The Ultimate Wii USB Loader Guide! Play your Backups from an External Hard Drive!

ZJay84

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Well, apparently Waninoko (The pioneer for all the coolest Wii Homebrew releases!) has released one of the Best (If not the BEST!) application ever in my opinion for the Wii!

This awesome guide lets you install a channel / application on your Wii called the Wii USB Loader!

What this nifty application does is that it lets you play backups by extracting a game's ISO from its DVD and install it into a USB External Hard-Drive which you plug into the Wii's USB slots located at the back, thereby letting you load the games directly from a USB external Hard Drive!

Which means, you will not be needing to play games off DVDs anymore, reducing your chances of your games becoming unable to be read due to those annoying scratches it ends up with from mishandling them!

This is DEFINITELY DEFINITELY not an application to miss out on! And I HIGHLY recommend it to everyone!

The guide to install this application is pretty lengthy, which would not be fit for viewing it here, so I've posted a really USEFUL how-to guide from Mike & Heather's site who have done a really great job going through all the steps one by one as to how to install the application.

So without further ado, I give you the link for the guide!

For Wii users who are on Wii firmware version 3.4 or lower, use this guide: http://meowmix.freei.me/?p=1626



For Wii users who are on Wii firmware version 4.0, use this guide:
http://www.mikeandheth.com/games/109-store-and-load-usb-wii-system-menu-4.html


Source: Mike and Heather

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Oh and in case you don't believe me, here's a Youtube video showing how the channel works! :D

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAryYXB1wFE&feature=player_embedded[/ame]


I suggest this be stickied!

EDIT: I uploaded another link for users with Firmware version 3.4 or lower since the original link is dead. I'll try uploading the link for users with Firmware version 4.0 or higher soon.
 
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manigamer

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cool nice guide :)

guide will be stickied but is this copy/paste or all original by u ?

if not then i suggest u put up the source link aswell :)
 

ZJay84

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Mani, I've linked the source already.

look for the link by clicking on the title called 'Source: Mike and Heather' :)
 

DaGamer

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Great Thread!!!!!Theres another method that hackers have adopted which allows u to actually attach an HD to the wii using the 4.0 wii menu update, but personally I like this method since its a soft mod and thats a physical change. Ill search for the pics and show you guys.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Here we are:





Neat, eh? Heres a link to one of the modders who are currently doing this: http://www.modchip-wizard.com/product-pages/wii-repair-mods-modchip-modchips.htm
 
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ZJay84

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Whoa! Thats pretty neat!

Some of those modders out there surely know their thing when it comes to adding really cool stuff!
 

shad0w

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hey has anyone tried this out?... mani gamer u shud try this out? i might just buy a wii if we dont need to mod it... i'm cool with a softmod.. this mod is awesome i read it before too
 

Sadan314

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I DID it!!!!! and Guys if u wanna Downlod a ISO.. simply go to any Standered Torrent Search Engine and Search and Wii game ISO

Im Afraid Dirtect downloads r very rear!!!! Tell me if u guys find a direct download Website
 
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Sadan314

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No i serched a bit and all the PPl wo have MOded there wii's B4 tried this tutorial and no Complains!!! Just make sure u Do Exactly wat it says!!!!
 

ali327

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hey installed that usb loader when my wii was on firmware 3.4 now i manullay updated it to 4.2 so will the usb loader still work please do tell
 

Sadan314

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Well yes.. if ur manuall Update went according to PLAN then... everything shud be a..OKAY!!! BUT if NOT.. then ull find OUT... wen i updated (By accident by nintedo servers ) MY wii ONLY lost the HomeBrew Channal... i think it Just formated all the Wad files... so NOW harm DONE... i just re installed it :D
 

ali327

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i did have some problems in installing the rest of the ios for the update and i also was unable to install the shop channel but the main steps which they told me i was able to follow them so will it work and any one has any idea on how to use wad manager 1.4
 

Sadan314

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well wad manager is a simple probramm to use. It shud me mentioned in the tutorial. Or any tutorial for that matter. U just keep the files in the Sd card in the specific folder, start the app and follow the on screen instructions, u have to choose the proper file and install..
 
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