The point of this topic is to dissect the Wii's internal hard drive also known as NAND. Most of the data here is copied directly from a file I made containing all my knowledge on the NAND most of it derived by messing around with SNEEK.
You will likely find this interesting if you're:
1.) Working with SNEEK/UNEEK (So you can copy info directly from one NAND to another
2.) Simply interested in how the Wii works
Update1: I'm moving the NAND table to a regular Spreadsheet on gdocs so I can more easily manage the table (I can download it and work with it offline). The link to the old table is below and the new table is: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aq...V1TUE&hl=en
Hopefully I'll be able to consolidate data even better pretty soon but, for now I'm just going to convert the table, update this post, then get back to my real work.
Update2: Finished rewriting the NAND Table in SpreadSheet format. The old sheet is still there but, the key is completely removed as I used the cut and paste method during conversion. The old link is: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m2HPYlv...wUgs/edit?hl=en
If there's any problems with the new link/format then please give me a shout. I have a 1440x900 pixel screen (17") so I tend to write things to fill that space. If a lot of people are having issues I can try to shrink some of the tables cells.
Update3: Updated NAND Table2 on gdocs. Updated this OP a bit by removing some old data (that's better handled elsewhere). Also added a couple notes/question.
Update4: Updated NAND Table2 on gdocs (a lot (day before this update to the post)). Updated this OP with some BB Code like spoiler tags and strikeouts. It should be a lot less of an eyesore now.
Update5: Updated NAND Table2 on gdocs (see the changelog at the top of the spreadsheet). As stated in the changelog I won't have regular net access for a while. Not mentioned in the changelog is that I don't have home internet and I'm on Winter Break until January 10. Once the new year starts I'll see how much time I have online to devote to this project again. At this point most of what's left to do is formatting and Q's and A's. If anyone has any information to add to my sheets as they stand now's the time to post (Note: I'm more likely to notice your comments if you either post or PM me, even with my folder system my 10+ emails a day are very hard to keep organized
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Update6: Finally got around to making a Definitions Table and Tidbits doc. Removed extra copies of data thus making this post a little less of an eyesore. (Sorry it took so long).
I'm hoping that this information will prove useful to somebody and that some of my own questions throughout this process will be answered. So without further ado (below is my file on the NAND with very few modifications, note copy and paste butchered it pretty bad and actually deleted some things so I had to manually recopy some data):
The post is quite different now from the original file I made.
FIRST OFF SOME BASICS:
Removed since is pretty much covered in the spreadsheet.
This section contains data on all the files I know of.
Due to the sheer size of this section I'm keeping it in a spoiler tag
Or at least that was my plan. Since The preview is showing me that it's just going to remove all formatting whatsoever as well as the \ in the paths of the table I'm instead going to put this on my google docs site for download. Sorry if it's a pain but, that's the only way I can get this working.
Overall the gdocs thing has actually proven quite useful as I've been able to work offline with Excel. I posted elsewhere in this thread but, I'll ask here as well: If anyone knows a way to integrate gdocs into a spoiler tag please tell me so I can get the overall effect I was looking for earlier.
Below are the links:
Nand Table 2: Contains all the info I have on the Wii's NAND folder structure (where stuff is saved and how it works).
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aq...V1TUE&hl=en
Definitions: Contains Definitions that may prove useful when reading my NandTable.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aq...FKV1E&hl=en
TidBits: Contains interesting and useful information like how to transfer Mii's.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aq...0yQnc&hl=en
And that so ends my current data: Corrections/New Data is more than welcome though I may not be able to keep up on this so if someone else decides to take over the project (someone with a lot more time/knowledge to work with it) it's more than welcome. Just be sure to get all the information from this thread and make a link back to this thread in your OP. And send me a message so I know you took over so I can update this OP with a link to the new thread.
Edit: The table is now completely reformatted into a table format (since it wasn't keeping it's formatting otherwise/was deleting some data).
Edit2: I plan on going through the database on wiibrew (thanks to giantpune for showing me this) to update some info on my data sheet as well as this OP. In time I may make multiple data sheets for the NAND dissection as the current one focuses on Save Data/Channels (in other words the /title and /ticket folders). If there's enough info about /Shared and /Shared2 to make a good table I'll probably make that my next project.
