Gaming Transfer Content to new drive

[BadBunny]

Hi,

as my current USB-Drive has begun to report SMART Errors I would like to transfer all Data to a new drive. Now what I would like to know is, how to transfer all Data, including Game Data and Savegames, to a new drive. If I just plug a new drive to my WiiU it tells me, that just one drive is supported.

Any Ideas?

Thanks in Advance

 

[NandoLawson]

Sorry, this is a bit off-topic, but which tool do you use to detect these errors? Never done this before but I am also a bit worried about my Wii U's hdd.

 

[Lacius]

Here is a guide for transferring data from one Wii U formatted HDD to another. Make sure you format the new HDD using the Wii U first before beginning the process. You might need to disconnect the old HDD to format the new one.

https://en-americas-support.nintend...ove-data-between-two-external-storage-devices

 

[BadBunny]

Here is a guide for transferring data from one Wii U formatted HDD to another. Make sure you format the new HDD using the Wii U first before beginning the process. You might need to disconnect the old HDD to format the new one.

https://en-americas-support.nintend...ove-data-between-two-external-storage-devices

Thanks a lot, seems much easier than i thought. Did'nt find the same info on nintendo.de

 

[ZiRoN321]

Sorry, this is a bit off-topic, but which tool do you use to detect these errors? Never done this before but I am also a bit worried about my Wii U's hdd.

If you are on Windows, easiest way is CrystalDiskInfo, which is free.

 

[NandoLawson]

Thank you, that's good to know.

 

[Little_Anonymous_Hacker]

If I just plug a new drive to my WiiU it tells me, that just one drive is supported.

That's only on the HOME Menu. You need to connect the other drive after going to System Settings > Data Management. From there, you can format it and move everything over.

 

[BadBunny]

Sorry, this is a bit off-topic, but which tool do you use to detect these errors? Never done this before but I am also a bit worried about my Wii U's hdd.

On linux I use smartctl or gsmartctl. SMART Status was worrying me.

Migration took about 12 hours for 500GBs but now all data is on a new drive.

After migration I've checked the old one with badblocks and it has quite a lot of bad blocks. I'm quite happy that there were no errors or abort while transferring all data

 

[NandoLawson]

Yea I'll see tomorrow if my HDD is getting old. It probably will, as I am using it since 7 years now.