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Guide: How to use Friidump (Windows)
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10. February 2009 @ 14:14 |
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I see a lot of posts here about not being able to find the iso file.
If you use the -g option it creates <game title>.iso the problem is if you use an unsupported drive and it doesn;t get the game title it creates a .iso file with no prefix making it a hidden file. But the real issue is if it doesn't find the game title even though it crates the correct file size the iso is no good anyway and won't play in your wii. I have 3 differnt drives grd8160B gdrH30N hp 1040r tha all produce the correct size iso but none of them get the game id game title or maker and none of the iso's create a good dvd. Looking for a GDR8163B now.
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sbeanz
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16. February 2009 @ 19:14 |
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Hi.
I also can't seem to find the iso file after a complete rip of SSBB (PAL). I am using friidump 0.4.0 and have a lg 8163b. I used the command:
friidump -d f: -a . should I try and use: friidump -d f: -i ssbb -4 ??? Do I need the -4 at the end? Also is it ideal to have to layer break manually or can you just use the default settings in ImgBurn?
Does the cmd have to be shut down after completion for the iso to appear? If its not appearing coz of a corrupt filename, will it actually be hidden on my hd somewhere and be taking up 8gb of my hd space? Or will it delete itself eventually?
Cheers,
sbeanz
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Newbie
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16. February 2009 @ 21:06 |
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It will be in the friidump folder open that folder and make sure you have it set to show details and show hidden folders. you don't need the -4 that's default. I doubt that it will be any good if it did'nt find the game title. Have you tried rawdump 2.1 it supports DL disks now.
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sbeanz
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16. February 2009 @ 22:07 |
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Yeh couldn't find it in the folder I made where I put friidump.exe file. I didn't show up. I didn't know about rawdump v2.1. I'll give it a go and let you know how I go. Does it seem to have less issues then friidump?
Thanks for your help
Cheers
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sbeanz
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16. February 2009 @ 22:19 |
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is rawdump v2.1 actually proven to work? or is it still an experimental program for dual layers?
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sbeanz
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17. February 2009 @ 17:52 |
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Tried friidump on my home comp with the lg8163b and tried the command "friidump -d d: -i ssbb". It goes through the whole process again and successfully completes but there is no ssbb iso file in the friidump folder. any ideas?
My work computer has a lg8164b so I tried rawdump2.1 on it and it just reports a 'faulty drive' so no luck there. I've also tried friidump on the work comp but it seems to have a 'windows delayed writing error' but it seems to continue with the process and i can actually see the 'ssbb' file in the friidump folder. I dont continue with the process as it doesn't seem like it will work if its reporting a write error after 10seconds. suggestions?
Thanks for your help.
Cheers
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moddoc
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5. March 2009 @ 03:14 |
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Looks like there some good news for some Dell and Compaq laptop users. It appears that the DVD drive (Model: GCC-4244N made by LG) that comes with many of these units will work for backing up WII games. I tried this on a couple of other DVD drives with no luck (reading the title seems to be a big indicator). Anyways, it appears that the default mode -4 does not work well with the drive, but -3 runs smooth. Here is a quick screen dump from my laptop:
C:\>friidump -d d: -a -3
FriiDump 0.4 - Copyright (C) 2007 Arep
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; see COPYING for details.
Official support forum: http://wii.console-tribe.com.
Initializing DVD drive... OK
Drive information:
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Drive model........: HL-DT-ST/RW/DVD GCC-4244N/1.02
Supported..........: No
WARNING: Unsupported DVD drive model detected, falling back to Hitachi
specific functions. If the dumping process succeeds, please report the
drive identification strings so that it can be added to the supported
drives list.
Retrieving disc seeds, this might take a while... OK
Disc information:
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Disc type..........: Wii
Game ID............: FN
Region.............: USA/NTSC
Maker..............: 01 (Nintendo)
Version............: 1.01
Game title.........: RVL Wii Fit
Contains update....: Yes
Writing to file "RVL Wii Fit.iso" in ISO format
7% |--*------------------------------| 1781.87 MB/h, ETA: 05/03/2009 02:10:32
Hope this post was helpful. Good luck
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straykat
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16. April 2009 @ 01:55 |
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My first post.
Thought i would pass on this info. For those of you who couldnt find the iso after running Friidump. If using Vista, look in the following dir.
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\friidump
You may have to change the folder options to view hidden files.
For some reason i have seen friidump use this dir consistently for isos.
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sbeanz
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20. April 2009 @ 18:37 |
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Cheers straykat. yeh had alook in that folder and sure enough, there were were the iso's. the main iso which seemed to have worked the best was 7.92GB (8,511,160,320b) which was surprising considering other ppl have said that the AUS PAL version should be 7.89gb. I tried burning the iso onto a Verbatim DVD+R DL at 2.4x without any layer break (auto). It seemed to work but when it gets to the verifying stage, it says something about a 'bad sector' and gives me the choice of abort, try again or continue. Pressing try again or continue just makes it find the next bad sector. I tried putting it into the wii but after thinking for a while, it says it cannot read the disk. Any ideas?
I also tried burning again with the same settings except using a manual layer break of 2084960. This didn't work either during the burn, and some other error regarding the layer break (i think!?) occurred. I forgot to note but the error was. Should I try again using the 1913760 layer break? which layer break is correct? Should my iso be 7.92gb or 7.89gb?
Cheers,
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roehon
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29. August 2009 @ 13:55 |
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hi I'm trying to backup metroid prime trilogy Friidump was suggested to me by another forum member as the game uses a DL disc. I?m using an HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8082N106 external USB drive to back up WII games and this drive works well with Rawdump 2.0 but the drive doesn?t seem to want to work with Friidump 0.4.0
With Rawdump I have to play with the timing, I have to start the dump and then close the drive door for it to work, would I have to do the same with Friidump or is the drive just not supported?
Any ideas would be great thanks
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AfterDawn Addict
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29. August 2009 @ 18:05 |
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I don't think the 8082 is supported by Friidump. You can try the Friidump distribution site @
http://wii.console-tribe.com/
but it's in Italian.
I have 8082s on order and they should be here next week. Let me putz around with them and see what I can figure out.
Are you using an 8082 in a laptop or external connection via USB?
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roehon
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29. August 2009 @ 18:21 |
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thanks, looks like I'll need a new drive, any idea witch is the most fail safe dive that works for both friidump and rawdump?
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AfterDawn Addict
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29. August 2009 @ 21:12 |
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I have both an 8162B and an 8164B and they both work fine with both friidump 0.40 and rawdump 2.0.
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