Edit ?: Have actually edited a few times and have switched to marking updates with an Updates section above.
To Do:
Finish Tables
You will likely find this interesting if you're:
1.) Working with SNEEK/UNEEK (So you can copy info directly from one NAND to another
2.) Simply interested in how the Wii works
Update1: I'm moving the NAND table to a regular Spreadsheet on gdocs so I can more easily manage the table (I can download it and work with it offline). The link to the old table is below and the new table is: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aq...V1TUE&hl=en
Hopefully I'll be able to consolidate data even better pretty soon but, for now I'm just going to convert the table, update this post, then get back to my real work.
Update2: Finished rewriting the NAND Table in SpreadSheet format. The old sheet is still there but, the key is completely removed as I used the cut and paste method during conversion. The old link is: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m2HPYlv...wUgs/edit?hl=en
If there's any problems with the new link/format then please give me a shout. I have a 1440x900 pixel screen (17") so I tend to write things to fill that space. If a lot of people are having issues I can try to shrink some of the tables cells.
Update3: Updated NAND Table2 on gdocs. Updated this OP a bit by removing some old data (that's better handled elsewhere). Also added a couple notes/question.
Update4: Updated NAND Table2 on gdocs (a lot (day before this update to the post)). Updated this OP with some BB Code like spoiler tags and strikeouts. It should be a lot less of an eyesore now.
Update5: Updated NAND Table2 on gdocs (see the changelog at the top of the spreadsheet). As stated in the changelog I won't have regular net access for a while. Not mentioned in the changelog is that I don't have home internet and I'm on Winter Break until January 10. Once the new year starts I'll see how much time I have online to devote to this project again. At this point most of what's left to do is formatting and Q's and A's. If anyone has any information to add to my sheets as they stand now's the time to post (Note: I'm more likely to notice your comments if you either post or PM me, even with my folder system my 10+ emails a day are very hard to keep organized
Update6: Finally got around to making a Definitions Table and Tidbits doc. Removed extra copies of data thus making this post a little less of an eyesore. (Sorry it took so long).
The post is quite different now from the original file I made.
Removed since is pretty much covered in the spreadsheet.
This section contains data on all the files I know of.
Due to the sheer size of this section I'm keeping it in a spoiler tag
Or at least that was my plan. Since The preview is showing me that it's just going to remove all formatting whatsoever as well as the \ in the paths of the table I'm instead going to put this on my google docs site for download. Sorry if it's a pain but, that's the only way I can get this working.
Overall the gdocs thing has actually proven quite useful as I've been able to work offline with Excel. I posted elsewhere in this thread but, I'll ask here as well: If anyone knows a way to integrate gdocs into a spoiler tag please tell me so I can get the overall effect I was looking for earlier.
Below are the links:
Nand Table 2: Contains all the info I have on the Wii's NAND folder structure (where stuff is saved and how it works).
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aq...V1TUE&hl=en
Definitions: Contains Definitions that may prove useful when reading my NandTable.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aq...FKV1E&hl=en
TidBits: Contains interesting and useful information like how to transfer Mii's.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aq...0yQnc&hl=en
And that so ends my current data: Corrections/New Data is more than welcome though I may not be able to keep up on this so if someone else decides to take over the project (someone with a lot more time/knowledge to work with it) it's more than welcome. Just be sure to get all the information from this thread and make a link back to this thread in your OP. And send me a message so I know you took over so I can update this OP with a link to the new thread.
Edit: The table is now completely reformatted into a table format (since it wasn't keeping it's formatting otherwise/was deleting some data).
Edit2: I plan on going through the database on wiibrew (thanks to giantpune for showing me this) to update some info on my data sheet as well as this OP. In time I may make multiple data sheets for the NAND dissection as the current one focuses on Save Data/Channels (in other words the /title and /ticket folders). If there's enough info about /Shared and /Shared2 to make a good table I'll probably make that my next project.
Edit ?: Have actually edited a few times and have switched to marking updates with an Updates section above.
To Do:
Finish Tables
