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How to Save Your Xbox 360 Gamertag on a USB

Produced by Microsoft, the Xbox 360 allows gamers to create gamer profiles. Gamer profiles contain information such as your gamer tag, achievements and gamer score. Your friends can see your gaming habits when you access Xbox Live. When you want to play games with your friends using a different console, you can take your gamer profile with you by putting it on a USB drive. This allows you to keep an achievements and scores that you earn so that you can transfer them back to your console.

Things You'll Need

USB flashdrive with a storage capacity of 16GB or less

Instructions

- 1
  Turn the Xbox 360 on with the USB drive inserted. Insert the USB drive in the back of the console above the Ethernet cable connection.
- 2
  Allow the dashboard to load on the console. Navigate to the "My Xbox" section by scrolling up or down on the dashboard.
- 3
  Locate "System Settings." Select the "Memory" option from the list. Select "All Devices" from the new list of sections that appear.
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  Select the USB storage device. Select "Configure Now" and allow the console to format the drive. Follow the on-screen prompts that appear.
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  Select "All Devices" from the "Memory" option located under the "System Settings." Select "Gamer Profiles" from the list of options. Locate your "Gamer Profile" that you wish to move to the USB drive.
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  Select the "Move" option and then choose the USB storage device. Allow the gamer profile to transfer and then remove the USB drive from the console.

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