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[Cyan]

yeah, but give more info.
which format? where are your games ? on the first or second one? etc

 

[TheMighty]

yeah, but give more info.
which format? where are your games ? on the first or second one? etc

my games are on the one i have named (WII HDD) with a wbfs folder on the root, most llikey the first device

 

[Alexander1970]

when i put the HDD in disk management on my pc it detects both of the partitions

Did you use GPT or MBR for Partition Table ?

 

[TheMighty]

Did you use GPT or MBR for Partition Table ?

I'm sorry, i dont know what these are

 

[Alexander1970]

I'm sorry, i dont know what these are

As asked before:

- how big is your HDD and the Partitions please ?
- if you first detect/init the HDD in Windows it asks (maybe) of use it as MBR or GPT Disk.You can check this in the Windows "Computer management" -> "Disk Management".
- and also asked before how many partitions and how they are formatted please ?

Thank you.

 

[TheMighty]

As asked before:

- how big is your HDD and the Partitions please ?
- if you first detect/init the HDD in Windows it asks (maybe) of use it as MBR or GPT Disk.You can check this in the Windows "Computer management" -> "Disk Management".
- and also asked before how many partitions and how they are formatted please ?

Thank you.

I have two partitions on one hdd, one with 4.99 GB and the main one is 293 GB and they are formated as FAT 32

well, when i first put my HDD in my pc i get a message that something is wrong with it and it suggests that i try to fix it, when i agreed, it started fixing it, but the progress bar was stuck in the same position.

also, where can i see if it is used as MBR or GPT?

 

[Alexander1970]

when i first put my HDD in my pc i get a message that something is wrong with it and it suggests that i try to fix it, when i agreed, it started fixing it, but the progress bar was stuck in the same position.

That seems REALLY that your HDD has some troubles.

You can try CrystalDiskInfo for checking your HDD of errors.
https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/
(Left Button "Standard Edition").

Did you maybe also have a Programm for Partitioning for example like AOMEI Partition Assistent ?

also, where can i see if it is used as MBR or GPT?

Computer management:

and there is STORAGE and Disk Managmeent.

 

[TheMighty]

That seems REALLY that your HDD has some troubles.

You can try CrystalDiskInfo for checking your HDD of errors.
https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/
(Left Button "Standard Edition").

Did you maybe also have a Programm for Partitioning for example like AOMEI Partition Assistent ?



Computer management:

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and there is STORAGE and Disk Managmeent.

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i know,but where in disk management?

 

[Alexander1970]

i know,but where in disk management?

You can RIGHT CLICK on DISK0 or DISK1 and there is an (maybe greyed out) Option "Convert to MBR" or "Convert to GPT".That option you have then the opposite is your HDD Partition Table Format.

 

[TheMighty]

You can RIGHT CLICK on DISK0 or DISK1 and there is an (maybe greyed out) Option "Convert to MBR" or "Convert to GPT".That option you have then the opposite is your HDD Partition Table Format.

There is a greyed out option of converting to GPT disk

also, CrystalDisk say that its status is : Causion

 

[Alexander1970]

There is a greyed out option of converting to GPT disk

also, CrystalDisk say that its status is : Causion

Then it is MBR.Thats ok.

Reallocated Sector Count = Number of used reserve sectors.
After ~12000 hours of use.
May I please ask how old is your HDD ?

Thank you.

 

[tswntk]

caution means look out ( the drive is on the verge of dying) and why the report says TOSHIBA??

 

[TheMighty]

Then it is MBR.Thats ok.

Reallocated Sector Count = Number of used reserve sectors.
After ~12000 hours of use.
May I please ask how old is your HDD ?

Thank you.

as context, i bought the wii from ebay with a hard drive, i just had to homebrew it, so i dont know how old it is

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caution means look out ( the drive is on the verge of dying) and why the report says TOSHIBA??

oh crap, i had no idea

 

[TheMighty]

soooooooo, what now?

 

[Alexander1970]

soooooooo, what now?

Maybe a good idea is to try another HDD if possible.

 

[TheMighty]

Maybe a good idea is to try another HDD if possible.

i dont have any other HDD, as i said before, im short on cash at the moment

 

[Cyan]

both MBR and GPT are fine and detected by USBLoaderGX. though, I found a bug in GPT last week, anyone reading this : don't dump disc to GPT using USBloaderGX until next revision (1273).
do not try to "convert" the mode of your HDD, it could go wrong and you lose your data, while it's not the problem of the drive.
plus, if HBC see the drive then it's currently using MBR.

That's really strange that it's seen as Toshiba drive!
Maybe the device is really a Toshiba, and only the "packaging" is Werstern digital?

And, we still don't have any clue about partitions themselves. you could have screenshot your device management for example if you didn't know what to report.
but I just wanted to see which partition type you had, if the Wii games are on the first or second one, etc.
all you told me is you put your games on the partition you called (in windows) "wii hdd". very informative.


also, 12 000 hours is not that much.
I don't know if crystal disk mark it as "caution" just based on that, or on the error reports.
probably because of the reallocated sectors almost at 50? (or is it in %? it's a problem starting below 50%? ) 69 sector is not a lot then.
but what about current spin retry count above 100?
I don't think I understand how to read these info.

 

[TheMighty]

both MBR and GPT are fine and detected by USBLoaderGX. though, I found a bug in GPT last week, anyone reading this : don't dump disc to GPT using USBloaderGX until next revision (1273).
do not try to "convert" the mode of your HDD, it could go wrong and you lose your data, while it's not the problem of the drive.
plus, if HBC see the drive then it's currently using MBR.

That's really strange that it's seen as Toshiba drive!
Maybe the device is really a Toshiba, and only the "packaging" is Werstern digital?

And, we still don't have any clue about partitions themselves. you could have screenshot your device management for example if you didn't know what to report.
but I just wanted to see which partition type you had, if the Wii games are on the first or second one, etc.
all you told me is you put your games on the partition you called (in windows) "wii hdd". very informative.

i really dont know witch is the primary one, sorry for not mentioning anything, but i think that the games are on the primary partition

 

[TheMighty]

Allright,so, if its my HDD's prob then ill have to wait to buy a new one, thanks to everyone thattried to help me

 

[Alexander1970]

Allright,so, if its my HDD's prob then ill have to wait to buy a new one, thanks to everyone thattried to help me

Hello.

Thank you for your reply and your "report" on your troubles.
That is sad to hear that your HDD is faulty.
But good to hear you found the solution and you can continue playing soon on your Wii.

Thank you.