acpowell Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 So my son in his infinite wisdom, lost his Xbox MU with his gamer tag/profile on it. Provided I can recover it, does anyone know if it is possible to back it up if he puts it on another USB thumb drive? Could I just backup the thumb drive? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 You can copy the profile to as many USB drives as possible? I dunno I just save my game saves, I'm sure you could though or maybe move it and then recover it again? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acpowell Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 You can copy the profile to as many USB drives as possible? I dunno I just save my game saves, I'm sure you could though or maybe move it and then recover it again? I know I can recover his account, it is all the game saves I am worried about. I think he has them on the MU not the xbox.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 I know I can recover his account, it is all the game saves I am worried about. I think he has them on the MU not the xbox.... If they were on the MU then it is not possible to restore them unless they were on the HDD too... check with your son... I'm guessing cloud storage will be useful in the next update... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acpowell Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 If they were on the MU then it is not possible to restore them unless they were on the HDD too... check with your son... I'm guessing cloud storage will be useful in the next update... so in reality as long as only his Gamer Profile was on the MU then it should be fine. But if his saved games were on the MU then he is screwed? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 so in reality as long as only his Gamer Profile was on the MU then it should be fine. But if his saved games were on the MU then he is screwed? Pretty much, maybe some online stats such as MW or whatever might still be there but game saves will be gone if only on MU... hope you find it if that's the case! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acpowell Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 As luck would have it, we found his MU. It litterally fell on him while removing his religous Education book. Thanks for the sugestions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhenKittensATK Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Nice, did it let you back up the MU onto a USB, after you got it? I know on the PS3 you can back up game saves, but I've never tried it on the 360. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acpowell Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Nice, did it let you back up the MU onto a USB, after you got it? I know on the PS3 you can back up game saves, but I've never tried it on the 360. I havn't tried yet. We then went to go wait in line to get MW3... for what seemed like 1,000,000 hours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Happy news! Krazy some games such as Mass Effect 2 and some other games only let you move the gamesaves, still back em up like he said!!!! I'm guessing Cloud storage will be great for your son but it's not 100% safe(if servers break or whatever...).... have gamesaves and profiles on HDD, MU and Flash drive? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acpowell Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Happy news! Krazy some games such as Mass Effect 2 and some other games only let you move the gamesaves, still back em up like he said!!!! I'm guessing Cloud storage will be great for your son but it's not 100% safe(if servers break or whatever...).... have gamesaves and profiles on HDD, MU and Flash drive? Yeah, I dono that I want him using cloud storage. I think if he looses his MU it is his own damn fault. I will let everyone know how the "backup" goes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Yeah, I dono that I want him using cloud storage. I think if he looses his MU it is his own damn fault. I will let everyone know how the "backup" goes. What's wrong with it? I think you get 25GB per user... Still Cloud save, HDD, MU and Flash Drive seems like a very reliant method... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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