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With a modded Wii console, you tin rip games from a disc to an external hard drive or wink bulldoze, allowing you to support all of your games to 1 place. This is preferable to burning Wii backups to disc, mainly because burnt discs do non work in newer Wii consoles. If yous do desire to burn Wii games, you'll need the image files and an ISO called-for program. You'll need a modded Wii with a USB Loader program to play the burnt discs.

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    Install the Homebrew Channel to rip and play games. Whether y'all plan on ripping games using your Wii or ripping them with your PC, your Wii volition still need to exist modded in gild to play ripped games. You tin can install the Homebrew Aqueduct using a special exploit called "LetterBomb."

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    Update your Wii to the latest available version. Y'all'll need to be running the final version of the Wii software (4.iii) that was released in September 2010. This is required in order for the exploit to piece of work.

    • Select the "Wii" button from the Wii main menu.
    • Select "Wii Settings."
    • Select "Wii System Update" from the tertiary page.
    • Select "Aye" and and then "I Accept" to begin downloading and installing the system update.
    • Some games as well have a Wii arrangement update. Insert the disc, select the Disc Aqueduct from the Wii menu and the Wii will prompt yous to install the update.
    • You lot can also update your Wii system after successfully connecting it to the internet.

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    Get an SD carte that is ii GB or smaller. Yous'll need an SD card that is 2 GB or smaller in order to successfully mod your Wii. The card should be a standard SD card, not SDHC or SDXC.

    • Check the list at wiibrew.org/wiki/SD/SDHC_Card_Compatibility_Tests if you aren't sure if your carte is compatible.

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    Format your SD card on your computer. Insert your SD card into your computer'due south card reader. If your calculator doesn't have a card reader, you'll need a USB reader. Format the card in FAT32 format past doing the following:

    • Windows - Open Windows Explorer ( ⊞ Win+E ). Right-click on your SD menu and select "Format." Choose "FAT32" from the "File organisation" menu and click "Start" and and so "OK."
    • Mac - Open the Deejay Utility from the Utilities binder. Select your SD card, and so click the "Erase" button. Select "MS-DOS (Fatty)" from the "Format" menu and click "Erase" ii more times.

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    Decide your Wii's MAC accost. This is the address that is unique to your Wii. You tin find out the MAC address from the Wii's Settings menu:

    • Click the "Wii" push on your Wii's main menu.
    • Select "Wii Settings" and and then select "Internet" from the second page.
    • Select "Console Data" then write downwardly the MAC address.

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    Visit . please.hackmii.com on your computer's browser. This is the website that will generate a LetterBomb exploit specifically for your Wii.

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    Enter your Wii'south MAC address into the fields. Each field will get two characters for the MAC address.

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    Select your region in the "Organisation Bill of fare Version" section. If yous aren't sure, you can see which version you're running by opening the "Wii Settings" carte once again and looking in the upper-right corner.

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    Click "I'm non a robot" and and then click one of the download buttons. It doesn't matter if y'all "Cut the carmine wire" or "Cut the blue wire," both will download the ZIP file.

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    Double-click the downloaded ZIP file. This will display the contents. You should encounter a "private" binder and a "kick.elf" file.

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    Copy the folder and file from the ZIP file to your SD card. Drag and drib the "private" binder and the "boot.elf" file directly into your SD card. This volition place them in the right locations on the menu.

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    Remove your SD card from your computer and insert it into your Wii. Y'all'll find the SD carte du jour port on the front of the Wii, behind the panel that folds down.

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    Click the Letters button on the Wii'due south master carte du jour. You should run into a red envelope with a bomb tucked in it. You may demand to press the "-" push to get back a day or more to notice it.

    • Double-check that the "individual" binder and the "boot.elf" file are in the root of the SD card if the LetterBomb does not appear.

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    Select the red alphabetic character to launch the LetterBomb exploit. You'll see a blackness screen with text appear, much like the Command Prompt or PowerShell in Windows.

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    Press "one" so "A" on your Wii remote to continue when prompted. This volition start the installation process.

    • If your Wii remote turns off when the HackMii installation begins, your Wii remote might exist also new. Newer Wii remotes volition turn off when the hack is detected. You'll need to find a Wii remote made before 2009.

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    Select "BootMii" and press "A." This will allow you configure BootMii, which allows the Homebrew Channel to load.[1]

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    Select "Fix an SD card" and then "Yes, continue." This will add files to your SD card for the BootMii software.

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    Select "Install BootMii as IOS." Select "Yes, continue" twice to confirm. This will install the BootMii software.

