BACKING UP SAVE AND DLC FILES FROM XBOX 360

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Trevor spencer
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BACKING UP SAVE AND DLC FILES FROM XBOX 360

Post by Trevor spencer »

Hi

Im wondering is it pos to back up your xbox 360 save files and download contant from a 360 to a PC ?
or if you can back up save and dlc files from a xbox 360 to a memory card ?

i see that there are official memory cards for sale so i take it i can back up files to one of these from
my 360s harddrive but are these the best option or are there alternatives like USB drives or external HDs?

My main problem is originally i bought a 360 Elite in the states and started playing it there offline and i created
a offline profile named trev1976 and played burnout paradise for a while anyway i managed to get some achievements
there but when i got back i reinstalled my gamertag to this 360 which is trev1976 but it wiped some of my achievements
off which seem impossible to get back.

Also when i look in my memory blade on 360 i now have 2 saves for this game and sometimes my newly downloaded bike pack contant
says its corrupted and i cant load the game ? (which im sure those 2 saves are conflicting and cuasing the problem)

So i was thinking of backing up the 2 saves to an external source then deleting them form my 360 HD playing the game from scratch until i
get the 3 original achievements i need
(presuming when you wipe a save off it dosnt get rid of all your achievements you already obtained?)
then deleting the new save , reinstalling just my online save file and then with a bit of luck everything will be sorted ?

Please help me as ive put in over 128hrs into this game and i havnt got
the D,C and B licence achievements and its really bugging me now and keeping me up at night thinking about it :P

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Damocles
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Post by Damocles »

You should be able to transfer game saves freely to a memory card...though I'm not sure about DLC. Since that's linked to your GT that can be re-downloaded.

Failing that, there is a device called the XPort which allows you to transfer anything you want from the 360 to a computer. I don't believe anything game-related can be saved to a USB/external drive. At least not without some modding.

As for the achievements...well...I'm guessing you hadn't been online since they unlocked as they are tied directly with your GT and are never removed. They aren't tied to save-games.
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Post by Erinu »

You can also transfer your ownership of DLC from console to console.. check it out: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/syste ... migration/
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