as well.

Pedz spot on mate don't play campaign but it was happening online. Removed from drive rebooted no problem. Cheers champ

hey ya'll this worked comment # 65......but it kept stopping when downloading it to the the hard drive @ 48%...........so I did more research....do exactly the comment #65.....but when you download it to your hard drive make sure your Xbox is standing up straight.....that worked for me......good luck.....go try it......thanks Pedz

Glad it has helped out, once it is installed you should be able to lay the console down nice bit of info there.

Any ideas on how to fix this problem on the PS3?

How is this problem fixed on the PS3? I have the same exact problems that everyone else seems to be having.

Since purchasing MW3 for XBox 360 for xmas 1 month ago, my console has had increasing difficulty reading discs. It is now to the point where it can't ready any games or dvds. There aren't any disc error messages, but when the tray closes it says "reading" then after a few seconds says "open tray" as if the console thinks the tray is empty. I spoke to xbox customer support about repairing it and was told by an extremely helpful, upfront and honest rep that he and others have noticed a sharp increase in reports of this same issue since MW3 was released. He was even the one to ask me if I owned MW3 so the connection between the game and the issue was made and brought up on his own. He told me that the disc usually runs around 3000 rpm while reading the typical XBox 360 game, but with MW3 it runs upwards of 2x that speed. This will ultimately result in the optical lense and drive to essentially burn out making it impossible to read any disc. He then stated that Microsoft has not confirmed any direct link between MW3 and disc reading issues with XBox 360 systems. I doubt they ever will. I urge as many people as possible to call customer support, bring this to their attention and demand that XBox/Microsoft, in conjunction with Activision, repair damaged consoles at no cost to the owners. If they refuse (and I'm sure they will), I highly suggest that you contact the Better Business Bureau and file a dispute over the matter.

same * happend to me :(

This is happening with me and I have it on ps3. I have the hardened edition

Nothing seems to work. I tried these solutions. Standing the xbox upright worked for some time, but I'm now getting the unrecognized disc error again. Why don't either Microsoft of activision step up to the plate and stop being * assholes about this problem!

It recently happened to me. I honestly thought it was my xbox, but it wasn't. I can usually play like two matches on multiplayer and then boom it happens, but the funny thing is that it only happens on multi. Everything else works fine.

i have this problem and its really annoying...especially being a keen COD player. i have brought all of the COD games so far from the original right up to MW3 and despite who i talk to i am getting nowhere with my problem.

I personally have an original Xbox 360 console, one right before the Slim model, and i've had to disc skip but never had a problem during game play. Whether its campaign, multiplayer, or special ops it works fine. Yet I let my nephew borrow it to play on their Slim console, disc read errors appear for him. Crazy.

all of my ames dont work now bwcause of mw3 im very angry and ive got another copy and tried it out and it still doesnt work. is it my XBOX

I am on my second copy now and I am getting the disk error again. The disk is completely clean but I got both copies from the same place so a bad batch may be the problem.

same is happing to me sometimes it works but most of the time it dont next time sort your * out if your not gonna replace the copies to people!!!!!!!!!! and make sure they work

I got mine a week after my birth day which is Jan 6 and it oz almost a week later ...I never really took it out of the console and today Jan 17 it stopped working when I took it out to.clean it there was a perfact circle scratch all the way around the disk...my last copies did the same but I haven't had any problems with any other games AT ALL....so it ruined my whole day and I come to find its happened to many others its quite a shame concedering it * one of my favorite games...

purchased a mw3 disc from a local dealer brand new after I returned a previously owned one and got the same result a can't read disc error status code 335A-351F-2800-0F00-C00-0034. I had to drive 10 miles in a blizzard to return the game and still haven't been able to play. Looks like I'm stuck with 60$ piece of garbage. XBOX 360 has no solution for this as I have tried cleaning a brand new disc over and over. I am very disappointed and considering writing the bbb because of this.

my son got the mw3 call of duty for christmas one month ago and was working fine now this error occurs

yeah ive tried everything, ive heard a fix is to get a buddies copy/ rent or what not. that works, copy it to your system, then you can keep your disk in, run it in quickplay and fix the problem.

