Riicky said:
Skizzo said:
I'm really confused as to why everyone thinks if they have backups already on DVD's that they have to then make ISO's out of them to get them on the WBFS drive from the PC? You can directly copy them over to the HD with at least one WBFS program I'm aware of by simply inserting the DVD into your PC DVD player, hitting a few buttons, and bam, it's on your WBFS drive. Most it takes is 5-6 minutes per game (for the largest games), with most games only taking a fraction of that amount of time.
It's a waste of time making ISO's out of your already burnt backup images. Please stop advising people to do so, unless they have lots of time on their hands of course.
5-6 mins? When I ripped RB2 it took me a good 20-30 mins with Wiiflow....and another reason I prefer to make ISO's out of them is cuz the Wii drive,lens, and laser go through enough stress while playing disc...so why would you want to add MORE stress to it?
You apparently aren't reading what I wrote. I DIDN'T USE THE WII AT ALL. I USED MY PC DVD DRIVE TO COPY MY BACKUPS ONTO THE WBFS DRIVE. And yes, the LONGEST any game took was ~5-6 minutes. Many only took less than 30 seconds. PC DVD drives might only be able to burn at up to 16x or whatever speed it is these days, but they can certainly read much faster.
To summarize...
There's a few different scenarios.
1.) You have ISO files sitting on your PC HD. In that case you can use any of the better known and tested WBFS managers to transfer them to your WBFS drive connected to your PC. Pick whichever one you like.
2.) You have already burnt backups on DVD's. In that case, again, you can use a WBFS manager to copy the DVD directly from your PC DVD drive onto the WBFS drive, without any need for ImgBurn or whatever to make an ISO out of them first. This will save you lots of time. Pick a WBFS program that supports this function. IF WBFS Manager doesn't, then I would say WBFS Manager is lacking in one major feature that every WBFS manager should have. I did this process ages ago, with one of the first programs to come out supporting this feature, and it worked perfectly. As I said previously, the longest a game would take was ~5-6 minutes, the smallest games took less than 30 seconds.
Or you can go the slower route of letting your Wii DVD drive do the work using any of the major USB loaders, which should all contain this feature. Again, I think this would be a much slower process, and I don't know if you can select which parts of the disc you want copied to your HD such as whether you want to include the update partition, but you may be able to. You certainly can with the WBFS managers.
