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:").
Are you talking 'bou this method :
https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-convert-from-wbfs-to-fat32-or-ntfs.292391/
?
I'm well familiar with Process Explorer. I used to use it to get around the old DRM and 'net hosting apps like GameSPY that would prevent old games from running if they couldn't contact a server.
Process Explorer shows that nothing is using the drive. When I went to check what would be reported when the error occurred, the quick format worked. Astonished, I went ahead and tried without quick format option checked. That worked as well, after 13 minutes. Nothing, literally nothing, has been closed between these attempts. A couple more programs, notably Process Explorer, have been opened since then. No other devices have been unplugged, nor plugged in. I'm forced to admit that this seems to be one of those magic moments when I'm fully expecting the PC to FA17S! and instead it works smoothly for no discernible reason at all.
Just to prove my point...
Since there is RetroArch for Wii U now the only reason to boot up the vWii is to play Wii, WiiWare and GameCube games.
As we know all of that could be launched through one app: Our beloved USB Loader GX.
Thanks to FIX94 we've got this fantastic homebrew which directly launches a specific vWii channel.
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.
I know I can just make the NAND channels visible to have the official "Back to Wii U" channel in my game list but since it's somewhere in the middle of my list then that wouldn't be the nice way.
Is it much work to do? In fact the new button would only have to do what is done by launching that "Back to Wii U" channel.
That would be great as we can either launch everything just from our Wii U homescreen then.
Either RetroArch to play some SNES games or USB Loader GX in vWii to play some Wii/GC games.
As we know all of that could be launched through one app: Our beloved USB Loader GX.
Thanks to FIX94 we've got this fantastic homebrew which directly launches a specific vWii channel.
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.
I know I can just make the NAND channels visible to have the official "Back to Wii U" channel in my game list but since it's somewhere in the middle of my list then that wouldn't be the nice way.
Is it much work to do? In fact the new button would only have to do what is done by launching that "Back to Wii U" channel.
That would be great as we can either launch everything just from our Wii U homescreen then.
Either RetroArch to play some SNES games or USB Loader GX in vWii to play some Wii/GC games.
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if it's a nintendont setting, yes I will add it.
Sorry, I don't work on the loader as often as before. (busy playing games haha)
Hmm, yeah, I guess it could be added ! strange I didn't thought about it and nobody asked it earlier.
it shouldn't be too much work, it's launching an installed channel which is easy to do.
let me add it to my todo-next list
- commit PluginMod to github mirror.
- Fix filtering list when downloading custom banner
- fix region string detection
- Add Nintendont video aspect ratio Auto
- add proper ciso extension support (might be harder, and not necessarily important, just use an ISO, it's not THAT big)
- fix gamecube game list when extension is wrong
- Add Italian and romanian translations files
- Add new HBC titleID (OHBC), maybe replace hardcoded values with proper reload to entry point to work with any HBC titles. (but might break return to system menu if it fails to load hbc)
- Enable "usb://" path to IOS check for emuNAND rev17
- add Nintendont PAL50 setting
- Add a way to exit back to wiiu (from the Home menu)
If I forgot something I told recently I'll do, make me remember.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Edit: If you really need one fast and quick try this:
https://www.amazon.com/Bipra-250Gb-...3667631&sr=1-6&keywords=250+gb+usb+hard+drive
A buddy of mine says it works on his Wii so it should work on vWii.
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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.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.
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.
Hi, to see the title instead of the GameID, Do that via USBLoader:
1. Settings > Update > wiitdb
2. Setting > features > use wiitdb titles
That's it. And after that, you will see the good title.
And for the VC to work, have you change the setting for the emunand via USBLoader ? Do your Emuland work now ? If yes, you have to active in the global setting EmuNAND Channel to Full.
I wasn't aware the Wii has LAN games.
Dunno if there are or not, but that's how you'd play a LAN game over the internet.
