Hacking Do external hard drives work in vWii homebrew channel?

[Deleted User]

Im planning on getting a 500gb external hard drive to put a butt ton of iso's and roms on to use on my Wii U but I actually dont know if vWii or the homebrew channel supports external hard drives. Does it only support USBs? Sorry if its a stupid question but I dont wanna spend $80 on something I couldn't use.

 

[Clarky]

it supports USB HDD's, if it is a USB powered HDD though make sure you buy a Y Cable as a single USB port on the Wii U may not have enough power to run your HDD

 

[nervx]

it supports USB HDD's, if it is a USB powered HDD though make sure you buy a Y Cable as a single USB port on the Wii U may not have enough power to run your HDD

I have a usb hard drive that I use with my wii that runs fine on a single cable. If it works fine with the wii it should run fine on the wii u right or are the usb ports on the wii u underpowered or something?

 

[Clarky]

I have a usb hard drive that I use with my wii that runs fine on a single cable. If it works fine with the wii it should run fine on the wii u right or are the usb ports on the wii u underpowered or something?

Underpowered. A Y cable will fix this on a Wii U or else you may find game or even certain apps will crash or even worse ruin your HDD

 

[the_randomizer]

I have a usb hard drive that I use with my wii that runs fine on a single cable. If it works fine with the wii it should run fine on the wii u right or are the usb ports on the wii u underpowered or something?

Trust me, the Wii U has to be used with a Y-cable on those HDDs, you will more than likely ruin it if you don't.

 

[NFG]

One of the reasons I use a HDD dock.

 

[Deleted User]

Alright I'll be sure to buy a Y cable

 

[Goku Junior]

I've been using Nintendont app in the root of my 8GB pendrive and works perfectly.

 

[nervx]

can you leave a hard drive with vwii isos plugged in all the time or will the wiiU automatically format it or nag you to death about doing so?