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Just commenting as a vouch - really love the xbox I got! So much nicer than switching out discs and praying to god that it isn't too scratched.

Thanks MadMartigan! I think the SSD/HDD route sounds better to me, I was getting pretty irritated with the load times (assuming the upgrade would bring an improvement). However, I have a few questions regarding that. I've seen a couple videos and I still have questions. How do I make sure I get the games that I want? IIRC Corvette Racing is a little harder to come by. Could I possibly fix the drive and then it will write the game to the SSD? I imagine this involves some sort of software hack to pull off. If I did mod it, and fixed the drive, would I be able to insert media like I normally would into my Xbox? What guides do you recommend? Or are there vendors out there that do some modding? I'm pretty confident in my ability to solder, especially tiny connections. However, I think I would rather pay someone who's done it a bunch of times if it's something I can afford.

I am mostly making this post to see what the best option is for me to enjoy my xbox for a much longer time. Like if my problem is the disc reader, but there are other options to get around even using it in the first place, I'm very open to it. I got a used Xbox a while ago but over the past few months I've been having to reboot games just to play them, and now it's to the point where the console can't even read them. The disc looks fine, but obviously it could not be fine. However, I think it's the drive itself. I've thought about just replacing the disc reader so I can use my games again, but recently I've been looking at mods and I'm curious about a few things. I think it's best for me to show my desires and then get a suggestion on what to do. I am willing to pay any price to keep enjoying the games I love, so cost is a non-issue. But I don't know much about what a modded Xbox is capable of. There's so much info on here, it's hard to digest. All I want is to play Corvette Racing and Sonic Mega Collection Plus. That is my only desire. Is there an Xbox mod where I can avoid using the disc reader and have the games on an SSD or hard drive? How can I verify that the disc reader is the problem, and it's not my discs? I have like ten games and they all give me the same error when I put them in, so I am leaning towards that the Xbox itself may be the issue. It would be cool to easily get more games or just use the discs to download them to whatever storage thing I have on the console. Then I can easily change games without having to get up and put in a new disc and I don't have to rely on a disc reader or having a scratched disc. Is this a thing or am I crazy?