Hardware My Wii U broke down, how do I get my save files off my external hard drive?

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My Wii U won't work or turn on anymore, but I want to get all the save files out of my Wii U formatted hard drive. Is there any program or anything I can use to get the save files?
 

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I think there's a tool by I think @EyeKey that can at least read the content of the external hdd. I think you need the seeprom and possibly the otp.bin to do this.
 

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The save files themselves are also encrypted, so unless you made periodic backups of your save files using something like SaveMii, you're probably out of luck. Someone might come along and correct me by saying you can get them if you have your OTP and SEEPROM backed up.
 

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You're basically SOL without any backups.

Assuming it isn't the board itself that broke, you could swap it into another machine if they're that important.

PSA: backup your saves.
 

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