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Originally posted by dannydog:

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great guide, i've just been rooting in my garage and found my old lg gdr-8161b dvd rom drive!. i'll give it a try later.
can these back up disks be played on the homebrew back up channel or do you need the Mod chip?

cheers

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Originally posted by arohl:

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Does anyone know if the Hitachi GDR 8161..4 series will work as the LG8161..4 series?

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Originally posted by allenea:

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OK, read the guide like 5 times, got the drive & software but have a question. Is there a way to copy games that are backed up already?

I tried to put the game in the LG 8163b drive and then opened raw dump and for both games i got an error.

Just wanted to see if there was a way. I have about 10 games i would rather copy than download. Thanks in advance EA

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Originally posted by dazjw78:

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Does anybody know the best media to burn wii iso onto. I have just burned 3 different iso onto verbatim DVD-R at x4 speed with imgburn and i keep having the same problem with all 3. I put them into my wii the front page comes up ok but when i press start i just get a blank black screen on all 3 of these. I have not had this problem before with using verbatim and other types but it seems strange how exactly the same thing has happened for 3 different games. could it just be a bad batch of discs? I have also cleaned the lens with wii lens cleaner but still getting the same problem. The other iso's that i have burnt still seem to be working ok.

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Originally posted by dazjw78:

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I have a modchip, does the soft mod option still work even though i have a modchip fitted?

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Originally posted by dazjw78:

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Does anybody know the best media to burn wii iso onto. I have just burned 3 different iso onto verbatim DVD-R at x4 speed with imgburn and i keep having the same problem with all 3. I put them into my wii the front page comes up ok but when i press start i just get a blank black screen on all 3 of these. I have not had this problem before with using verbatim and other types but it seems strange how exactly the same thing has happened for 3 different games. could it just be a bad batch of discs? I have also cleaned the lens with wii lens cleaner but still getting the same problem. The other iso's that i have burnt still seem to be working ok.

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Originally posted by bunny_c:

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This article is aimed at someone that has not followed the modding scene for the Nintendo Wii and wants to be caught up in one quick de-briefing. The contents of this file could become outdated very quickly because the modding scene is exploding right now. I will do my best to keep it updated so if you see the date is really old shoot me an email and I will update it or at least say that nothing really revolutionary has happened in the modding scene. Click below to access the tutorial on backing up your Wii ad Gamecube discs. Remember that to play the backups you will need a modchip! The modchip is rapidly changing and I will be outlining this in my next article which is due sometime later this week.

First step in copying your games for backup purposes is to get the right software and hardware. You will need one of the following DVD drives to copy games(no others will work). I received a pm that some people were having trouble locating the drives. Newegg no longer sell these drives for some reason.
For more information on ordering these drives follow this link: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/563020
* LG-8164b
* LG-8163b
* LG-8162b
* LG-8161b

Personally I have the 8164b and have had zero problems. I'm sure the others are fine also.
Once you install this drive into your computer you will need to download a few applications.

*Raw dump 2.0

.net Framework 2.0

* Software to unzip the Raw Dump files.Winrar

Once you download the files above then right-click on the rawdump2.0.rar and select "Extract to rawdump2.0\"
this will make a folder on your desktop called rawdump2.0.





Now insert your Wii or Gamecube game into the LG drive that you have ordered and installed. Then open the rawdump2.0 folder and double click on the rawdump2.0.exe file.



After doing this you will be presented with the following interface. If your wondering what all the buttons are next to me close and minimize buttons it is a program called UltraMon for multiple monitor setups. Just ignore this. I am also running the Zune Windows XP Theme.



The next step is to just click "Start Dump." On my computer this process took just about 2.5 hours. When it is complete you will be greeted with a nice finished message. The file it creates will be in the same directory as the rawdump.exe file. It should be called "Game Name.iso." This ISO is an image of the actual game and is ready to be burned. You can burn this image with many different applications, but I will be providing screenshots for Nero Burning Rom.

This step is very important. You need to check your file and see how many KB large it is. To do this Right-Click on your iso(this is in your rawdump directory) and select properties. It should say,

Nintendo Wii ISO size: 4.37 GB (4,699,979,776 bytes).

Nintendo Gamecube ISO size: 1.35 GB (1,459,978,240 bytes)

All Nintendo Wii and Gamecube images will be this exact byte size. If your Wii image is off by any then you have a bad dump and need to try again.

So next step is to open Nero.

The first step once nero opens it to just cancel out of the create new dvd/cd/etc dialog. Once you have exited from this dialog you go to Recorder->Burn Image.



After making it this far you are almost done. When you click burn image you will be asked to locate the image. The image will be located in your Rawdump2.0 folder. For me, this is on the desktop.



Select the game that you have dumped with rawdump and click open. You will then be presented with the below dialog. Make sure to select a relatively slow burn speed at first to attempt to prevent DRE's(Disc Read Errors). These seem to be common among people that do not use high quality dvd's. For a thread dealing with media check here.




