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How Can I Play X-Box 360 Games on My Hard Drive?

Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console lets users save a game disc's game data onto the system's hard drive so the data loads from the hard drive rather than the disc. While the disc still needs to be in the system's disc tray in order to play the game off of the hard drive, saving a game's data to the system's hard drive reduces the load times associated with the game and the sound produced by the console. Playing games from the device's hard drive can be done in a few quick steps.

Instructions

- 1
  Turn on the Xbox 360 console and insert the game you want to play from the system's hard drive into the system's disc tray.
- 2
  Navigate to the "My Xbox" section of your Xbox 360 dashboard and highlight the game you inserted into the system's disc tray.
- 3
  Press the "Y" button with the game highlighted, highlight "Install Game" and then press the "A" button. Allow several minutes for the game to install to the system's hard drive. Press the "A" button when the installation process is finished.
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  Highlight the game in the "My Xbox" section of the dashboard and press the "Y" button. Highlight the "Play from Hard Drive" option and press the "A" button to begin playing the game from the Xbox 360's hard drive.

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