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What are wads? Also whats the beat hard drive to use (cheap but effective). I plan to home brew my wii tonight and I've been looking into it all week. Seems way more complicated than my SNES classic or 3ds was
 

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What are wads? Also whats the beat hard drive to use (cheap but effective). I plan to home brew my wii tonight and I've been looking into it all week. Seems way more complicated than my SNES classic or 3ds was
It's actually really simple

Almost any exhdd should work, you can even use a USB stick (or SD card in a USB adapter)

Wads are installable format, typically virtual console games and wiiware
 

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What are wads? Also whats the beat hard drive to use (cheap but effective). I plan to home brew my wii tonight and I've been looking into it all week. Seems way more complicated than my SNES classic or 3ds was
It's actually really simple

Almost any exhdd should work, you can even use a USB stick (or SD card in a USB adapter)
what ? no dont use anything you find, it may not work usb sticks are known to not work properly but you could get lucky
here's a compatibility list for hard drives : https://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/USB_Devices_Compatibility_List
make sure to use a recent tutorial ( the ones on this site are the best )
if you want to understand what you do, use Cyan's guide : https://gbatemp.net/threads/wii-hacking-explained.501605/ (not finished but exellent)
dont be afraid to ask question andif you have one, ask it here or create a thread
dont do something you dont understand please.
and good luck, its easier than you think. ^_^
 

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what ? no dont use anything you find, it may not work usb sticks are known to not work properly but you could get lucky
here's a compatibility list for hard drives : https://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/USB_Devices_Compatibility_List
make sure to use a recent tutorial ( the ones on this site are the best )
if you want to understand what you do, use Cyan's guide : https://gbatemp.net/threads/wii-hacking-explained.501605/ (not finished but exellent)
dont be afraid to ask question andif you have one, ask it here or create a thread
dont do something you dont understand please.
and good luck, its easier than you think. ^_^
In my experience every USB stick and exhdd I have used worked, but I guess since there is a chance it won't - it's good to consult the guide.
 

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Hey guys i found my old wii with my hard disk. ive tried to start it over usb loader gx. but nothing happens. i dont have any sd card installed. so i think there have to be some files i used the time it worked. is it possible to tell me what files i need on my sd card to make the usb loader gx work again? i dont remember anything ive done to make it work the last time... i tought i can give the wii to my nephew and now we sit here and cant run anything :(
 

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I respect that. Thank you for your try.

I see a homebrew app already on my wii but nothing to click on. And if i search for „homebrew app“ i only see installers but not the basic files.
 

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Would usb work?
Might work for an hour, day, week, month.
You will run into more issues then you want.
You will have the flash drive shit out eventually, it will corrupt, it will make you want to throw your Wii at a horse.
You'll end up spending ~$40 on new flash drives, thinking it will work, it won't.

Spend the $ on a 250/500gb/1tb HDD, your experience will be a lot better.

People (noobs) will say "U r an stoopid they work gr8 u just dont no wat u r doing"
Smart people will tell you how it is.
Flash drives are shit, HDD is the only way to go.

(look at what Cyan says. Follow what Cyan says. He's the person I've learned most of the Wii stuff from, just reading his posts will bump your IQ a few points)
 
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Would usb work?
I used a thumb stick and never had issues - if you already have one no reason not to try it

Worst case scenario you replace it with an exhdd. It's not very hard to replace later down the road.
 
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Might work for an hour, day, week, month.
You will run into more issues then you want.
You will have the flash drive shit out eventually, it will corrupt, it will make you want to throw your Wii at a horse.
You'll end up spending ~$40 on new flash drives, thinking it will work, it won't.

Spend the $ on a 250/500gb/1tb HDD, your experience will be a lot better.

People (noobs) will say "U r an stoopid they work gr8 u just dont no wat u r doing"
Smart people will tell you how it is.
Flash drives are shit, HDD is the only way to go.

(look at what Cyan says. Follow what Cyan says. He's the person I've learned most of the Wii stuff from, just reading his posts will bump your IQ a few points)
All I really want to do is off load the files such as homebrew launcher and all that on to the hdd if possible
 

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All I really want to do is off load the files such as homebrew launcher and all that on to the hdd if possible
You should use an SD card for that. They are pennies on the dollar for the size you'll need - 2gb would work perfect.

(If you're talking about just booting homebrew apps)
 
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