EVERY F*CKING TIME UGHHHHH

i played for about an hour left it in my xbox woke up and it wouldnt play. cleaned an still no luck

im returning tommorow morning

i find that this disc was a waste of money because of the fact that you have to wait a half hour for it to read!!!

I cleaned the disc like 10 times and it doesent work im fu**** mad because of it.

wenever i join an offline or online match it says unreadable disc clean with cloth or restart console but it did not work and it is continuing flawlessly in the backround which makes me very mad

I have my game installed on the drive but there is one small problem that I'm getting? Although I'm wanting the game to play from the drive it sounds more like its playing from the disc??? Also three times I've had to reinstall the game because when I click on multiplayer you can like I said here it loading from disc and it's also pausing, what I mean by this is "the music and the smoke in the background behind the bloke pauses and starts again"! Why!!!

I have my game installed on the drive but there is one small problem that I'm getting? Although I'm wanting the game to play from the drive it sounds more like its playing from the disc??? Also three times I've had to reinstall the game because when I click on multiplayer you can like I said here it loading from disc and it's also pausing, what I mean by this is "the music and the smoke in the background behind the bloke pauses and starts again"! Why!!!

Yeah it's gotten to the point where. Mw3 won't read at all. I used to be able to get it to work after several attempts but not anymore. What can I do

Just today I got the disk read error. It happened twice so I switched it with my other MW3 disk. It happened two more times n I'm just * right not -.-

my disk has been giving me errors as well and i take care of my games they should let us trade in our copies

Every time I try to play special ops or the missions it pops up I've cleaned it HUNDREDS of times and it stil pos up. Is microsoft going to send out exchange discs? They better send me one, I payed 60.00

I went out and bought a modern warfare 3 copy and brought it home. As soon as I put the disk in the tray and started loading it up, it said unreconized disk. I suddenly started to wonder if it was xbox or the disk. I came to the conclusion that it was my disk making the errors. I kept trying though, cleaning the brand new disk, fixing the xbox tray, wondering if the tray was off balance. The game then started to read. I figured that it was then the tray. The next day after I came home, I went to my xbox and tryed playing modern warfare 3. Sadly it read the same thing. I think that my disk is haunted because it plays when it wants to. I tryed it once and it even read it as a DVD.

just happened to me, normally discs work even with a couple of scrathes but this is just not working! everyone should get a refund or a new copy? who do we complain to?

when i try to load my game it says the disc is unreadable so i had it buffed out thinking that would fix it but it didn't is there anyway to get a refund

Well this is my story i brought mw3 today brand new took it out of the case put it in my xbox and i get unrecognized disk so im thinking WTF ! so i thought i might aswell try installing the game onto the hard drive which i did it completed the download. tried playing the game same error occurred UNRECOGNIZED DISK.I have an xbox elite and other games i play are fifa 12, halo 3 ect they all work perfectly fine so there is not a default with my xbox. so i look about then i see comment 65 which i done correctly but still does not work. BUT what i have also discovered was that the newish game are a different game format which is called XGD3 and apparently certain xboxs cant read these formats. Here a link with a bit more info http://kotaku.com/5802935/does-the-xbox-360s-new-disc-format-not-work-with-some-older-consoles. Its just another way microsoft can rip there dedicated customers of as usual !!

Yes all my other games for 360 work fine and my MW3 has no scratches on it and it workers for a while but then it says the disk is not readable and then I clean it but it still won't work sometimes and it makes me mad cause I will be playing and then it shuts off and won't save and I have Ben playing for a while.

Bought the disk new from gamestop, $59.99 brought it home and played it for 2 hours and the disk was no longer readable. i bought a copy from wal-mart., ive had it for 2 weeks, and its still working perfectly.

We bought our mw3 xbox game from Gamestop too and it plays for 20-40 minutes then says the disc is unreadable. This is our second one. The first one worked fine until it got damaged and this brand new one is having this problem. I hope Microsoft does something to remedy this! Glad to know it's not just me.

