Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Wednesday 11.2.2026 / 05:48
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > consoles > nintendo wii - general discussion > backing up wii games
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
backing up wii games
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
pdf0791
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_ 		31. May 2009 @ 11:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok I followed the "HOW TO backup Wii and GC Games (Better Guide) UPDATE!" (which helped a lot btw)

However, in dvd dumper when I try to backup my games through SD/usb it always gets an error. Can anyone help with this? Its my external HD plugged into my wii. Does it have to be formatted a certain way possibly?

I've just been doing it over wifi but i'm starting to wonder if this is completely safe. And also it goes very slow for me haha. By safe i mean..safe for my wii's laser and safe in general downloading it straight to my comp like that. Don't people get in trouble like that? lol

So my question is..Why can't I backup my games to my HD and is wifi completely safe?

sorry if I sound like a noob guys I just did the softmod and i'm quite new to the wii scene :] but any help would be greatly appreciated thanks
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
JParkes
Member
_ 		31. May 2009 @ 11:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What format is the external HD (Fat32, NTFS etc.)? Wifi should be safe, its not connected over the internet, I believe its FTP therefore theres no chance of getting caught.
[ + quote]
Arctic Monkeys are the greatest band in the world!!!

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 31. May 2009 @ 12:04
pdf0791
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_ 		31. May 2009 @ 12:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
NTFS..could that be the problem. And thanks for telling me wifi is safe i appreciate that man. I would just use that but it goes soo slow for me =/
[ + quote]
JParkes
Member
_ 		31. May 2009 @ 12:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There shouldnt be any problems if the drive is formatted to NTFS. FAT32 format doesnt allow any files bigger than 4.3gb and all wii games are bigger, I thought that might be causing the problem. I dont know much about dvd dumper because I've never used it, but I know from past experience that FTP is safe because I used to do it with the original xbox.
[ + quote]
Arctic Monkeys are the greatest band in the world!!!
pdf0791
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_ 		31. May 2009 @ 12:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
idk wut the problem could be then..i have a spare 8gb sd card that im formatting right now to be NTFS. its high capacity though. will it work? the reason its a spare is because its high capacity i cant seem to find use for it for anything lol. it was originally bought for DS =X

thanks for your help btw.

OH before I forget. i'm at 4.0 right now. in the future when games are going to want to update, is it safe to? thanks
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
larrylje
AfterDawn Addict
_ 		31. May 2009 @ 13:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You need it formated to FAT16 or FAT32.

When you do it via SD Card or USB device the files are split into pieces and need to be joined using an application (application can be found in the download of the guide you used above).

There have been allot of users that have had issues with the USB device method. WiFi and SD Card methods work the best.

The USB Method can have issues with recognizing USB devices (this the reason for compatibility issues).

However if you still want to use the USB Device then look at the reply I gave in the Guide section for you. I gave another method that you could possibly try out.
[ + quote]
afterdawn.com > forums > consoles > nintendo wii - general discussion > backing up wii games
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2026 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork