nandExtract (Wii Entry -- PC Software)

This is a program I call "nandBinExtract". It is a cross-platform PC program to extract some or all files from a nand.bin, as well as examine its contents.

screenshot running in ubuntu linux


-features-
extract single files full directories
multi-threaded and uber fast
persistent settings
beautiful GUI - laid out like bootmii
view file/folder attributes
fixes bugs found in other nand extractors ( showmiiwads & Wii NAND Extractor )
show useful info about nand usage including free space, boot 1 & 2, reserved/free/bad blocks, and even see on what blocks a specific file resides

-basic usage-
1) start the program and select file->open nand. select a nand.bin.
2) click any file to see its usage
3) right click any file/folder and select extract. you will be prompted to select the directory to extract the file(s) into
4) click info->boot2 to see information about boot 1 & 2
5) vote for me to win the homebrew bounty

windows r70 download... http://www.multiupload.com/PVOQ26L0TY
windows package r106 http://www.multiupload.com/3G7I6CH3UX

linux and mac can build it from source code... http://code.google.com/p/wiiqt/

 

the issue with this is that nand dumpers do not save file attributes. the nand FS in not like windows. there are users and user ID and permissions that are simply thrown out the window on extraction. you can take a decent guess at these attributes and try to assemble a nand.bin. but it will never be 100% correct. ( this is the same with savemanager & derivative works. they write files back to the wii with attributes that may or may not be what the file originally had. )

 

extract is the complete opposite of install

 

you can use this to extract any files that are stored in the encrypted portion of NAND. im not going to explain how to know which files you need. but when you do find them, just navigate to HBC's folder in this program, right click it and select somewhere you want to extract its contents to.

 

i didnt like the automatic renaming of files that other extractors do. but i see where it can be useful. so, i have committed a change to SVN that adds an option in the info menu to replace ':' with '-'. this should be sufficient.

 

use a better filesystem.

 

you can edit the source and change nandbin.cpp line 401 from "return false" to "return true".

or you can use an ext filesystem.

if that is too much for you, you can think outside the box. copy your save using the system menu or some other tool. then delete that save and dump the nand again without it having that save in it. then extract it.