Hacking System files are corrupted, but bootmii and preloader cant run

Wiisee · Jan 12, 2011

Hi all,

Ive been trying to help my mother make games easier by making channels of games to click rather than go through wiiflow.

Problem is, i now have the dreaded "The system files are corrupted. Please refer to the wii operations manuyal for hgelp tyroubleshooting."

Before this i was sure i had bootmii installed, but may have overridden it with my sd card (As theyre both same) bvut it still wouldve had bootmii in. So i renamed the folder on the SD to bootmii and still after the safety menu nothing. It just goes to the black screen with the message above.

Ive also tried preloader, even changing its name to boot.dol and placing it in the root of the sd card. Still no luck

Ive got a nand emulated on the USB drive. But cant access anything, not hbc, not bootmii. Im not sure what caused the problem.

Its running 3.2E softmod.

Ive also tried holding reset and starting as preloader suggests, but no avail

Can anyone help me here?

Thanks in advance

wiisee

FIX94 · Jan 12, 2011

You are still able to start preloader holding the reset button when you are starting the wii, correct?
Was it bootmii IOS or bootmii boot2? If preloader stil launch, copy this dol to your sd card root:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ga6wbcghzgo3ffd
Start preloader, go to load/install file, select the dol and press 1 to load. Then you should be in the homebrew channel.

nutta_nic · Jan 12, 2011

when you power the wii the dvd light will flash twice quickly if you have boot2 and only once if its not

if it flashes twice just download some bootmii ready root files

EDIT

i'll do the work for you
put these files on the root of your SD and boot mii will boot if it is at boot2

Benjay · Jan 12, 2011

If still no luck , you can try an autoboot DVD , you're on 3.2 so it's still available for you

Wiisee · Jan 12, 2011

hi.

Gonna try the last option, as preloader does not work when i hold reset and power on either.

it WAS installed as boot 2 on the sd i noticed. So i guess from my reading it was only accessible from HBC. I then tried some files from someone posting here, ios254, which allows preloader to run Bootmii for ppl who have it as i do.

But preloader wasnt working, and prii loader is only for higher firmwares i read.
Loadmii is a last option, but i cant see it working if these two didnt.

I renamed at the time boot2 to bootmii. So yea it installed as that, and mustve been an ios.

BTW how do i do autoboot dvd if i cant even get to the menu to click the disc button?

Also i noted the blue light didnt flash on the drive when it powered on. It still makes a noise as if looking for a dvd (Its empty) but no light which is weird. Will try this bootmii folder from 2 post above now and fingers crossed report back i hope well.

EDIT: - I tried the folder bootmii leftt by nic, and thanks for that, but no luck

I dont see how it can not work... On my old wii i am able to access bootmii immediately. But this wii mustve installed it as an ios and accessible via HB only. A poster put up a dol that if i can get preloader to work would allow me to get to bootmii and therefore maybe use the nand i have on the usb to backup. But currently NOTHING is bypassing the menu and even with a dvd in (My original wii fit disc) it wont go to the menu, just safety screen>Menu quart second then Black screen and files corrupt

nutta_nic · Jan 12, 2011

make sure you put the bootmii folder on the root, just the files within the folder, my post my've been misleading

EDIT

just read your edit, i think your screwed mate sorry, no preloader no bootmii, i yhink its game over unless you get or have got a mod chip that autoboots games installed

Wiisee · Jan 12, 2011

Just wondering as a last gasp. I dont think this wii can accept a mod chip as i swapped it for mine (Which has a mod chip) but if i were able to install one, could it be saved?

I ask as im wondering if its cheaper to replace the wii or just get a mod chip if itll be able to fix it.

But no preeloader is weird.. no blue light on drive is weird.. i cant figure out how its got to this.

Wiisee · Jan 12, 2011

Ok i may have lost most things in life, but i managed to get around this.

To do so i used Maintenance mode.

That allowed me to enter HBC and instead of launch bootmii (Which i had the option), i used wad manager 1.7 and deleted every channel and cios i had installed. Im pretty sure it must be the 53 55 or something. It cant be an IOS 222 issue as ive had wiiflow working before. Also couldve been a dodgy channel as i had eddited crap installer, to make a channel for wiiflow which again couldve been the probl.

I figure it has to be a dodgy ios more likely than an out of region or something. But i am gonna check on showmiwads the regions on there just in case, meanwhile also install more protection, its clear this time i hadnt.

Main thing is its working.

So for anyone else experiencing this problem, maintenance mode is a way forward. Here is the guide i followed: -

Hold - & + while at health screen and wait..
a few seconds later you will go in mainterance mode...
YOUR WII IS NOT UNBRICKED YET
And goto HBC or Wii settings and remove all your channels BUT NOT HBC
And no reboot your wii
And DONT hold - & + just click A
If it still isnt fixed You must do this again: Hold - & + while at health screen and wait..
Now you have acsess to HBC & wii menu
You can choose 2 things or format wii memory @ wii menu YOU WILL LOSE EVERY SOFTMOD WORK YOU DID
Or keep playing with wad manager till it works.

I cannot credit the guy who wrote as wasnt on this site. But rest assured it worked for me.

nutta_nic · Jan 13, 2011

Wiisee said:
Ok i may have lost most things in life, but i managed to get around this.

To do so i used Maintenance mode.

That allowed me to enter HBC and instead of launch bootmii (Which i had the option), i used wad manager 1.7 and deleted every channel and cios i had installed. Im pretty sure it must be the 53 55 or something. It cant be an IOS 222 issue as ive had wiiflow working before. Also couldve been a dodgy channel as i had eddited crap installer, to make a channel for wiiflow which again couldve been the probl.

I figure it has to be a dodgy ios more likely than an out of region or something. But i am gonna check on showmiwads the regions on there just in case, meanwhile also install more protection, its clear this time i hadnt.

Main thing is its working.

So for anyone else experiencing this problem, maintenance mode is a way forward. Here is the guide i followed: -

Hold - & + while at health screen and wait..
a few seconds later you will go in mainterance mode...
YOUR WII IS NOT UNBRICKED YET
And goto HBC or Wii settings and remove all your channels BUT NOT HBC
And no reboot your wii
And DONT hold - & + just click A
If it still isnt fixed You must do this again: Hold - & + while at health screen and wait..
Now you have acsess to HBC & wii menu
You can choose 2 things or format wii memory @ wii menu YOU WILL LOSE EVERY SOFTMOD WORK YOU DID
Or keep playing with wad manager till it works.

I cannot credit the guy who wrote as wasnt on this site. But rest assured it worked for me.

thats called a mail brick i belive, very rare indeed, you should be honored

QUOTEMail Brick - Cause: Receiving a corrupt Wii message on the Wii Message Board
- Symptoms: Will not load system menu. Maintenance mode works.

These bricks are VERY rare, as the only way to get it is by receiving a corrupt message on your message board. Like that, it would seem like it bricked on itself.

Required
* System menu installed (with its IOS)

Guide

* The only way to know if its a mail brick is to access Maintenance mode (see below). As this disables the message board, a mail bricked wii will boot now.

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