Your Xbox Live gamertag is like an online fingerprint for online gaming. Your gamertag identfies you to other gamers on Xbox 360, and it also stores information like your gaming bio, preferences, gamerscore points and more. Without the gamertag, your gaming system loses its personalized touch, and you won't have access to certain features purchased using the gamertag account. If you want to use your gamertag on a different system than your normal Xbox 360 console, you need to recover the gamertag. Recovery essentially transfers your account to a new Xbox 360 unit. (see Ref. 1) You can recover your gamertag as many times as you want, but it is only usable on one Xbox 360 at a time, and you'll always need to do a gamertag recovery when changing between systems.
Instructions
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Turn on the Xbox 360.
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Press the "X" button on your controller to sign out of the system's current profile.
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Use the joystick to navigate to the Xbox Live portion of the Xbox dashboard.
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Select "Recover Xbox Live Gamertag."
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Use the joystick and "A" button to select letters, entering your gamertag or associated e-mail address when prompted.
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Enter your Xbox Live password and select "Continue." The Xbox 360 system automatically connects to the Internet and downloads your gamertag information onto the new system. Following the download, the system automatically signs you into Xbox Live using the gametag you recovered.
