Gaming Wii Not Reading Hard Drive

[Jack_Sparrow]

I have an NTFS 1TB Seagate hard drive. I wanted to use this as kind of a USB to load homebrew and stuff from from the HBC. But it seems the Wii isn't picking it up.. Any suggestions?

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Is it a portable Hardrive? What port is it In?

 

[tbb043]

Try FAT32. Some stuff might have NTFS support, but everything supports FAT32, and usually even if it supports both it supports FAT32 better.

 

[Jack_Sparrow]

Is it a portable Hardrive? What port is it In?

I tried both ports.

Try FAT32. Some stuff might have NTFS support, but everything supports FAT32, and usually even if it supports both it supports FAT32 better.

If i format a TB won't that take forever?

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Is it a passport/Portable hardrive though?

 

[Jack_Sparrow]

Is it a passport/Portable hardrive though?

Yes

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

If I remember correctly the Wii / Wii U on its own doesn't have enough power to power one of those hardrives.

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You can always try getting one of these cables and plugin one into the wii and the other into the wall using a USB wall adapter.

 

[Jack_Sparrow]

You think i should still format as FAT32?

 

[Deleted User]

depends:
If it's just Wii Games, use NTFS
If Wii/GC, use FAT32
If Wii Games + Homebrew, use NTFS.

 

[Jack_Sparrow]

So all i need is a powered USB hub??

 

[Deleted User]

that'd work.

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

The main issue is that your hardrive doesn't have enough power

 

[Jack_Sparrow]

The main issue is that your hardrive doesn't have enough power

Ok i'll just buy a powered hub

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Ok i'll just buy a powered hub

Does it plug into the wall for power?

 

[Jack_Sparrow]

Does it plug into the wall for power?

Yep

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Then it should work.

 

[Jayro]

I have a USB 240GB SSD I wanna dedicate to my Wii. I just hope the USB 2.0 cable will power it alright. It's got 3.0 support, but won't be used.

 

[Deleted User]

Buy a cheap powered USB hub, they're all the same when you bring it down to functionality.