Mine goes all the way into multiplayer, then halfway threw the match it stops and says my disc is dirty, got it cleaned and still nothing, needless to say I'm not impressed, these games aren't cheap and problems like this shouldn't happen!!!!!!!

i put the new mw3 in and it wrecked my xbox it started making loads of funny noises i think it wrecked my laser dont know how tho and the disc was wrecked i cant play any game now :(

This is exactly what has happend with me and i think we should be able to get a free new disk

I've had it since it came out and there's been no problem until today. I can get to the main menu, but if I start up singleplayer or a multiplayer match it shows the message and kicks me out.

I have the same problem i have already went through 3 copies of the game and the sae error message keeps popping up, i spent a lot of money and if this problem cant be resolved im moving to ps3

I am on my 5th copy now and the problem won't go away. All my other game run fine so it has to be just mw3

It's any update that was released- causing some odd "Can't read disc" breakdown

same thing happening to my game. Ticks me off. Any updates on how to fix it?

My disc has no major scratches and it continues to give me the error!

It started happening to me a couple days ago! Screw activision

every time i look for a match online it will say disc is unable to read and i need help

OMG I got mw3 for christmas with its Xbox and just now it says something is messed up it will not read it skyrim works but not wm3 I need help it is going to make me crazy

it is right mine dosent work

my MW3 DISC IS READING 'MIXED MEDIA DISC' AND i CANNOT PLAY IT. i AM VERY DISAPPOINTED HAVE CLEANED IT ETC WITH NO JOY. mATTHEW.

i have the same probs, keeps coming up clean disc. have lost receipt any ideas.

While playing online The game starts and then an error pops up saying "this disc is unreadable" I paid good money and want a refund!!!

My friend has this problem but for the PS3 how should he fix it?

This has gone far enough Activision! You need to take responsibily for your mess up and stop saying it's mistreatment of our discs. My copy is scratch free. I though I was the only one with this disc read error. But there are thousands... from Ps3 to the Xbox 360 with the same * problem. There are hundreds of complaints. From twitter, blogs, forums, youtube ,everywhere and there is no solution yet just your * run arounds.. I mean com'n if they are people trying to record solutions on youtube just to attempt to fix your mistake that is evident enough that you guys need to something immediately. I know you guys made millions billions of dollars off of cod and you'd do anything to avoid losing profit. You are losing trust from your customers and giving us frusturation and giving yourself a bad name of gaming handling. I have owned MW3 for two months. I got it on Christmas from my wife and it's just so weird how my other games work with even major scratches and COD MW3 has no scratches at all but gives me that famous "read disc error" that can be dound on twitter, youtube, blogs, just anywhere. Face the truth and google read disc error MW3 and see with your eyes... this is a major problem.

Activison needs to step up take responsibilty. I have had this same issue, the famous "disc read error". If there are countless of people with the same * problem, this issue needs to be resolved. People are describing this problem through forums, youtube, blogs, twitter, and just about everywhere. I have no scratches on my mw3 game, and yet it gives me that disc read error. Very frusturing. I am a big fan of mw3 but if this issue isn't resolved all the blame goes to Activision for not resolving this error! I also tried pezd theory on how to fix it... doesn't work for me! I've formated, clear cache, erased everything on my hd, put my xbox standing up, installing it (went to 38%) then ejected me out, there is no solution to this!!!! Spent hours trying to fix it.. with youtube and forum remedies and even contacted Activison and Xbox support... all I'm getting is the * run around and possibilty of paying 20 bucks on a replacement disc! I don't think so!!! This needs to be fixed.. people let your voices be heard.. I never do this forum type of thing.. but I'm * !!!

Had a terrible day with disk reading probs... Returned the game for a new copy at gamestop (good thing I had that $3 insurance) didn't fix it! Blew out xbox with compressed air, Needed it but didn't help. Read this forum: Uninstalled Update, Rebooted, Installed MW3! I am a Happy Boy!! Thanks Pedz1210 and Protective Daddy!

