Ok I've read many different threads about this and none of them really helped my problem. I've tried the ipod thing and everything I have no idea what to do. Please hear me out:
So, A few months ago (before pro started selling out) my boyfriend got a Xbox Pro and the FFXI 2008 Collection. He installed it and had an issue I'm having now whenever FF logged out incorrectly he couldn't read the disc and had to uninstall FF itself and reinstall. (I know PoL has announced this issue and everything but yeah anyway) He clearned his HD and then installed it differently by using his collection on his XBOX and installing it to the HDD. This completely fixed all issues he was having when he would DC cause internet went bad if just something happened to make his xbox crash.
A few days ago I bought an xbox elite and got a Ultimate Collection addition of FFXI, uploaded it and it played just fine. My internet crashed and I tried to relog, the screen with blank for a really longtime after I clicked the FF error message. The xbox froze forcing me to restart it after that I got an error reading that the disc was unreadable and needed to be cleaned etc.
So I tried to clean it; nothing. I reformatted my HDD and tried the disc again, worked perfectly fine. I took the game out and tried my boyfriends disc that only a few months ago worked perfectly fine when it came to installing on the HDD. It didn't work. I got an error saying something about installation of this game isn't supported. I got the same error with my new disc's as well.
ATM I am installing it again hoping that fixes whatever problem it had in the first installation, but I want to find a way to fix it if it does in fact happen again... I mean it's not my fault my internet randomly goes out... it doesn't happen often but it will suck if i have to repeat the process every time.
tl;dr? is there anyway of installing FFXI to your HDD anymore? Or am I stuck uninstalling each time I get a FFXI error?
Oh and Yes; I know FF is better on PC. Don't bother "helping" me by saying get a PC. I play on PC already. Please help me if you know how to get this to work or know an alternate solution to make the game work on xbox. Thanks a lot.