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    Return to the main menu and select "Install The Homebrew Channel." Select "Yeah, proceed" to ostend.

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    Select "Exit" after installation to load the Homebrew Channel. If the Homebrew Channel loads after a few moments, you've successfully modded your Wii. Adjacent up you'll be installing the software necessary to rip games and play backups from an external hard drive or flash drive or from a burned DVD.[two]

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    Format an external hard drive or flash drive on your computer. Plug an external hard drive or wink bulldoze into ane of your computer'south USB ports. Every bit with the SD card, format it as FAT32, which volition allow you to salvage Wii games and GameCube games. The games you rip or download volition exist stored on the drive.

    • Windows - For drives that are 32 GB or smaller, open up Windows Explorer ( ⊞ Win+East ). Right-click on your drive and select "Format." Choose "FAT32" from the "File system" bill of fare and click "Start" and then "OK." If you have a drive that is 64 GB or larger, download FAT32 Format from ridgecrop.demon.co.united kingdom/index.htm?guiformat.htm. Run the utility, select your drive, and click "First" and then "OK."
    • Mac - Open the Disk Utility from the Utilities folder. Select your drive, then click the "Erase" button. Select "MS-DOS (FAT)" from the "Format" carte du jour and click "Erase" two more times.

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    Download the IOS236 v6 installer. This is a homebrew application that will install the necessary organisation software to install other homebrew organization software (IOS files).

    • You tin can find the installer in diverse locations online. Perform a Google search for "ios236 v6 installer." The installer volition download as a ZIP file.

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    Download the d2x cIOS installer. This program installs system software that changes the way your Wii access storage, allowing you to use USB Loader programs.

    • Download the latest available version from code.google.com/archive/p/d2x-cios-installer/downloads

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    Download the Configurable (CFG) USB Loader. This is the homebrew program that manages your game backups and allows yous to rip games from discs. Yous can use it to rip Wii games and GameCube games.

    • Download the Cfg_USB_Loader_70.nil file from code.google.com/annal/p/cfg-loader/downloads.

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    Extract the CFG files onto your SD card. Extract these files to your menu first to create the folder structure that the other two ZIP files will use.

    • Insert the SD bill of fare from your Wii into your figurer.
    • Double-click the Cfg_USB_Loader_70.zip and navigate to the "inSDroot" binder. You lot'll see two folders: "apps" and "usb-loader."
    • Drag both of these folders into the root of your SD card.

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    Extract the IOS236 v6 and d2x cIOS installers into the new "apps" folder. In one case you lot've copied your CFG Loader files, you can double-click each of the other Cipher files you downloaded and drag the folders inside to the new "apps" folder on the SD card.

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    Download the replacement XML file for CFG Loader. Visit gwht.wdfiles.com/local--files/usb-loader/meta.xml in your browser. Press Ctrl / ⌘ Cmd+S and save the file as "meta.xml."

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    Supplant the meta.xml file in your SD carte'southward apps\USBLoader directory. Open up this directory on your SD card and drag your new meta.xml file into information technology. Confirm that you want to Overwrite or Replace the existing file.

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    Open the "sample_config.txt" file. This will open up the file in your browser.

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    Add the following two lines to the bottom of the file. Enter these ii options, each on a new line at the bottom:

    • ntfs_write = 1
    • fat_split_size = 0

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    Click the File card, select "Salve Equally," and rename the file to "config.txt." This will activate the configuration file and ensure that CFG Loader uses your new settings.

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    Insert the SD card back into your Wii and open up the Homebrew Channel. This will read your SD card and evidence the installers in the Homebrew Aqueduct.

    • Make certain any GameCube retentiveness cards yous may accept inserted have been removed.
    • Make sure your Wii is continued to the cyberspace so that information technology will be able to download the necessary files.

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    Select the "IOS236 Installer v6" option and click "Load." This will offset the installer and a bunch of text will appear on the screen.

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    Printing "i" on the Wii remote to begin the installation. IOS236 will brainstorm installing.

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    Select "<Download IOS from NUS>" when prompted. This will download the essential files.

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    Printing "A" when prompted to begin installation. Files volition brainstorm installing, which should only accept a few moments.

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    Press "2" to finish the installation. Regardless of what you're planning on using the custom firmware for, do non printing "ane."[3]

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    Return to the Homebrew Channel and select "D2X cIOS Installer." Press "Load" to starting time it up.

    • Press whatsoever button on the disclaimer screen to continue.