I hope this mini-guide helps you. If you have any questions or I said something wrong please post a comment below. Also stay tuned because as soon as my tri-wing driver arrives I will have a detailed modding tutorial using the Cyclowiz modchip.


http://apple.kudosnetwork.co.uk/?ref=2656

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Originally posted by allenea:

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Originally posted by dazjw78:

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Does anybody know the best media to burn wii iso onto. I have just burned 3 different iso onto verbatim DVD-R at x4 speed with imgburn and i keep having the same problem with all 3. I put them into my wii the front page comes up ok but when i press start i just get a blank black screen on all 3 of these. I have not had this problem before with using verbatim and other types but it seems strange how exactly the same thing has happened for 3 different games. could it just be a bad batch of discs? I have also cleaned the lens with wii lens cleaner but still getting the same problem. The other iso's that i have burnt still seem to be working ok.

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I got the same thing when I first started, so i changed the speed to 2x and get perfect games everytime now. I use verbatim -R's also. Try that, fixed my problem :)

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Originally posted by craig5201:

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i want to make a copy of my backup disk but what software i can use
as i sm useing vista and the nero i got dont work on vista any ofther software i can use

thanks

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Originally posted by chang13:

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I have rawdump 2.0. i have tried to dump three of my own original wii games. each time when it gets to 9 minutes 53 left and is up to about the 4.1 gb range it stops and says unable to continue, not enough space on disk.
I have cleared my harddrive and have 30 gb free space. what am i doing wrong. i have also deleted and d/l rawdump three times from different sites to ensure a proper copy.
this has just happened again prior to this post stopping at the same spot again...?
how do i correct it. thankyou.

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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Originally posted by chang13:

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I have rawdump 2.0. i have tried to dump three of my own original wii games. each time when it gets to 9 minutes 53 left and is up to about the 4.1 gb range it stops and says unable to continue, not enough space on disk.
I have cleared my harddrive and have 30 gb free space. what am i doing wrong. i have also deleted and d/l rawdump three times from different sites to ensure a proper copy.
this has just happened again prior to this post stopping at the same spot again...?
how do i correct it. thankyou.

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What operating system are you using? Could be an issue if your still using Windows 98.
Do you have the Netframework 2.0 installed? or higher if you have XP or Vista installed.

I don't know if using Rawdump 2.1 will be any better for you or not, depending what the problem is.

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Originally posted by chang13:

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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Originally posted by chang13:

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I have rawdump 2.0. i have tried to dump three of my own original wii games. each time when it gets to 9 minutes 53 left and is up to about the 4.1 gb range it stops and says unable to continue, not enough space on disk.
I have cleared my harddrive and have 30 gb free space. what am i doing wrong. i have also deleted and d/l rawdump three times from different sites to ensure a proper copy.
this has just happened again prior to this post stopping at the same spot again...?
how do i correct it. thankyou.

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What operating system are you using? Could be an issue if your still using Windows 98.
Do you have the Netframework 2.0 installed? or higher if you have XP or Vista installed.

I don't know if using Rawdump 2.1 will be any better for you or not, depending what the problem is.

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I am using windows xp, and yes i do have netframework 2.0 installed and updated. have quickly looked at rawdump 2.1, is it still experimental or in use and verified software?

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Originally posted by fiber32:

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Originally posted by chang13:

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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Originally posted by chang13:

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I have rawdump 2.0. i have tried to dump three of my own original wii games. each time when it gets to 9 minutes 53 left and is up to about the 4.1 gb range it stops and says unable to continue, not enough space on disk.
I have cleared my harddrive and have 30 gb free space. what am i doing wrong. i have also deleted and d/l rawdump three times from different sites to ensure a proper copy.
this has just happened again prior to this post stopping at the same spot again...?
how do i correct it. thankyou.

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What operating system are you using? Could be an issue if your still using Windows 98.
Do you have the Netframework 2.0 installed? or higher if you have XP or Vista installed.

I don't know if using Rawdump 2.1 will be any better for you or not, depending what the problem is.

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I am using windows xp, and yes i do have netframework 2.0 installed and updated. have quickly looked at rawdump 2.1, is it still experimental or in use and verified software?

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but where do you dump the files? is it on NTFS or FAT32? e.g. external drive.

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Originally posted by chang13:

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Originally posted by fiber32:

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Originally posted by chang13:

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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Originally posted by chang13:

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I have rawdump 2.0. i have tried to dump three of my own original wii games. each time when it gets to 9 minutes 53 left and is up to about the 4.1 gb range it stops and says unable to continue, not enough space on disk.
I have cleared my harddrive and have 30 gb free space. what am i doing wrong. i have also deleted and d/l rawdump three times from different sites to ensure a proper copy.
this has just happened again prior to this post stopping at the same spot again...?
how do i correct it. thankyou.

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What operating system are you using? Could be an issue if your still using Windows 98.
Do you have the Netframework 2.0 installed? or higher if you have XP or Vista installed.

I don't know if using Rawdump 2.1 will be any better for you or not, depending what the problem is.

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I am using windows xp, and yes i do have netframework 2.0 installed and updated. have quickly looked at rawdump 2.1, is it still experimental or in use and verified software?

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but where do you dump the files? is it on NTFS or FAT32? e.g. external drive.

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Fat32. internal c drive.

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