User blog comment:Callofduty4/No PS3 HDD install for Black Ops II/@comment-96.30.129.94-20120923152416/@comment-1142365-20120923203509

If you could manage to install the data completely from a damaged disc, maybe. If you installed the game immediately as soon as you bought it, you probably wouldn't have had that problem.

That's one of the bonuses of installing to hard drive... damaged discs won't necessary kill off your game.