Installing Xbox 360 Game Takes Forever

[Finviel]

A month earlier, my friend accidentally kicked my X360 while I was playing Destiny. He hit it pretty hard because the lights weren't on. But I can't really blame him because he was rushing to the bathroom.

Anyway, the results were bad. The disk is scratched badly. Fortunately it was still working and playable.. until yesterday. Somehow my hard drive suddenly got corrupted when my console freezed after I was messaging my buddy. I contacted the Xbox support site, said I should format it since it can't be helped so I did.

Right now I'm unable to install Destiny and the error it's popping out is "The disk may be scratched. Clean it with a soft cloth.." something like that.
It automatically restarts before the progress reaches 40%.

Must I buy a new disk or is there another way to install it?

 

[Dark Scyth]

If you happen to have a buddy that has the game, you could borrow it from them to install to 100% or possibly rent the game. The console crashing may potentially happen again though as scratched discs are prone to causing crashes, even if it's a 100% install, if you're able to find a copy, install to 100% and the crashes keep happening, you'll probably need a disc.