Gaming My saves are trapped on a "dead" harddrive.

[tech3475]

Sure, but what about my saves?

Three options I can think of:
1) Find a cable/adapter which has a contact long enough
2) hack some kind of connection e.g. solder a bridge
3) never done it myself and can depend on the drive but I've heard about getting a similar HDD and swapping the PCB.

 

[PotatisKnug]

If the PC-side tool isn't able to dump the contents, there might not be anything you can do.
It's possible that you could solder on a new connector on the HDD, or even solder the pins directly to the adapter just as a temporary measure to get the data off it, I'm not sure how hard soldering on a new connector would be though, it might be really difficult.

I don't own a soldering iron, neither am i the smartest dude at soldering either. (trust me, i tried)

 

[Captain_N]

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The adapter itself is just an adapter, you can do whatever you want. I think that the harddrive haven't had the best of it's days.

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Wouldn't the clone become 320gb? (as big as the drive i copied TO?)
The usb stick i copied FROM is only 32GB. It would be a pretty big shame to loose all that data ;'(

you would have to clone all 320 gigs to another 320gb or larger drive. 1tb drives are like $50.
I know it works i tested it with a 256mb flash drive to a 2 gb flash drive. works well. I used acronis true image home version 11 on xp to do the clone....

 

[PotatisKnug]

you would have to clone all 320 gigs to another 320gb or larger drive. 1tb drives are like $50.
I know it works i tested it with a 256mb flash drive to a 2 gb flash drive. works well. I used acronis true image home version 11 on xp to do the clone....

I have other drives so it's fine. Just a shame i can't get it back to my flashdrive.

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But another point kinda concerns me. When i plug the "dead" drive into my PC it doesn't show up in "File Explorer" (clever name MS) But when i go into disk management it says the drive isn't formatted already. But i think it might be cause the wii u put it into it's proprietary format so windows can't read it.

 

[EyeKey]

I have other drives so it's fine. Just a shame i can't get it back to my flashdrive.

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But another point kinda concerns me. When i plug the "dead" drive into my PC it doesn't show up in "File Explorer" (clever name MS) But when i go into disk management it says the drive isn't formatted already. But i think it might be cause the wii u put it into it's proprietary format so windows can't read it.

As I said before, if your PC detect it you can try to use wfsdump to extract the files from it.

 

[xtrem3x]

That's just because windows can't read the Wii U file system.

You have 2 options.
1) Buy new hard drive and lose all your saves
2) Fix the pin, buy new hard drive and keep your saves

 

[PotatisKnug]

As I said before, if your PC detect it you can try to use wfsdump to extract the files from it.

I said that i don't understand the commands for your program. So please give me the exact commands for dumping to a file called "dump" and putting the "dump" on a new harddrive.

 

[EyeKey]

I said that i don't understand the commands for your program. So please give me the exact commands for dumping to a file called "dump" and putting the "dump" on a new harddrive.

It doesn't work like that. You can't move a dump from one hard disk to another, because if it has different number of sectors it won't work (because the way WFS works). You can only move the dump as is to another hard disk with the exact same sectors number. So I recommend something else, dump all the files from the hard disk with wfsdump, than get new hard disk, install all the games again and just restore the save files with the appropriate Homebrew.
Anyway, run this in admin console:
wfsdump --input \\.\PhysicalDrive3 --output dump_dir --otp otp.bin --seeprom seeprom.bin
For more information on admin console and finding the correct number of the disk read Option 1 here:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-haxchi-pc-installer-for-5-5-2-with-seeprom-backup.479940/
Now you should have all the saves in dump_dir/use/save

 

[PotatisKnug]

It doesn't work like that. You can't move a dump from one hard disk to another, because if it has different number of sectors it won't work (because the way WFS works). You can only move the dump as is to another hard disk with the exact same sectors number. So I recommend something else, dump all the files from the hard disk with wfsdump, than get new hard disk, install all the games again and just restore the save files with the appropriate Homebrew.
Anyway, run this in admin console:
wfsdump --input \\.\PhysicalDrive3 --output dump_dir --otp otp.bin --seeprom seeprom.bin
For more information on admin console and finding the correct number of the disk read Option 1 here:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-haxchi-pc-installer-for-5-5-2-with-seeprom-backup.479940/
Now you should have all the saves in dump_dir/use/save

What the hell http://i.imgur.com/W4xCUmK.png

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It doesn't work like that. You can't move a dump from one hard disk to another, because if it has different number of sectors it won't work (because the way WFS works). You can only move the dump as is to another hard disk with the exact same sectors number. So I recommend something else, dump all the files from the hard disk with wfsdump, than get new hard disk, install all the games again and just restore the save files with the appropriate Homebrew.
Anyway, run this in admin console:
wfsdump --input \\.\PhysicalDrive3 --output dump_dir --otp otp.bin --seeprom seeprom.bin
For more information on admin console and finding the correct number of the disk read Option 1 here:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-haxchi-pc-installer-for-5-5-2-with-seeprom-backup.479940/
Now you should have all the saves in dump_dir/use/save

Disabled avast:
http://i.imgur.com/PXl4hwJ.png

 

[EyeKey]

What the hell http://i.imgur.com/W4xCUmK.png

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Disabled avast:
http://i.imgur.com/PXl4hwJ.png

"very rare file" lol. What a shitty anti virus. So you need to wait 2 hours now.

 

[PotatisKnug]

"very rare file" lol. What a shitty anti virus. So you need to wait 2 hours now.

Read my second post

 

[EyeKey]

Read my second post

You need otp.bin and seeprom.bin, you can get them with WiiU NAND Dumper homebrew.

 

[PotatisKnug]

You need otp.bin and seeprom.bin, you can get them with WiiU NAND Dumper homebrew.

Are those 100% necessary?

 

[EyeKey]

Are those 100% necessary?

Yes. 100%

 

[PotatisKnug]

You need otp.bin and seeprom.bin, you can get them with WiiU NAND Dumper homebrew.

i've looked in the HB appstore but i can't find it. Link me the page. (Running CBHC)

 

[EyeKey]

i've looked in the HB appstore but i can't find it. Link me the page. (Running CBHC)

http://wiiubru.com/appstore/#/app/nanddumper

 

[PotatisKnug]

http://wiiubru.com/appstore/#/app/nanddumper

Gonna run it with default settings.

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http://wiiubru.com/appstore/#/app/nanddumper

Running atm

 

[Valery0p]

You need only otp.bin and seeprom.bin, you can get them with WiiU NAND Dumper homebrew.

Gonna run it with default settings.

:facepalm:
they (SLC and MLC) are several Mega Bytes dumps...

 

[PotatisKnug]

:facepalm:
they (SLC and MLC) are several Mega Bytes dumps...

Whatever lol slccmpt is at 2AC00.

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:facepalm:
they (SLC and MLC) are several Mega Bytes dumps...

Is there a way to abort?

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http://wiiubru.com/appstore/#/app/nanddumper

I've got a bad feeling about this. (yes, yes it is.)

 

[EyeKey]

Yeah doesn't look good. The WFS magic isn't there.