Process Explorer will tell you what is keeping the drive locked.
Run it and search (Ctrl-F) for the drive letter of the drive (e.g.: "D:").
Run it and search (Ctrl-F) for the drive letter of the drive (e.g.: "D:").
before converting to FAT32, check with wii backup manager to see if they are still present and not corrupted.
no need to convert to FAT32 right away, you might have another issue if all your games are good and your partition is good too.
do not reformat and recopy your games, there's a tool to convert the WBFS to FAT32 without doing any copy or data loss.
But it will work only if your drive does not have any corrupted games. so it's why you should first check if they are still detected, and if possible check if they are good.
Wii backup manager > select game > option > sha1 (it's a little long, don't select all games at once)
it's possible some games are corrupted, but it's rare they are black screening/freezing at launch. when a game is corrupted on wbfs due to wrong partition management, they could be corrupted anywhere in the ISO (a map, a sound, a video etc.) very rarely in the main.dol, proportionally based on file count on a game disc.
Though, it's strange that even wiiflow has that issue.
Are you talking 'bou this method :
https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-convert-from-wbfs-to-fat32-or-ntfs.292391/
?
Close every program on your desktop so your drive will not be used by any program and try to format again... Or try to format it with another PC.
Process Explorer will tell you what is keeping the drive locked.
Run it and search (Ctrl-F) for the drive letter of the drive (e.g.: "D:").
if it's a nintendont setting, yes I will add it.
Hmm, yeah, I guess it could be added ! strange I didn't thought about it and nobody asked it earlier.Why I'm writing all this here? Well I would love the USB Loader GX (vWii version only) to have a button in the top menu which leads back to Wii U.
There are a lot of incompatible flash drives, even if you get two flash drives with the same part number the internal components might be different. You'd be much better served looking for a USB 2.0 HDD to use instead. I use 2 Seagate Expansion 1 TB USB 3.0 drives (STEA1000400) for both Wii U and vWii modes. Along with a Y cable, taxes and shipping, I spent about USD$65 on each drive.Long time user (on Wii) and lurker, I finally went ahead and added USB Loader GX to my Wii U so I could play local multiplayer with online Wii games (MW3 for example). The existing guide worked wonders for me, but I am running into an issue with a USB flash drive set up to play backups.
The flash drive I am using is a Lexar 64GB formatted in FAT32 using SmartDisk FAT32 Tool and it hangs at the initializing USB screen when I launch USB Loader GX.
I put it into my Wii to isolate the problem and it presents the same issue.
I also tested with my Wii's HDD (an 80GB Toshiba laptop HD converted to portable) and it works flawlessly on the Wii U.
I'm looking for help figuring out what to do next. Should I try to reformat the drive for NTFS or WBFS? Could it be the device is incompatible?
I have a 16 GB Staples Relay USB stick and a SanDisk Extreme SDXC 64 GB SD Card with adapter as other possible Drives.
There are a lot of incompatible flash drives, even if you get two flash drives with the same part number the internal components might be different. You'd be much better served looking for a USB 2.0 HDD to use instead. I use 2 Seagate Expansion 1 TB USB 3.0 drives (STEA1000400) for both Wii U and vWii modes. Along with a Y cable, taxes and shipping, I spent about USD$65 on each drive.
Since I use games as a form of anger management, I've never had a problem justifying the expense. Which is more costly for me, paying a hospital bill for someone I put in traction or buying a console and some games? I usually buy 4-6 games a year, and I typically buy a new system when it goes on sale the first time after the year it releases, which is usually either Easter or Black Friday. Unless, of course, there are two or more systems released at the same time. Then, I get one the first sale and the other the next year on Black Friday.Thanks for the tip. I was trying to avoid throwing money at the problem, but if nobody else thinks I can make it work with what I've got, I will probably end up doing something like that when I can justify the cost to my wife.
so I could play local multiplayer with online Wii games (MW3 for example).
If you don't care about emuNAND and/or Nintendont you could try using NTFS or even a linux EXT filesystem for USB Loader GX which might help. Otherwise you really would need to throw some money in.Thanks for the tip. I was trying to avoid throwing money at the problem, but if nobody else thinks I can make it work with what I've got, I will probably end up doing something like that when I can justify the cost to my wife.
Wait, what do you mean? You play local multiplayer (which has no online mode) online by using something like this or just native online multiplayer with Wiimmfi patched games?
If you don't care about emuNAND and/or Nintendont you could try using NTFS or even a linux EXT filesystem for USB Loader GX which might help. Otherwise you really would need to throw some money in.
Well, my situation has not changed for the better. Despite finally having a drive formatted by Guiformat none of the VC or WiiWare titles would run. Even worse, is that all of my games installed to Emunand are now only showing their GameID and no titles. I guess I'll have to unistall them all and then reinstall them.
Just to be clear, John_Ice, you managed to get it working without changing any default settings? I had to change the directory for the Emunand.
I'm talking about making games that require more than one Wii to play multiplayer, playable locally by connecting my vWii and Wii to the same online private matches.
I'll take a whack at NTFS and see if that turns up better results since I only want to run Wii Backups on the vWii and my Wii carries most of my other stuff. Thanks for the tip! I'll report back after I try it tonight.
I wasn't aware the Wii has LAN games.You can use a VPN to play LAN games over the internet. Something like Hamachi should work, you'll just have to change your Wii's network settings.
I wasn't aware the Wii has LAN games.