Xbox 360 disc rot?

mangaman · Jul 16, 2017

So a few days ago I bought a used copy of Assassins Creed Brotherhood for my Xbox 360. When I took the game home to inspect it, I noticed something unusual. On the edge of the disc was a small gray spot. I used acholol and a micro fiber cloth to see if I could clean it off, but with no luck it stood there. I loaded the game on my 360 and it seems to load and play just fine. Is this disc rot, or something else? Should I exchange the game for a better copy? Here are some pictures of the disc.

Other than that, the game has no scratches or other damage to it.

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InvalidError · Jul 16, 2017

It does look like the beginning of rot.

Optical disc data starts in the center. From the change in shade near the last 1/4" going out from the center, it seems like the rot is mostly in the blank outer edge of the disc, possibly just starting to eat into the used data area but not enough so yet to cause unrecoverable read errors.

USAFRet · Jul 16, 2017

That is the very definition of disk rot.
Either that outer portion is unwritten to and blank, or you just have not yet accessed whatever is/was on that outer track portion.

mangaman · Jul 16, 2017

That seems unsettling. I have never encountered disc rot before. Thankfully the store I bought it from has a 5 day exchange period, so I will be returning it very soon for a similar item or the same game.

For all of my unaffected games, what should I do to prevent this from happening? I keep all of my Xbox and CD based games in a cold dry location, inside of my desk drawer. Is this a good way to store CD based games?

USAFRet · Jul 16, 2017

mangaman :

I've had a few CD/DVD end up like that. Some, much, much worse.
I'd post a pic, but the ones I've found in my collection simply get tossed out.

Aside from a hermetically sealed container, not much you can do to "prevent".
Cool, dry, no sunlight.
Even then.... :pt1cable:

If possible, burn to new media every couple of years.

InvalidError · Jul 16, 2017

Disc rot occurs because the seal either on the inner or outer diameter has failed or due to a crack or scratch on the back (label side) of the disc which is much thinner than the front. There isn't much that you can do to stop it once it has begun.

mangaman · Jul 16, 2017

Thanks InvalidError and USAFRet for your answers. I will take USAFRet advise and copy some of my disc data to other formats, or just make a backup disc just incase.

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