How to Add Game Saves Onto a Flash Card

Xbox 360

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  Turn on your Xbox 360 and sign into your Xbox Live profile. If an update window does not appear, your system already has the spring 2010 update. If you do not have the update, it will download automatically. You can also download the update from the Xbox website (see Resources).

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  Connect the USB flash card into an available USB slot on the console. Scroll up to "My Xbox," go to the "System Settings" window and highlight and select the "Memory" setting. Scroll down and choose "USB Storage Device." The "Configure USB Device" screen will appear.

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  Select "Configure now" if you wish to use the entire USB device for Xbox information only. Choose "Customize" to save only a part of the USB memory for Xbox 360 information. You can choose how much how space you wish to use for Xbox 360 information once you click "Customize."

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  Click "Yes" if you chose "Configure now." Click "Configure" if you chose "Customize." A window will appear and notify you that the console is configuring the USB flash card and will alert you once the process is finished.

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  Press "B" once the configuration is complete. Click "Hard Drive" and "Games." All of your saved games will appear. Press "Y" on the game title to copy all of that game's saved files to your USB device. Click "Copy" and select "USB Storage Device." A progress bar will indicate when the files have been copied.

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  Press "A" on a game title to copy specific saved game files, such as roster management files for a sports game. Press "Y" on the file you wish to copy. Click "Copy" and select your USB memory stick.

PlayStation 3

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  Turn on your PlayStation 3. Sign into your profile.

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  Insert your USB flash card into a USB port in the PS3. Scroll over to "Games" and then down to "Game Saves." The list of saved game files will populate and pop up on the screen.

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  Navigate to the desired saved game file. Press the "Triangle" button on your PS3 controller. Select "Copy." The list of storage devices will appear. Click on your USB flash card. The saved data will transfer.

Nintendo Wii

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  Turn on your Nintendo Wii. Open the front panel of the console to reveal an SD card slot. Insert your SD or SDHC card into the slot, with the label on the card facing the Wii disc drive.

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  Click "Wii Settings" on the main menu. Press "A" on "Data Management" and then select "Save Data." Click Wii."

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  Highlight and click the file you wish to copy and click the "Copy" button. A confirmation screen will appear. Click "Yes" to copy the information.