Xbox Live Account Questions

[Chunky]

Hi all

Have a few questions on behalf of a mate of mine, whom i assured would be provided with the answers so here's hoping

He has borrowed a 360 from a mate (who is travelling) and created his own profile which he's been using for 6 months. He now wants to buy his own one, but he doesn't want to lose his account (not bothered about saves, more profile and achievements). So, if he buys a new Premium machine, can he somehow transfer his account from the other Premium without losing the other account(s) on that machine ? He has never been online with his profile, i think the other guy has, if that makes any difference.

I wondered if he could use recover account, but he's never been online. If he bought a live subscription, could he use it on the machine he's currently using, then when he wants to swap over, recover the account on the new machine and delete it from the old machine ?

Any other advice ? Thanks all.

[Paulos G]

I wondered if he could use recover account, but he's never been online. If he bought a live subscription, could he use it on the machine he's currently using, then when he wants to swap over, recover the account on the new machine and delete it from the old machine ?

Yes!

[Chunky]

So a live subscription is linked to the gamertag then ? It's that easy ? How about saved games, if he did want them ? Would he have to buy a memory card then copy across that way ?

[egparadigm]

He'd need a memory card in order to get saves from one console/HDD to the other.

Also, if he's not interested in playing over live, he can set up a free silver account and transfer it that way. He'll need to set up the account on Xbox.com, I think, because if you make an account on a premium 360 it will give you a free gold account for one month.

[Chunky]

He's definately interested in playing over live. I think i'll get him to go online on his current machine, the recover when he swaps and use a memory card to transfer saves.

[EvilBoris]

Just remind him that any purchases will lock to the machine they are purchased on, so when he recovers it to his own console, he will have to be connected to Live in order for them to work. That apparently really bothers some people, but if you have a router connecting your 360, it'll be online all the time anyway.