I don't know what to do! my mw3 disc plays special ops and campaign but not multiplayer just for my profile.It works for my brother when he is playing it on his own profile,also there is no corrupted game files on my memory if you can please help me. Thanks a ton.

this really sucks, i am more of an xbox fan. i never thought this could happened. but just to be on the safe side, i just bought me a PS3! so, we'll see what happens!

i think its a peice of * ive been trying to fix the proble all day! im frustrated and mad!!!!!!!!

i have this every single time in multiplayer :( :(

i have had the same problem on the 360 and ps3 and i think that activision needs to hurry up and fix it before they lose customers

Was almost halfway thru single player campaign and the disc read error kept popping up after rappeling off the roof going after Athena! About to take this game back if it doesn't stop!

You wanna talk about a kick in the nuts is when your in mellee range an the XBOX cant read the disc this the second thats happened to me while in a online game

My ps3 is doing the same thing

IT * THAT I HAVE TO PAY $60 FOR A GAME THAT DOESNT WORK PROPERLY I THINK SLEDGEHAMMER/ACTIVISION SHOULD REPLACE MY MW3 WITH A PROPERLY WORKING ONE

Well I hope it gets fixed I'm on my third mw3 and it just broke!

It Says It Has A Disc Error But In The Background Its Fine.

We are having the same problem. This is after using it only once briefly. The store would not give a refund and xbox didn't want to deal with it since it wasn't a hardware problem. These games are not cheap. Now that Activision knows there's a problem with that game, they should be willing to at least exchange the game for another one (either same game or another one for the same value).
It's not right to not help customers out who are trying to fix this problem and they have nowhere to go.
Not a good example of Good Customer Service

Absolutely. On google I searched why a cd with no scratches could be having problems and this was on the first page. This is the exact problem I'm having as well. I bought a new console just because I thought the DVD Rom was crappin out. Turns out its just this flawless COD modern warfare 3 disc. Activision or Microsoft needs to do something about this.

Very bad, they have COMPLETELY ripped us off and did NOT EVEN COMMENT?!?!?!?!?!

good job IW you made me wast a tank of gas.......

this is happening with my copy of MW3, I expect a new copy as it isn't scratched in the slightest and the disc is still unreadable

my disc is playing awful i was wondering how to install the game?

I bought this game and it only has a 90 day warranty which is * because of the disc read error problem, i have only encountered this problem a couple times before and now it pops up ever time i go to play it now I can't play my MW3 after buying it for Christmas!

COMPLETELY AGREE WITH CACHE DELETING

Same as above. Got unreadable disc error. Cleaned disc and error repeats without saving game play.

To all those newbs commenting, refer to comment 65!!!!!!!!

yes, my mw3 has rread an error today while playing it and i dont know what to do to clean it

It happens to me everytime i download the patch or whatever, the updates to the game, and also while im playing online, you have to clear the cache on your hardrive then the disc will play but you have to do this everytime otherwise next time you put the disc in the error will occur again, so then once again clear the cache, it gets quite annoying but it works

I have 30 days played on MW2 and it works perfectly. I logged a puny 10 or so on MW3 and it just stops working. I'm 80-100% sure that it was made in Mexico where the factories aren't the cleanest in the world. If they don't replace the faulty discs then they'll never get my business ever again, regardless of the mind-blowing content they "might" create. So far, it's very disappointing, their lack of creativity is pathetic.

I put the disk in and then the screen goes black and takes me back to the main menu then dis-connects me from xbox live then re-connects me

how the hell do you fix the errors i have gone through now 4 discs.... and i cant get it to work...

its still not working * it and i JUST OPENED the * game....

every time i try to play black box it says disc read error and that's part of the DLC any suggestions?

my mltiplayer will NOT wot i put in the disk and spicel ops works and campain works but not muliplayer

I put the disc in and it reads it as "mixed media disc", I cant even access the game. - Cameron Wake Moore, OK : cameronwake@yahoo.com

If they decide to fix their * product someone please inform me.

I bought MW3 for the Xbox 360 for my son at christmas. He has played it till now no problems. It started not reading the disk and saying unreconizable disk so I returned it and received a brand new game, came home and put it in the Xbox still won't read it. Any help would be appreciated.

