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Guide: Configurable USB Loader using FAT32 Partition (NO WBFS PARTITION NEEDED)
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12. January 2010 @ 18:59 |
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Originally posted by rxpc:
The guide works great. The strange thing is I have an original New Super Mario Bros iso that played just fine with USB Loader GX, but now all I get is a blank screen loading it with CFG USB Loader. All other games I have work just fine.
Anyone have the same issue with this game?
As stated at the end of the guide:
USB GAME COMPIBILITY LIST: HERE
But FYI, I have a NSMB ISO that I converted to WBFS and it works perfectly - maybe try converting again w/Wii Backup Manager.
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rxpc
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12. January 2010 @ 19:26 |
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I did what spike109 suggested and it worked!
I was using usb loader gx originally and saved the iso files on my pc using WBFS Manager.
I installed cfg usb loader, and used those iso files to put on a fat32 formatted usb drive.
Not sure what happened to the nsmb iso file from extracting it out from WBFS manager, but anyway, thanks!
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white_B
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12. January 2010 @ 23:25 |
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Hi first post. I feel like I'm going crazy. Was there a different version of the back up manager in this guide? Or a different app. The reason I ask is that I softmodded a couple wii's a week or 2 ago. ANd have been using a different app to put the games on my usb drive.
It accidentally got deleted and now I cant find it to save my life. I swear I got it from here. It looked different then the one you get in this guide though. Not saying this one is bad I had just gotten used to the one I had.
It had an option to do a single file or you could select a button called "batch covert" Anyone know what I'm talking about. I only used the guides on this site so I don't know where else I would have got the app.
TIA
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12. January 2010 @ 23:36 |
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Originally posted by white_B:
Hi first post. I feel like I'm going crazy. Was there a different version of the back up manager in this guide? Or a different app. The reason I ask is that I softmodded a couple wii's a week or 2 ago. ANd have been using a different app to put the games on my usb drive.
It accidentally got deleted and now I cant find it to save my life. I swear I got it from here. It looked different then the one you get in this guide though. Not saying this one is bad I had just gotten used to the one I had.
It had an option to do a single file or you could select a button called "batch covert" Anyone know what I'm talking about. I only used the guides on this site so I don't know where else I would have got the app.
TIA
I updated the guide to include this new app. It has more options. I suggest getting used to the new one. I can't remember what the old 1 even was.
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white_B
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12. January 2010 @ 23:47 |
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Ok man I thought I was nuts or something. Even the pictures you had posted were different. But I didn't see that the post had been edited like some forums will show.
Yah I'm using the new one now and its all good. Thanks for clearing that up and all the hard work on this stuff for us.
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koyan
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13. January 2010 @ 07:19 |
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Hallo there,
First of all, thanks for the great instructions :-)
I have followed all the steps of the softmoding guide (4.2 firmware).
I have also followed all the steps of the usb loader (fat32) guide.
I have a USB Device that is listed as supported.
And it works.
But not always.
I am testing with games that are listed as "working" in the list of games, and out of the 12 games I have tested, only 2 worked.
Definition of "not playing": The usbloader "sees" them, recognises their name (was even able to download the images for the covers) but when you choose them and press "A" to load them, the loader said:
Loading ..................
and then the page went blank and nothing happens. (And the only way I have found to get out of that black screen is by restarting wii, pressing the power button for 5 seconds)
So the question: Is there a possibility that I have done one of the steps of the 2 guides wrong, and only some of the games play, while others dont ?
Thanks,
Koyan
Games that played:
* WarioWare: Smooth Moves (2006)
* Wario Land: The Shake Dimension (2008)
Games that dont play:
* Crash of the Titans
* Gottlieb Pinball Classics (2006)
* Wii Sports Resort (2009)
* F1 2009
* Grand Slam Tennis
* Legend of Zelda
* Let's tap
* Mario & Sonic at the olympic games
* Super Mario Galaxy
Game that opened the first screen about securing the strap but stuck there:
* Big Brain Academy
(updated the post, and now will try to delete the next one).
