Hacking Can you use internal hard drives for backups?

[DonnyKD]

Like the hard drives inside PCs? It seems simple enough...

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Yeah sure. Buy a hard drive enclosure for it, then you can just use it as if it were an external hard drive.

 

[DonnyKD]

And I can use it to play backups as if it was a external hard drive?

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Yep, easy as pie.

That's really all external drives are, internal drives put into enclosures that convert the SATA/IDE/Whatever to USB.

 

[Xuphor]

Yes, but you have to get an external casing for it. Basically just a external HDD shell for maybe $20 that is USB based, you can put any PC hard drive inside it, plug it into the Wii like any External HDD,and it'll work.

As for an actual method to plug/solder a internal hard drive into the wii, no.

 

[DonnyKD]

Sweet. Now all I need to do is find a way to connect my computer and Wii...

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Uhh...what?

 

[DonnyKD]

Uhh...what?

I mean cords. Everything I have is WiFi...

And when I meant "connect computer to Wii", I meant connect harddrive.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Oh ok...I thought you mean like...connect your PC to your Wii...I was like wtf...heh. Sorry.

As said before, just get the HD enclosure and you can just plug the HDD in via USB, transfer games over, then just plug the HDD into the Wii...

 

[shortz1994]

Yes, but you have to get an external casing for it. Basically just a external HDD shell for maybe $20 that is USB based, you can put any PC hard drive inside it, plug it into the Wii like any External HDD,and it'll work.

As for an actual method to plug/solder a internal hard drive into the wii, no.

no not that but there is a tut on how to put the harddrive inside the wii, without the dvd drive.(just keeping the drive board). it's on here somewhere. but thats not what he is asking either. so will not waste my time to find it. just make sure it's on the compatible list. even then some time they work or will work half the time. this is one of the ones i have. an works good. have all my movies for my tv on it.http://www.amazon.com/Acomdata-Tango-2-5-Inch-Enclosure-TNGXXXUSE-BLU/dp/B001XHBNN2/ref=sr_1_37?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1332986279&sr=1-37

 

[wii knee]

@DonnyKD There's a 13 page thread with members helping you to unbrick your wii. You may notice that Damysteryman has asked you to give a detailed account of how you bricked your wii. PM him with a reply if you don't want to detail it publicly, but it's the least you should do in return.

Also, it sounds as though your unclear on connecting an HDD. Are you talking about pairing your PC or a separate drive?

edit: I see you've replied.

 

[DonnyKD]

@DonnyKD There's a 13 page thread with members helping you to unbrick your wii. You may notice that Damysteryman has asked you to give a detailed account of how you bricked your wii. PM him with a reply if you don't want to detail it publicly, but it's the least you should do in return.

Also, it sounds as though your unclear on connecting an HDD. Are you talking about pairing your PC or a separate drive?

"@DonnyKD There's a 13 page thread with members helping you to unbrick your wii. You may notice that Damysteryman has asked you to give a detailed account of how you bricked your wii. PM him with a reply if you don't want to detail it publicly, but it's the least you should do in return."

And why do you post this here? Talk about irrelevant...

 

[wii knee]

K. Really wasn't intending to be preachy or off-topic. Didn't know if you had seen Damysterman's request before you started this new thread AND was attempting to clarify your understanding/intentions with respect to PC hard drive...it wasn't exactly clear.

 

[XFlak]

No, you cannot plug your computer into your Wii and use the computer's internal hard drive for your wii backups

you can however purchase an internal hard drive (or totally remove the drive from a computer) and insert it into an external hard drive enclosure (or similar adapter), and plug that into your Wii via USB for your wii backups

 

[zerofalcon]

Yes you can.. just buy a USB to SATA/IDE cable converter and you're ready to plug it in your Wii.
You'll need an AC power adaptor to power up the HDD but well it doesnt matter almost every cable converter has it.

 

[obcd]

Let's see.. So, in previous threats you talked about the fact you bricked one of your wii's with working dvd drive...
Now you are looking for a way to play backups from a harddisk, but you aren't having one, so you would like to use the one from your pc, and use it on your pc as well, preferrable at the same time.

That's not possible !!!!!!!!!!

 

[PsyBlade]

to clear some of the confusion about what "internal drive means" and summarise the seemingly contradicting posts

1. a HDD that is inside the wii
not recomended and hard to do
but can be done with a 2.5, 1.8 or smaller drive and removing the dvd drive

2. a HDD MEANT to be used in a PC or similar device
done easily
buy an external USB enclosure and insert the drive into it instead of into the PC
it essencially becomes an external drive and can be used (alternatingly) on PC, Wii, etc

3. a drive that is physically (but not logically) inside a PC
doable but useless unless you need to limit the number of "boxes"/"devices" (e.g for frequent transportation)
you could use the electronics from 2. while leaving the drive physically inside the PC
can as 2. only used alternatingly

4. store the game on a pc
harder and more expensive than buying an external drive but not really impossible
a) iirc the WODE "modchip" supports playing games via network
b) or you could try to get your hands on a usb device controller (hard or really expensive (4 figures)) and use that to emulate a usb hdd
I'm curently toying with combining b) with getting games via network

 

[DonnyKD]

Let's see.. So, in previous threats you talked about the fact you bricked one of your wii's with working dvd drive...
Now you are looking for a way to play backups from a harddisk, but you aren't having one, so you would like to use the one from your pc, and use it on your pc as well, preferrable at the same time.

That's not possible !!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, you haven't been reading anything have you?

That thread about my bricked Wii? It's resolved. This thread? Curiosity, since I do not have a external hard drive, and my 2GB SD card is small.

 

[obcd]

Yeah, you haven't been reading anything have you?

Sure I have been reading. Sometimes the art is to read between the lines. (The things that aren't written down)
So I was right, you don't have an external hard drive.
So your bricked wii is resolved, yes, I remember, it misteriasly fixed itself...altough I remember reading another threat about a wii showing a white screen when going into setup....
Maybe that's also fixed? So all is going well now.

PsyBlade pretty much gave you all the existing options. Hope it fixed your Curiosity.

 

[wilsoff]

You CAN use an internal drive that remains inside you PC and is used for Wii Backups all at the same time. It's a blast from the past (2009) called the flatmii.

http://www.ozmodchips.com/flatmii-wii-dvd-drive-emulator-iso-loader-modchip-p-199.html
http://gbatemp.net/topic/135750-flatmii-review/
http://www.flatmii.com/