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Wii U Wafel USB HDD Setup Not Working on rednand – Games/Apps Not Showing on Home Menu

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I finally got my Wii U working with RedNAND using an SD card. Now I’ve been trying to mod it with Wafel so I can use a USB hard drive, but no matter what I try, I can’t get it to work properly.

Either everything ends up being installed on the SD card, or everything is on the USB HDD but nothing shows up on the Wii U’s main menu.

What am I doing wrong, and what’s the correct way to set this up?

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