The other day I was in a hurry and turned off my Wii in the middle of a game by long pressing the power button on the Wii Remote (normally I turn it off by going into the SysMenu first and not directly from a game). After turning it back on later, USB Loader GX could no longer find my USB stick (yes, I know... USB sticks aren't fully supported). I tried several times to unplug the stick and plug it back in and restart the Wii and USB Loader GX, but to no avail.
Then I plugged the stick in my PC, where Windows reported it as RAW and asked to format it. I then reluctantly formatted it and copied all the files on it again (luckily I had a backup).
Then I plugged it back into the Wii and ran USB Loader GX, which again failed to find it. So stick back into the PC and lo and behold, the partition was corrupted again. Consequently I formatted the stick again and copied the files to it. This time I didn't put the stick into the Wii right away, but started it without first. Then I started USB Loader GX once (still without the stick plugged in) and turned it off appropriately. Then I turned off the Wii, put the stick in, and turned it back on. Now USB Loader GX didn't corrupt the formatting of the stick, instead it froze on "Reinitializing devices".
Since then I've been using Configurable USB Loader Mod to launch games from the stick, which worked flawlessly so far, but it just doesn't compare.
I tried to continue using USB Loader GX for games on emuNand, but then I always have to pull out the stick or it won't start. I tried setting "Mount USB at boot" to "Off" so I can start USB Loader GX with the USB stick plugged in, but then as soon as I start a game I just get a black screen and nothing else.
And something else: Earlier I wanted to backup my game saves, but SaveGame Manager GX Beta froze at "Loading cIOS249". If I unplug the stick SaveGame Manager GX Beta starts without problems, with the stick plugged in it always freezes at "Loading cIOS249".
Could it be that my cIOS249 has been corrupted as well? How can I find out?
Can I just reinstall it without issues?
Would my USB stick work with USB Loader GX again after that?
USB Loader GX does not seem to store any data about the stick in its folder or configuration files, but somewhere something must have been changed that the stick is no longer recognized. Maybe in cIOS249, is that possible?
Then I plugged the stick in my PC, where Windows reported it as RAW and asked to format it. I then reluctantly formatted it and copied all the files on it again (luckily I had a backup).
Then I plugged it back into the Wii and ran USB Loader GX, which again failed to find it. So stick back into the PC and lo and behold, the partition was corrupted again. Consequently I formatted the stick again and copied the files to it. This time I didn't put the stick into the Wii right away, but started it without first. Then I started USB Loader GX once (still without the stick plugged in) and turned it off appropriately. Then I turned off the Wii, put the stick in, and turned it back on. Now USB Loader GX didn't corrupt the formatting of the stick, instead it froze on "Reinitializing devices".
Since then I've been using Configurable USB Loader Mod to launch games from the stick, which worked flawlessly so far, but it just doesn't compare.
I tried to continue using USB Loader GX for games on emuNand, but then I always have to pull out the stick or it won't start. I tried setting "Mount USB at boot" to "Off" so I can start USB Loader GX with the USB stick plugged in, but then as soon as I start a game I just get a black screen and nothing else.
And something else: Earlier I wanted to backup my game saves, but SaveGame Manager GX Beta froze at "Loading cIOS249". If I unplug the stick SaveGame Manager GX Beta starts without problems, with the stick plugged in it always freezes at "Loading cIOS249".
Could it be that my cIOS249 has been corrupted as well? How can I find out?
Can I just reinstall it without issues?
Would my USB stick work with USB Loader GX again after that?
USB Loader GX does not seem to store any data about the stick in its folder or configuration files, but somewhere something must have been changed that the stick is no longer recognized. Maybe in cIOS249, is that possible?