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koyan
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13. January 2010 @ 10:03 |
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Deleting as I managed to update the above post (and I put what was in here above)
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13. January 2010 @ 11:26 |
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I can't help much but to say I have played....
* Wii Sports Resort (2009)
* Grand Slam Tennis
* Legend of Zelda
* Mario & Sonic at the olympic games
* Super Mario Galaxy
using CFG USB Loader.
So you either have a bad ISO or the converting didn't work properly.
All I can say is try getting the ISO again of the games that do not work and try converting them again.
Also make sure you have followed the DOP-ISO section of the 4.2 firmware softmod guide.
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workforce
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13. January 2010 @ 12:41 |
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After following larry's previous guide and this guide, what more (if anything) needs to be done to run WiiWare games from the SD card (or can they be run from the fat32 drive?)
What is the reccomended loader, etc?
Thanks, sorry for newb question.
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mhit15
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13. January 2010 @ 13:23 |
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I'm trying to put Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and Little King's Story onto my external hard drive using Wii Backup Manager. Whenever I try to add them to the drive it won't work.The log looks like this:
(WiiFatDrive.GetTempFilename) Created folder K:\wbfs\RM3E01_Metroid Prime 3 - Corruption
(WiiFatDrive.OpenVolume) Created Volume K:\wbfs\RM3E01_Metroid Prime 3 - Corruption\~CC24.tmp
(WiiFatDrive.InternalWriteSector) Write failed 0/32768 4294934528 112 There is not enough space on the disk
(FilesToWBFSFileThread) Thread Terminated.
I have a 500gb device and I still have 308gb free. I also thought maybe it could be one of the options since both games are slightly over 4gb so I changed the Maximum WBFS file size in the Settings to Unlimited but still got the same thing.
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13. January 2010 @ 13:33 |
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Originally posted by workforce:
After following larry's previous guide and this guide, what more (if anything) needs to be done to run WiiWare games from the SD card (or can they be run from the fat32 drive?)
What is the reccomended loader, etc?
Thanks, sorry for newb question.
To install a VC/WiiWare WAD to the Wii system use WAD manager (or download VC/Wiiware game from shop channel).
VC/WiiWare games can not be run off a USB Device. They are ran from Wii menu or SD card. To get them to run from SD card you need to go to Wii Settings then data management then Channels and move the VC/WiiWare game to the SD card (Do not copy).
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13. January 2010 @ 13:36 |
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Originally posted by mhit15:
I have a 500gb device and I still have 308gb free. I also thought maybe it could be one of the options since both games are slightly over 4gb so I changed the Maximum WBFS file size in the Settings to Unlimited but still got the same thing.
You need to set it to split at 4GB. FAT32 only supports up to 4GB files. Anything above it will need to be split to a second part. So splitting it at 4gb you will have game.wbfs and game.wbfs1 in the game folder since it had to split at 4GB.
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workforce
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13. January 2010 @ 13:55 |
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Originally posted by larrylje:
To install a VC/WiiWare WAD to the Wii system use WAD manager (or download VC/Wiiware game from shop channel).
VC/WiiWare games can not be run off a USB Device. They are ran from Wii menu or SD card. To get them to run from SD card you need to go to Wii Settings then data management then Channels and move the VC/WiiWare game to the SD card (Do not copy).
Thanks for the quick reply!
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mhit15
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13. January 2010 @ 14:53 |
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Originally posted by larrylje:
Originally posted by mhit15:
I have a 500gb device and I still have 308gb free. I also thought maybe it could be one of the options since both games are slightly over 4gb so I changed the Maximum WBFS file size in the Settings to Unlimited but still got the same thing.
You need to set it to split at 4GB. FAT32 only supports up to 4GB files. Anything above it will need to be split to a second part. So splitting it at 4gb you will have game.wbfs and game.wbfs1 in the game folder since it had to split at 4GB.
Ah that explains it. Thank you very much.