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    Set up your installer menus. Utilise the text menus at the top of the screen to prepare your installation preferences:

    • Select "<d2x v6>" from the "Select cIOS" menu.
    • Select "<56>" from the "Select cIOS base" menu.
    • Select "<248>" from the "Select cIOS slot" bill of fare.
    • Select "<21006>" from the "Select cIOS revision" menu.

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    Press "A" to brainstorm the installation, and so highlight Slot 248 and press "A" again. This will install d2x using the settings you entered. The installation may take a piffling while to consummate.

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    Load "D2X cIOS Installer" from the Homebrew Channel again. You'll need to install it again with slightly different settings.

    • If you lot are still in the installer after some settings have been entered, press "A" to move on to the side by side step of the installation.

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    Set up your installer menus once again. Enter the following, slightly unlike installer settings:

    • Select "<d2x v6>" from the "Select cIOS" menu.
    • Select "<57>" from the "Select cIOS base" carte du jour.
    • Select "<247>" from the "Select cIOS slot" menu.
    • Select "<21006>" from the "Select cIOS revision" card.

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    Press "A" to begin the installation, so highlight Slot 247 and printing "A" over again. This volition install d2x over again in Slot 247. You'll need it installed in both slots earlier y'all can use CFG Loader.[four]

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    Plug your formatted external difficult drive or flash bulldoze into your Wii. Plug this in before you launch CFG Loader for the showtime fourth dimension. Apply the bottom USB port on the back of the Wii.

    • If y'all're prompted by your Wii to format the drive, select "Cancel." If you lot click "Format," you'll demand to become dorsum to your computer and format it every bit FAT32 again.

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    Open the Homebrew Aqueduct and select "Configurable USB Loader." Select "Load" to start the program.

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    Select "USB" when prompted. This will prepare CFG to load backups from your external difficult drive or wink drive.

    • When prompted to select your partition, you should only have i available. Select it to continue.

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    Ensure IOS 248 is selected and start the program. This will launch CFG Loader with your settings.

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    Save your settings. You'll want to save your device and IOS settings and then y'all're not prompted for them each time you first:[5]

    • Point at the lesser of the screen to open the carte du jour.
    • Select "Settings" and and so "System."
    • Select "Salve Settings."

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    Insert a game that you desire to copy into your Wii. You can re-create any Wii game or GameCube game by using CFG Loader. Insert the disc and it will announced in the CFG Loader plan.

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    Open Configurable USB Loader if it isn't already. You lot'll be using this homebrew program to rip the games from your Wii and GameCube discs to your external hard bulldoze or wink drive.

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    Press "+" in the CFG main carte. This will open the installation screen for the game that is inserted.

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    Click "Install." This will begin copying the game files from your disc to your external hard drive or wink bulldoze. This may accept a while to complete, particularly for newer, larger games.

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    Select an installed game in CFG Loader. Once you lot take some games installed, they'll appear in the master window of CFG Loader. Select ane to view details and launch it.

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    Press "A" to launch the game. With the game selected, press "A" to first playing. You'll see some text every bit the game loads, and and so it will start.

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    Continue installing games. You can go on installing games from whatever disc, legitimate or burned. All of the games volition be added to your external hard drive or flash bulldoze, and you won't need the discs to play them.

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    Consider using the USB Loader instead of called-for your games. Also the convenience that a USB Loader program and an external hard drive or flash drive provide, newer Wii models cannot read DVD+Rs. This means that a burnt disc is useless on Wiis that were made in 2008 or later.

    • If you download games, yous can re-create them to the external hard bulldoze or flash drive that the USB Loader uses and they will announced in your USB Loader plan library. Yous don't need to burn down them just to rip them onto your Wii.

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    Obtain some Wii game image files. If you do desire to burn games to disc instead of using your USB Loader, yous'll need the game epitome files. In that location are a couple of ways you can obtain these:

    • Wii and GameCube ISO files tin can be downloaded from many different torrent sites. See Download Torrents for details on finding and downloading torrents. It is illegal in most areas to download games you do not own.
    • If you lot followed the to a higher place methods, you can use games that yous've installed to your external hard bulldoze or wink drive with your USB Loader program. Plug the external hard drive or wink drive into your estimator and open the "games" directory. Games will be named by their GAMEID, then perform a quick Google search if yous're non sure which is which. Drag the file you desire to your figurer. It may take a while to copy.

