Call of Duty: Warzone isn’t much good when it keeps crashing. However, you might not need to contact customer support service to fix it. Try applying these potential resolutions for Call of Duty: Warzone “disc read error 6.154” before reaching out for help.

1. Configure Call of Duty: Warzone to Run as Administrator

If Call of Duty: Warzone doesn’t have administrator privileges, it could be the reason why the game keeps crashing with “disc read error 6.154.” Granting administrative privileges to the game will give it access to more restricted system areas and hopefully fix the error.

Here is how you can configure the game to always run with elevated admin rights:

Open File Explorer and the Call of Duty Modern Warfare folder. Right-click the ModernWarfare. exe file and select the Properties option for it. Click the Compatibility tab, and select the Run this program as administrator checkbox there. Select Apply and OK to save the selected admin setting. Repeat the above steps for the Modern Warfare Launcher. exe file.

2. Scan and Repair Call of Duty: Warzone’s Files

Many gaming crashes arise because of corrupted game files. Call of Duty: Warzone isn’t an exception in that respect, and you might be able to fix corrupted game files with Battle.net’s Scan and Repair option. As such, you can try scanning and repairing Call of Duty: Warzone’s files as follows:

Open your Battle. net software. Click All Games and select Call of Duty: Warzone in your library. Then click the little cogwheel icon on the game’s Play button. Select the Scan and Repair option on the menu that opens. Wait for the scan and repair process to finish.

3. Run a CHKDSK Scan

There is a possibility the Disc read error 6.154 might occur because of a file system error on your PC. So, it’s recommended users run a Check Disk (CHKDSK) scan.

The CHKDSK utility scans hard disk drive volumes to repair file system disk errors. Here is how you can run a CHKDSK scan in Windows 11:

First, open the search utility for finding apps and files, which uses the Win + S hotkey. To locate the Command Prompt app, type cmd within the Type here to search box. Then click Run as administrator on the right of the search tool to open Command Prompt. Type in this Chkdsk command and press Enter: chkdsk /f Press the Y keyboard key to confirm. Restart your PC to initiate the Chkdsk scan.

4. Modify Call of Duty: Warzone’s Installation

Tweaking Call of Duty: Warzone’s installation may help fix the issue, too:

Open the Battle. net game launcher. Select Call of Duty: Warzone from your library. Click Options on the Play button. Select the Modify Install option. Click Modify Install on the window that opens. Then deselect the Special Ops, Campaign, and Survival checkboxes if you can (options will only be selected if you’ve purchased Modern Warfare). Press the Confirm button to apply.

5. Update Your PC’s Graphics Driver

The “disc read error 6.154” issue may occur because of an issue with your graphics card’s driver. If your graphics card’s driver is corrupted or old, updating it could be a potential solution.

To update your PC’s graphics driver, try running a Driver Booster scan as outlined in our Driver Booster 8 guide. Driver Booster will tell you if your graphics card’s current driver is faulty or outdated and needs replacing. Then you can select to download and install a new GPU driver from within the software.

6. Turn Off Game Bar and Game Mode

Although Game Mode is supposed to optimize Windows for gaming, it’s known to cause some gaming performance issues as well. The Game Bar can cause potential Call of Duty: Warzone software conflicts.

You can disable the Game Mode and Game Bar as such:

First, launch Settings with the Win + I keyboard shortcut for opening that app. Select Gaming > Game Mode in Settings. Click the Game Mode option’s toggle button off. Select Gaming on the left of Settings to click Xbox Game Bar. Disable the Open Xbox Game Bar option. Select the Apps tab in the Settings window. Click Apps & features, and scroll down that tab to Xbox Game Bar. Next, click the Xbox Game Bar’s three-dot button to select Advanced options. Click the Background app permissions drop-down menu to select Never. Then select the Terminate option for Xbox Game Bar.

7. Disable the GeForce Experience Overlay

Call of Duty: Warzone doesn’t always mix well with in-game overlays. The NVIDIA GeForce Experience software that’s pre-installed on many PCs with NVIDIA GPUs has a built-in overlay feature. It’s recommended that users disable the GeForce Experience overlay like this:

Open the GeForce Experience software. Click the cogwheel icon in GeForce. Scroll down the General tab to the In-Game Overlay option. Turn off the In-Game Overlay option.

8. Disable Antivirus Software

A scan from a background third-party antivirus utility is another potential cause for the “disc read error 6.154” error. These scans can sometimes wrongly flag and quarantine Warzone files or cause the PC to hang.

Most antivirus software packages include options you can select to disable their scanning. If you’ve installed a third-party antivirus utility, right-click its system tray icon to look for and select a disable shield context menu option. Select to temporarily disable the scanning for a few hours just before you start playing Call of Duty: Warzone.

9. Clean Boot Windows 11/10

“Disc read error 6.154” might be the consequence of a software conflict on your PC. Conflicts can arise when there’s another program running that conflicts directly with Call of Duty: Warzone. Performing a clean boot of Windows 11 could potentially stop the conflicting software from loading, and will help free up some system resources too.

You can configure a clean boot in Windows 11 as per the following steps:

To launch Run quickly, press the Win + R. Type the msconfig Run command within the Open box. Click OK to bring up the System Configuration window. Uncheck the selected Load startup items checkbox on the System Configuration window’s General tab. Click Services to view that tab. Select Hide all Microsoft services to exclude checkboxes for more important services. Then select Disable all to deselect all the other checkboxes for third-party software services. Click Apply to save the new startup options for clean booting. Select OK to exit System Configuration. Then select the Restart option within the dialog box that opens after closing MSConfig. Try playing Warzone again after the restart.

10. Disable the Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer

Some Warzone players have confirmed disabling Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer fixes Disc read error 6.154. Is that software on your PC? If so, disabling Sonic Studio could well be the solution you’re looking for.

Open the Type here to search tool, and enter Control Panel in its text box. Select to open Control Panel from there. Click Sound to open the Playback tab shown directly below. Right-click the Sonic Studio Virtual Mixture device that’s on the Playback tab to select its Disable option.

11. Reinstall Call of Duty: Warzone

“Disc read error 6.154” might also be due to an installation issue with the game. If this is the cause, reinstalling the game can help fix the issue.

You can reinstall Call of Duty: Warzone as follows:

Launch Battle. net, and select Call of Duty: Warzone. Click Options on the right side of the game’s Play button. Select Uninstall to uninstall the game. Although not essential, it’s recommended that you restart Windows before reinstalling software packages. Then click Warzone’s Install option in the Battle. net launcher.

Have Fun Playing Warzone Once Again

Those are some of the more widely cited various potential resolutions for Warzone’s Disc read error 6.154. There’s a pretty good chance one or two of the above resolutions might fix the issue on your PC depending on what’s causing it. Then you can have fun battling it out in Warzone again.