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HOW to backup WII GAMES.(guide)
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oblachubs
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10. September 2008 @ 10:22 |
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Yes. Read. I did it all by myself so give it a go.
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johnfarm
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13. September 2008 @ 12:43 |
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Got it working great. I had to get a usb-ethernet connector but that no biggie. Now I'm getting transfers of almost 500Kb/s and the image worked perfectly. Thanks.
John Farmer
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mars_pw
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15. September 2008 @ 10:46 |
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Hi guys
I am really new at all this and i have been reading in this forum about backing up the wii games.
Now i did order a lg8164b and received a gdr-h30n.
when searhing the internet many come up as 8164b/gdr-h30n.
I have installed it, when trying with raw dump, raw dup says faulty drive.
This lg came without an instalation disc since i have xp-pro it should not be needed to install software or do i, or is it just the wrong drive??
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oblachubs
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15. September 2008 @ 10:55 |
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johnfarm you are welcome. I'm glad it worked for you. Mars you are fighting a losing battle. Try my proposed method instead. It doesn't cost anything to try either :)
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nannygege
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15. September 2008 @ 16:15 |
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Question: Super Smash Brothers.
Rawdump is giving me "You may have a faulty drive" error. Every other disk I have tried, works fine but for some reason I keep getting this, is it a scratch, is there a new rawdump I need. Or does the game just hate me. :D
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elk1007
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15. September 2008 @ 16:52 |
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Originally posted by edpowers:
I back up the wii game yesterday, after the dump the file was the right size 4.37GB or something like that but the extention is .rar instead of .iso
What did I do wrong? Do I need to adjust the setting in winrar somehow? Thank you
If you don't have another ISO app installed (Nero, ImgBurn, etc) then WinRAR will associate ISO files with it even though it can't open them. This happened to me in Windows XP.
If you check the file extension, you notice that it IS an ISO file, it just has a WinRAR icon. Don't worry, as long as it's the right size it's fine.
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16. September 2008 @ 13:18 |
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"Don't worry, as long as it's the right size it's fine."
Its not the size that matters, its how you use it :P
But in this case yea, size does matter.
@ nannygege
SSBB is a dual layer game, you may need to update your rawdump
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ps2tester
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16. September 2008 @ 15:04 |
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hi guys, I want to purchase one of these LG drives but seem like I'm a bit too late. Newegg isn't selling any of them anymore. Beside eBay, are there any other sites or places that are selling them for cheap?
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oblachubs
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16. September 2008 @ 15:17 |
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Geez. Hey lazy go back 1 page and read my post. You don't need to buy anything!
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16. September 2008 @ 15:18 |
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Originally posted by nannygege:
Question: Super Smash Brothers.
Rawdump is giving me "You may have a faulty drive" error. Every other disk I have tried, works fine but for some reason I keep getting this, is it a scratch, is there a new rawdump I need. Or does the game just hate me. :D
Rawdup 2.1 is supposed to have untested support for dual layer discs. It did not work for me with ssbb. I used friidump and had no problems.
---Chikn
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16. September 2008 @ 15:35 |
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Originally posted by oblachubs:
Geez. Hey lazy go back 1 page and read my post. You don't need to buy anything!
Perhaps it's not about being lazy. I personally prefer the LG drive method. I don't get the wear nand tear on the Wii drive, it's faster, and I don't tie up my Wii or computer for fear that some bit somewhere gets lost and I lose the whole .iso.
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oblachubs
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16. September 2008 @ 15:37 |
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The wii drive spins all the time anyway so it's a mute point.
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oblachubs
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16. September 2008 @ 15:38 |
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I like your bit being lost somewhere comment though. That one made me laugh. Somewhere I may find a pile of them lying around behind the TV.
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ps2tester
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16. September 2008 @ 15:38 |
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Originally posted by ChiknLitl:
Originally posted by oblachubs:
Geez. Hey lazy go back 1 page and read my post. You don't need to buy anything!
Perhaps it's not about being lazy. I personally prefer the LG drive method. I don't get the wear nand tear on the Wii drive, it's faster, and I don't tie up my Wii or computer for fear that some bit somewhere gets lost and I lose the whole .iso.
