Hacking Wii + Caviar Green EARS (4 KB Sectors)

[Liberty]

Do i have to use the Advanved Format Tool/WD Align:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/advancedformat/
when working with the Wii?

I actually use an WD15EARS-drive and the Wii is not recognizing this one.
Windows 7 does.

 

[WiiPower]

One important detail is if the drive uses a MBR or GUID. Does the HDD work with WinXP? As far as i know XP does not support GUID HDDs. I know that a sd card with GUID(like you get if you format it on an Apple) won't work for most if not all homebrew.

 

[Liberty]

One important detail is if the drive uses a MBR or GUID. Does the HDD work with WinXP? As far as i know XP does not support GUID HDDs. I know that a sd card with GUID(like you get if you format it on an Apple) won't work for most if not all homebrew.

You can choose. I choosed MBR for compatibility. I just formated this drive again with the WD-software, but i don't think it will be recognized yet.