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[eldaddio]

Hi all,

Hopefully someone can help me with a small issue I'm having. I've currently got a 1tb HDD connected to my wii running fine with cfg usb loader. I'm giving this HDD away so I've copied the contents of my backup partition to a partition on another HDD. The new paritition in question was formatted as NTFS, but I reformatted to FAT32 with wii backup manager so as to match the source partition, then just copied the whole lot across.

The problem is that when I connect the new HDD to the wii and run cfgloader the wii just reboots. Am I likely to have missed something when I copied the stuff across? The new HDD has been used to run games from in the past, so there should be no compatibility issues there. Do I need to reformat the whole HDD again?

Hopefully someone can help. Many thanks in advance.

JT

So I found a workaround for this by putting the usb loader files on an SD card, then just using the usb drive for the games. Not ideal as I still don't know why the wii isn't picking up the HDD initially, but it'll do for now.

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[Eichro]

I suspect that my right USB port doesn't work anymore, so can I set USB Loader GX (or any USB loader, if I don't have the choice) to load on the left USB port instead of the right one? I'm... pretty desperate right now since I can't play ANY non-WiiWare/VC game (the disc drive is messed up too), so I seriously need help.

If my right USB port DOES work, what can I do to solve this? I've tried anything from updating cIOS to using many loaders to trying another HDD (both are working on the PC, both used to work on the Wii).

Thanks in advance.

 

[neonfire999]

I just got a black Wii that includes new super mario bros and the super mario galaxy soundtrack. I'm wondering what is really possible on here in terms of modding, playing backups, etc. Specifically I'm interested in playing wii and gamecube backups and what kind of modding i'd have to do to achieve this. soft-modding is preferred but if there is a hard modding option, I'd like to know.

Thanks.

 

[snuka]

I'm running USB Loader GX on an old 250gb external hd formatted to WBFS. I got a new larger HD that I want to switch to. Should I format it to NTFS instead of WBFS? If so, why? Will GX still pick it up the same or will I need to update it or switch loader softwares?

 

[JoostinOnline]

I'm running USB Loader GX on an old 250gb external hd formatted to WBFS. I got a new larger HD that I want to switch to. Should I format it to NTFS instead of WBFS? If so, why? Will GX still pick it up the same or will I need to update it or switch loader softwares?

Use FAT32. All homebrew works with FAT32, but only a few apps work with NTFS (and of those that do work with NTFS, not many work well). Only loaders will use WBFS.

 

[new2wii]

Hi all,

Hopefully someone can help me with a small issue I'm having. I've currently got a 1tb HDD connected to my wii running fine with cfg usb loader. I'm giving this HDD away so I've copied the contents of my backup partition to a partition on another HDD. The new paritition in question was formatted as NTFS, but I reformatted to FAT32 with wii backup manager so as to match the source partition, then just copied the whole lot across.

The problem is that when I connect the new HDD to the wii and run cfgloader the wii just reboots. Am I likely to have missed something when I copied the stuff across? The new HDD has been used to run games from in the past, so there should be no compatibility issues there. Do I need to reformat the whole HDD again?

Hopefully someone can help. Many thanks in advance.

JT

So I found a workaround for this by putting the usb loader files on an SD card, then just using the usb drive for the games. Not ideal as I still don't know why the wii isn't picking up the HDD initially, but it'll do for now.

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[PsyBlade]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but to use usb loaders the files need to be on a wbfs partition on the HDD

wrong

The games can be stored on wbfs, fat, ntfs or ext2/3/4.
The loader can be stored onthe same but not wbfs.

Some loaders or channels might not support all these options.
Most supported and therefor recomended is fat32.

 

[MakerNekoMizuki]

Which is the best usb loader?

 

[JoostinOnline]

Which is the best usb loader?

There is no best, it's personal preference. There are three popular loaders; Configurable USB Loader, WiiFlow, and USB Loader GX. I like Configurable USB Loader the most.

 

[sketch2k278]

How do I install wiiflow onto an external hdd? I have partitioned into 2 fat32 and wbsf and added the apps folder to the fat32 partition... but it doesn't show, is there a tutorial on how to get it up and running?

 

[JoostinOnline]

How do I install wiiflow onto an external hdd? I have partitioned into 2 fat32 and wbsf and added the apps folder to the fat32 partition... but it doesn't show, is there a tutorial on how to get it up and running?

Format the whole thing as FAT32 and you can put all your stuff on it.

 

[sketch2k278]

How do I install wiiflow onto an external hdd? I have partitioned into 2 fat32 and wbsf and added the apps folder to the fat32 partition... but it doesn't show, is there a tutorial on how to get it up and running?

Format the whole thing as FAT32 and you can put all your stuff on it.

Including games? If so then how?

 

[JoostinOnline]

How do I install wiiflow onto an external hdd? I have partitioned into 2 fat32 and wbsf and added the apps folder to the fat32 partition... but it doesn't show, is there a tutorial on how to get it up and running?

Format the whole thing as FAT32 and you can put all your stuff on it.

Including games? If so then how?

Yeah. You can either re-rip them, or transfer them with Wii Backup Manager.

 

[sketch2k278]

Yeah. You can either re-rip them, or transfer them with Wii Backup Manager.

As ISO's? Or wbsf? And wouldn't I have to make a wbsf folder for that?

 

[JoostinOnline]

Yeah. You can either re-rip them, or transfer them with Wii Backup Manager.

As ISO's? Or wbsf? And wouldn't I have to make a wbsf folder for that?

WBM will automatically convert your games to wbfs files. If you don't have a wbfs folder, it will make one for you.

 

[sketch2k278]

WBM will automatically convert your games to wbfs files. If you don't have a wbfs folder, it will make one for you.

I have them in wbsf format just on my PC computer so all I need would be a wbsf folder on the external hdd? Or what's the names of the folders that should be on the external hdd?

 

[JoostinOnline]

WBM will automatically convert your games to wbfs files. If you don't have a wbfs folder, it will make one for you.

I have them in wbsf format just on my PC computer so all I need would be a wbsf folder on the external hdd? Or what's the names of the folders that should be on the external hdd?

Just use Wii Backup Manager. It will handle all the folders, covers, etc.

 

[sketch2k278]

ok now that WBM made the folders and the WBFS files where do I place them?

 

[PsyBlade]

You do not ned to place them manually.
WBM already did that for you.

 

[sketch2k278]

ok I got it working now if i can find out why my music isn't playing i'll be set lol