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    Convert image files copied from your external hard drive or wink drive . If y'all ripped games using your Wii and copied the files to your computer, you'll likely notice that the files are in WBFS format. This will need to be converted to ISO before you lot can burn it:

    • Visit . wbfstoiso.com and download the gratuitous program. Run the installer after downloading it and follow the prompts. No adware will exist installed.
    • Open up WBFS to ISO and select your WBFS file. You tin click the "Open" push button to browse for it.
    • Click "Catechumen" to brainstorm converting the file. This may take a while to complete. You lot'll find the ISO file in the same location as your WBFS file.

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    Visit . imgburn.com and download ImgBurn. This disc burning utility will allow you lot to burn down the ISO file to a blank DVD+R. Download the latest version from the ImgBurn website.

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    Start the ImgBurn installation process. Double-click the installer to begin the installation.

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    Uncheck the Ask Toolbar ads while installing. After you select the location to install ImgBurn, you'll come across a screen for the Ask Toolbar. Brand sure to uncheck all of the boxes earlier proceeding.

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    Launch ImgBurn subsequently installing. Once the installation is finished, launch ImgBurn from the shortcut on your desktop.

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    Select "Write image file to disc" from the ImgBurn bill of fare. This will open the disc writer tool.

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    Insert a blank DVD+R into your DVD burner. You lot'll need to have a DVD burner installed for ImgBurn to work. Be aware that if your Wii is newer than 2008, the burnt discs will non work.

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    Select your Wii ISO file every bit the Source. Click the Browse push to navigate to information technology, or drag it into the window.

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    Select a depression write speed. To help ensure that the burn process works, select a deadening writing speed such as 1X. This volition result in a longer burn but volition increment your chances of the disc working.

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    Click the Burn push button in the lower-left corner. This will begin writing the file to your disc.

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    Wait for the burn to consummate. This may accept a while, especially for larger games. The disc will eject when it is finished.

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    Insert the burnt disc with your game epitome file into your Wii. In one case the disc is finished burning, you can insert it in your Wii's disc drive, and run it with your USB Loader program. This will allow you to play information technology without having to install whatsoever additional hacks. See the previous section for details.

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  • Question

    How exercise you know if your Wii was made before 2008?

    Community Answer

    On the model number on the bottom of the Wii, if it starts with LB or LU, it was made in 2006/2007. Anything else is 2008, and cannot read DVD.

  • Question

    Will this work with a Wii U?

    Community Answer

    No, but it will work on the Virtual Wii on Wii U.

  • Question

    Why am I getting an fault when I endeavor to play the games I accept burned?

    Community Answer

    It is probably because it is unlicensed, and as the Wii panel reads, it detects no license and concludes information technology is pirated, illegal or an unauthorized game copy.

  • Question

    If I take an unmodded Wii, a burning program, and the ISO I desire, can I still play it if I burn at a slow speed?

    Community Answer

    No. Your Wii must be modded. Modding it helps the USB loader skip the checks to see if it is unauthorized.

  • Question

    Do I really demand a USB Loader to play games? Is it possible to fire the games to a disc without a USB Loader?

    Community Answer

    You demand a USB Loader. It volition not work without it.

  • Question

    Will installing Homebrew delete or corrupt my saved files?

    Community Answer

    If done properly, it shouldn't bear on your saved files, though it'southward always a proficient idea to back up your files beforehand.

  • Question

    Will it work with Memorex DVDs?

    Community Answer

    Yes, that should work just fine. Memorex is a very common make of blank disc.

  • Question

    What do I do if my homebrew doesn't see the IO S236 installer v6?

    Community Answer

    Make certain yous put the ISO in the root of your SD Card in a folder titled "apps". If that doesn't piece of work, try reinstalling the ISO from another source.

  • Question

    Tin can I burn Wii games to an SD bill of fare?

    Community Answer

    Y'all tin can save games to an SD carte du jour, but those usually don't take a lot of infinite, so consider using an USB bulldoze instead.

  • Question

    What is incorrect if the screen goes blackness when I try to load Wii games in the USB loader? It sends me back to the Homebrew channel menu.

    Community Answer

    Most probably the file is corrupted. Try to load another game. If it happens with all of your games, then y'all take to install the USB loader over again.

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To burn Wii games to disc, start past downloading the game epitome files from a torrent site. If you ripped games using your Wii and copied the files to your computer, the files volition need to exist converted to ISO, and then visit wbfstoiso.com and download their complimentary program. Next, visit imgburn.com and download ImgBurn to burn the ISO file to a blank DVD. One time the installation is done, launch ImgBurn from the desktop shortcut, and select "Write image file to disc" from the menu. Insert a blank DVD, select your Wii ISO file as the source, pick a low write speed, and click the "Fire" push button. To learn how create and play game backups on your Wii, go along reading!

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