Works for about 2-3 games then says unreadable but Medal of Honor, MW2, Cod4 and other games work fine

when i try to get on live it says that the server is not available but my friends are playing online

I got it ordered through hsn i had on tuesday every day i played i made sure their were no scratches until friday i was playing a couple games then boom it said disk could no to read anymore and then i got * !

i had this happening just a few minutes ago, it really sucks:(
so now i have to exchange the disc and hope i don´t encounter the same problems again?
it´s too sad that activision let´s this happen

my xbox disk has a small scrach on it but it run right up to about 30 sec. into playing the game. then it says disk unreadable and in the back round it keeps running. i can't tell if its MW3 it self os my or if it my consol

Well its not just xbox either its the ps3 and probably the PC too... if they dont fix this by the time diablo3 comes out then CoD is gonna lose a long term fan and im sure im not the only one

i was near the end of a level when my xbox decided to make a weird sound which to me sounds like the xbox was trying really hard to read the disc. then it went all silent and the message came up saying disc is unreadable

every time i'm playing multiplayer it will randomly show "unreadable disc" and it's drivinf me nuts. oh and i would like to say that most call of duty game discs seem to scratch and break faster than other game discs. i think they do this on purpose for more sales, which i think is pathetic. idk why i even keep bothering with this * franchise anymore.

* game i played it with my friend earlier and i came home he calls and says i broke it so I went back and it does the same thing this story's saying sad to say we are no longer friends because they dont believe in what I told them and the want me to pay 60 bucks for this game well i got one thing to say * you

Mine did exactly the same, it starts then says that it is an unrecognisable disc despite it starting. It tells me to clean the disc then does the same! I seriously hope they replace these!!

NONE of the call of duty games play on my xbox anymore it drives me crazy. disc can't be read. all the other games work though

i got the mw3 for my birthday and every stinking time i try to play it says disc unreadable and thats all i was allowed for my birthday happy stinking birthday i cant even play it!!!!!!!

Ok I think I can help, I had a similar problem today, try going into your hard drive and deleting the newest update under the MW3 heading. Then restart the game and download the update again, that is how I fixed my "disc unreadable" error that popped up on 4/20/2012

yea I cant play even one game n about to give up on it all together you wouldthink they would at the least send out free copies to the fans that love the game but cant play it becouse of disck errors

my mw3 does not work i am currently installing it then signing in then installing the update will that work for me thanks.

my mw3 still doesn't work after i have done #65 i got xbox360 slim pedz1210 please help me out i want it to work so bad. But it just still doesn't work.

when i have my mw3 disc in my xbox it says that i need to open disc tray, i do this but then says it again, i used to have to turn my xbox off and on about 10 times for it to work. now its not loading. can someone help me before i kill my xbox?? matty007manu@hotmail.co.uk

I've done everything! Starting to feel hopeless :(

my mw3 game for xbox360 has also been corupted. when i go to turn the game on my xbox360 says error: game could not be started, try downloading again. I redownloaded the game 3 times but the game never worked. recently i downloaded the game call of duty black ops the my console off of xbox360 live and i again got the same results. error, game could not be started, try downloading again. any other game i play my xbox360 lets me play it. It seems to me that my xbox360 is only having problems with first person shooters.

my xbox all of the sudden is not reading any of my games what should i do did i brake it please get pack to me asap

The same thing happened when I downloaded th free map packs it says disk unreadable. Should I get a new one or what should I do?

this is amazing....that i have 2 copies of this game and one is FAILING and the other one works fine. I have 3 consoles and the first copy on the day of release is the one that is FAILING. Thinking seriously about BOYCOTTING MW4....b/c if Microsoft and we as customer can figure it out them why hasnt Activision tried to acknowledge this ERROR....why b/c we are the fools who keep buying this game and putting $$$$ in their pockets.

true story i have already bought like 3 copies before i said forget it ... Pissing me off!!!!

I dont think we should be spending $60 for a game thats going to unrecognized after 6 months- not to mention that i dont play all day every day like some fans due to my schedule, but it seems that Activision, along with whoever is backing them doesnt care for the consumer and they are showing very unethical behavior in not addressing the situation further... LIKE MAYBE GIVING US OUR MONEY BACK

Not on the Xbox, but on the PC version, YES!