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jonser
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13. January 2010 @ 23:10 |
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have it working no problems thanks
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14. January 2010 @ 19:00 |
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Originally posted by manugirl:
hi guys, so ive decided to move forward and buy a buffalo 500g, i still have my 2gig sd card with everything still on it {from softmodding my wii} can i extract the extract to sd card straight to my sd card with everythng still on it. thank any 1 for any advice and help
how did you format the hdd? fat or ntsc?
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14. January 2010 @ 19:05 |
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edit===
was wondering, going to go get a new HDD tonight. i am unclear on one thing- if i get a hdd bigger than 32gigs can i still dump and run backups off the hdd ,and what do i do when it comes to the format?
fat 32= handling of files upto 4 gigs right?
ntsf= handling of files larger than 4 gigs right?
( i remember when i was playing with the xbox and went to transfer a game to other hdd and couldnt cause it was over 4 gigs, i think)
can i run and dump on ntsf?
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14. January 2010 @ 19:22 |
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Originally posted by Rang3r_Ri:
edit===
was wondering, going to go get a new HDD tonight. i am unclear on one thing- if i get a hdd bigger than 32gigs can i still dump and run backups off the hdd ,and what do i do when it comes to the format?
fat 32= handling of files upto 4 gigs right?
ntsf= handling of files larger than 4 gigs right?
( i remember when i was playing with the xbox and went to transfer a game to other hdd and couldnt cause it was over 4 gigs, i think)
can i run and dump on ntsf?
People have used USB HDD over 1TB.
Just make sure you get 1 that is on the USB Device compatibility list (which is linked in the guide).
Yes you can dump straight to the USB Device (read the guide on how to do this).
The guide is set up to use FAT32 format.
The program that converts the Wii ISO to WBFS will split at 4GB (Which I have already stated multiple times now).
Using NTFS format would be a little different setting up. I am not going to add this to the guide because it will just make things more complicated for those new to the scene.
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14. January 2010 @ 19:31 |
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sorry bro, just confused..so im guessing probally format two partitions?
one for ntsf and one fat32.
or will it read the split wbfs file?
Sounds kind of like i got to dump then use pc to merge file?
really appreciate it as yu are probally sick of this thread!
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14. January 2010 @ 19:35 |
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Originally posted by Rang3r_Ri:
sorry bro, just confused..so im guessing probally format two partitions?
one for ntsf and one fat32.
or will it read the split wbfs file?
Sounds kind of like i got to dump then use pc to merge file?
really appreciate it as yu are probally sick of this thread!
Is this a retail game or backup game or downloaded ISO?
Theres only a few games that are over 4GB anyway.
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14. January 2010 @ 19:54 |
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mostly retail.i also have a other wii(pre D-32) that works fine and have some backups of games that are long gone.
just got my western digi passport essential.(320gigs)
can you ppint me in the direction of a ntsf way. since the drive is bigger than 32gigs it has to be ntsf right?
once again
thanX
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14. January 2010 @ 19:57 |
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EDIT==
can do two partitions, one fat and one ntsf,that way the 32bit will dump and the ntsf will read,sounds good in theory.
what do think?
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14. January 2010 @ 20:04 |
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Originally posted by Rang3r_Ri:
EDIT==
can do two partitions, one fat and one ntsf,that way the 32bit will dump and the ntsf will read,sounds good in theory.
what do think?
You could but I recommend sticking with I FAT32.
When ripping a game over 4GB it will split at 4GB making 2 game files game.wbfs and game.wbfs1. The game will work like this.
Plus most Wii applications like video applications and emulators etc. etc. use FAT32 file system.
If you want to do it NTSF then find a guide that uses that file system. As I said before I am not going to add both ways because users get confused enough as it is.
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14. January 2010 @ 20:05 |
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giving it a go, let you all know .
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14. January 2010 @ 23:02 |
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KUDOS. worked like a charm. didnt on the older one but just had to instal hermies222.
thanX for the time and the know how.
confirmed working, digital western passport essential 320gig.
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