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Just picked up Rock Band 2 for the Xbox 360 and want to transfer your songs from Rock Band 1 to your hard drive? This convenient feature eliminates the hassle of swapping game discs when you want to play a certain song from Rock Band 1 while playing Rock Band 2. Other than the 3 out of 58 songs that can't be transferred due to licensing issues, this pretty much makes the Rock Band 2 disc the only one you'll need when you have the urge to rock out on plastic instruments.
Steps
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1Put the Rock Band 1 game disc into your Xbox 360 and start it up.
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2If you haven't played it recently (since Rock Band 2 launched 9/14/08), it should show there is a small update to download. This should only take a few seconds and then the game should start up.Advertisement
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3Go to Options on the main menu and you should have a new choice, which is Export Songs. Select it.
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4Once selected you should be prompted to enter a password, which is on a small piece of paper that comes inside the case for Rock Band 2. Enter this password.
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5Look at the screen. The screen should then show how much the fee for the transfer is (400 Microsoft Points, or $5), if you don't have 400 points or more tied to your account, you'll need to purchase them online with a credit/debit card or enter the code from a store purchased point card.
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6Select Confirm Download and a file will download, which should only take a few seconds.
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7Wait. Once this is downloaded, it should begin the transfer process which takes about 10 minutes (and about 1.5GB of space on your hard drive).
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8When this is complete you can take out Rock Band 1, put in Rock Band 2 and now have access to 55 of the 58 songs from Rock Band 1. Add this to the 84 songs on Rock Band 2 and any downloaded songs you may have, and you have quite a set list.
Warnings
- Three songs will not be transferred. These songs are Enter Sandman by Metallica, Paranoid by Black Sabbath, and Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden⧼thumbs_response⧽
Things You'll Need
- Xbox 360 with a Hard Drive (with at least 1.5GB free space)
- Rock Band 1
- Rock Band 2
- Xbox Live Account and a high-speed internet connection
- 400 Microsoft Points (equivalent to $5)