Yeah I did read your post about the transferring software before I posted, but I actually prefer using the LG drive method..
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16. September 2008 @ 15:53 |
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Originally posted by oblachubs:
The wii drive spins all the time anyway so it's a mute point.
i'm not entirely sure it does. I believe it only spins up to load sections of the disc as they are needed for levels, cut scenes, etc. The bit comment was half joking. I've had .iso's that didn't come up to the full size by a few bit before and they do not work.
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oblachubs
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17. September 2008 @ 13:10 |
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I just backed up SW last night and it required 2.5 hours for a 4.5G game. That sounds like the same amount of time that I've seen people post for the LG drives. If that's the case then no it's not any slower than the LG drive method. Thanks.
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17. September 2008 @ 16:03 |
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Originally posted by oblachubs:
I just backed up SW last night and it required 2.5 hours for a 4.5G game. That sounds like the same amount of time that I've seen people post for the LG drives. If that's the case then no it's not any slower than the LG drive method. Thanks.
8161 and 8162b with FW 015 back-up faster Mb/s than 8163, 8164. Mine (8162) takes 1 hr 45 min for 4.37Gb disc. I have seen others with 8164b report 2.5 hrs
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chipmaste
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22. September 2008 @ 18:02 |
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has anyone seen a GDR-8161B with a silver rounded front bezel? I just won one on ebay with a silver rounded front bezel and was wondering if that bezel was the original or was it placed on the drive when it came with a computer
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chipmaste
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22. September 2008 @ 18:11 |
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heres a picture of the drive 
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22. September 2008 @ 18:55 |
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Originally posted by chipmaste:
has anyone seen a GDR-8161B with a silver rounded front bezel? I just won one on ebay with a silver rounded front bezel and was wondering if that bezel was the original or was it placed on the drive when it came with a computer
I had an e-machines computer years ago with that same type of bezel, it fit flush with the rounded facade of the tower. It could be an HP or compaq. I believe hitachi-LG was used/branded for some of those manufacturers.
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chipmaste
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22. September 2008 @ 19:38 |
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anyone think that the rounded piece can be taken off? I'm hoping to stick that drive in an external enclosure. Also any one know where I can find a replacement faceplate for it if I can't take off the rounded piece
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brightspk
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22. September 2008 @ 20:25 |
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chipmaste
Yes you can take the front off....
I've done it many times, in order to replace the laser....
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dukio
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24. September 2008 @ 10:23 |
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ok see reports that this drive works fine.
have 2 laptops that i tried to run this on through usb and one of them I even inserted the drive directly.
the problem is that I start out fine, good speed, around 1200 but within 15 mins I am down to nothing and get a unhandled exception error. I am using rawdump as fridump looks a little complicated to me.I am basicly out of options. I tried the poi mode also. I know that may not be the correct spelling. I cant remeber what it was called exactly but I changed to that mode and no different.Can someone help with this issue?
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dukio
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24. September 2008 @ 10:35 |
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oops ... the drive is a gdr8082lo3 or something like that. it is considered one of the tested and working ones by three people from the working drives thread.
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wiizard
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24. September 2008 @ 11:40 |
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Originally posted by ChiknLitl:
Originally posted by nannygege:
Question: Super Smash Brothers.
Rawdump is giving me "You may have a faulty drive" error. Every other disk I have tried, works fine but for some reason I keep getting this, is it a scratch, is there a new rawdump I need. Or does the game just hate me. :D
Rawdup 2.1 is supposed to have untested support for dual layer discs. It did not work for me with ssbb. I used friidump and had no problems.
---Chikn
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SO - can u specify ALL the settings u used for SSBB?
I have tried friidump 4.0 AND rawdump 2.1
I have tried DMA set in IDE AND PIO only
I have tried -a and -i and -1 -2 -3 and -4 with friidump
The CLOSEST i have gotten is Friidump - MULTIPLE times it says error at 19% - i try to resume but it wont
Ive backed up 20 others with no probs but SSBB wont work
please help
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