How to play GameCube games off a USB HDD.

Welcome to my guide! This will teach you to "backup" your games that you TOTALLY legally own. Right?
This guide is completely compatible with Windows, Mac (Wine), and Linux (Wine). I do not have access to an Apple machine, but theoretically, it should work. Please note that this guide requires you to format your HDD, however you can still use it for storage after we're done, so just back it up before we begin.


NOTE BY A MODERATOR :

There are different methods to play Gamecube games off a USB HDD, and this outdated guide will only tell you ONE method.
It will not explain to you how to run gamecube games from USB HDD, but instead will tell you to do things blindly and install specific outdated files and use a specific outdated USB Loader version.
It doesn't cover other USB HDD methods or other Gamecube loaders.
Don't follow this guide if you want updated informations, updated loaders or if you want to use a different gamecube loading method.

You can follow it only if you want DIOS MIOS 2.8 (outdated) and CFG Loader v70 r36 (outdated).
Thanks for reading,
Cyan

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You will need:
-An SD Card
-A USB HDD
-Wii Mote
-GameCube Controller
-A Wii with Homebrew Channel installed
-A GameCube iso

Download Links:

COMPUTER:


1.) Download WiiFlow from the Download List above. Put it in the apps folder of your SD Card.

2.) Download the DIOS MIOS v2.8 RAR. Go to 'DM', then move 'DIOSMIOS_2.8' to the root folder of your SD card, or for easier installation put it in a folder on the root titled 'wad'.

3.) Download MMM, and put it in your apps folder.

4.) In the DM folder in the RAR, there will be a file named DMToolbox.exe, run it, select your games iso file, and choose where you want the game's folder to go (Desktop will do.). Hit 'Install', and the folder will appear where you wanted it to, it will be named the game's ID, which will, to you, appear to be a bunch of random characters.

5.) Download and Install EaseUS Partition master, and open it. Find your HDD, and right click it, and select 'format'. Format it as FAT32 with 32KB Clusters. *DON'T IGNORE! Press OK, and then "Apply".

6.) Look at your empty HDD, and make a 'games' folder. Put the folder with the Game ID in there.

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WII:




1.) Plug in your HDD in USB Slot 0. Turn on your Wii. Launch Homebrew Channel. Then launch MMM.

2.) Choose WAD Manager on the menu and install DIOSMIOS_2.8.wad

3.) After you're done, exit MMM. Launch WiiFlow.

4.) Go to Settings, and change game partition to USB1

5.) Press 'B', and select the Gamecube icon

7.) Choose a game and press Start. Every time you add new games, you have to hit the home icon, and hit update cache, and your game list will refresh.

Congratulations! You can now play GC games from your USB HDD!

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CFG USB LOADERv70 r36:

COMPUTER:
Follow steps 3-7 in the COMPUTER guide above.

WII:

1.) Follow step 3 in the guide above.
2.) Install DIOS MIOS using MMM.
3.) Launch CFG USB Loader.
4.) Click the icon with tools on it
5.) Set "DML Version" to DM.
6.) Launch your game!
 

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Can someone please tell me how they fixed it ?
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This only works if you have a Disc in the Wii Disc Drive.

Sorry just to clarify, (before I try this), do you have to have a "gamecube" disc in the drive or can it be a "Wii" disc?
I have a Wii disc in the drive, and it works.

Also, make sure you use the USB Loader's Mod, or else it will say Copy to SD or Delete.

Much appreciated mate... Tried it and it works great.... Just ordered myself a gamecume controller so I'll be playing Windwalker in a few days :-).
 

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Can this be done with CFG usbloader?

Awesome guide! Though I ran into a problem, I get all the way to the last step, and after hitting "Load from USB", the screen fades to black and nothing happens. Any ideas? Trying to play smash bros melee.
 

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make sure all the disc ex files are in the same folder , place the game in the same folder , then drag and drop the game on the disc ex file , a dos window should pop up and about 10 secs later there should be a new folder with the game id listed
 

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I have a gcm file and a sfv file. I put them all in a new folder with Diskex run the gcm it loads gothe percent goes all the way through and still no folder. Could it be a bad dump?
 

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I have a gcm file and a sfv file. I run the gcm file through diskex after making sure all the files are in the same folder after I run the gcm thoughh diskex no folder is creating even though the game loads in diskex and the percent goes all the way through.
 

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Can this be done with CFG usbloader?

Awesome guide! Though I ran into a problem, I get all the way to the last step, and after hitting "Load from USB", the screen fades to black and nothing happens. Any ideas? Trying to play smash bros melee.
Is a disc in the Wii?
 

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Can this be done with CFG usbloader?

Awesome guide! Though I ran into a problem, I get all the way to the last step, and after hitting "Load from USB", the screen fades to black and nothing happens. Any ideas? Trying to play smash bros melee.
Is a disc in the Wii?
Shouldn't matter, if CFG is set up right and NoDisc is enabled, SSBM works flawlessly without a disc.
 

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Can this be done with CFG usbloader?

Awesome guide! Though I ran into a problem, I get all the way to the last step, and after hitting "Load from USB", the screen fades to black and nothing happens. Any ideas? Trying to play smash bros melee.
Is a disc in the Wii?
Shouldn't matter, if CFG is set up right and NoDisc is enabled, SSBM works flawlessly without a disc.
Not for me. NoDisc has NEVER worked for me, no matter what launcher. It's worth a try.
 

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hey i would like some support
my gamecube games crashes when i select on configurable usb loader

The moment i select a game the wii crashes showing a huge line of error codes

i installed the latest Dios V2 , CFG 70 V20 but i am not sure whats wrong
 

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