How to run Wii games off a USB HDD
Posted by: admin Post date: July 28th, 2010
Hey guys, cIOS Rev 17 is out! Use that instead! I really screwed up with some details on this video, so turn on annotations for a moar detailed explanation. Today, I’ll show you how to run Wii games off of a USB hard drive, without the use of a modchip! 
You will need: A Wii with an IOS that allows fakesigning (this means A Wii w/ System Menu 3.3 or below (3.2 reccomended) or a Trucha-patched System Menu 4.0-4.2 (like I have)) Waninkoko’s cIOS Rev 10 or above (Rev 17 highly reccomended for LU64+ Wiis, because earlier versions will stop your Wii from working 
) HackMii Installer (for Homebrew Channel, DVDX and BootMii) A USB Loader (Configurable USB Loader or NeoGamma reccomended, downloadable from GBAtemp.net) A few Wii games A USB hard drive with at least one free partition for WBFS (A PC program like PatritionMagic will do this for you) Some free time !!!!READ ME, IDIOTS!!!! Trucha bug fix – This trick requires the ‘trucha bug’ which lets you install WADs and, in this case, cIOS. This bug has been patched by Nintendo in System Menu 3.3v2 and above. To get it back, use WiiPower’s Trucha Bug Restorer, which can be found here: gbatemp.net Here’s a video made by REARN49 which explains how to use it: www.youtube.com This is the fastest and safest way to get the trucha bug back and install cIOS using IOS36. Have fun!
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July 28th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
are Rhys Darby lol
July 28th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
will a 320GB External USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive work?
July 28th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
when i have dowloaded the game and used wbfs, and use neogamma i get black screen! when i downloaded from another site it all works!i only use this site so i dont need to download so many parts!PLEASE HELP! OR show me another site where i dont need to download so much
July 28th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
hey can i use my computer as my external hard drive? if i partition it and shit and use a 1M long usb cable to my wii?
July 28th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
ozzie xD
July 29th, 2010 at 12:04 am
@slicedara Nah, usually it would take a lot more than that to brick your Wii. Generally, screwing around with the System Menu and its IOS and boot2 carries a very high chance of bricking your Wii, whereas doing something like this has a very low chance.
July 29th, 2010 at 12:13 am
I like your accent <3 lol
btw, what does it take to brick a wii? Like, is it a “oops, pressed the wrong button”, then BAM there goes $200, or does it take a lot more screwing up than that?
July 29th, 2010 at 12:16 am
@xr2 you can use any data storage device that connects via usb port and can be formated to the wii wbfs formate. you can also use sd cards , long as it is formated to wbfs
July 29th, 2010 at 1:00 am
how do you safely remove the hdd ? when i turn my wii of and then turn the main plug off, my hdd makes a sound and sudden noise and now the pin is starting to get damaged. when i connect to my pc and and click safely remove and unplug the hdd it does make any sudden shutdown noise.
July 29th, 2010 at 1:23 am
can i use a 4GB Memory stick?
July 29th, 2010 at 2:23 am
@METALMAN4Wii oh boohoo noone gives a shit bout ur bitching and crying metal man if u hate homebrew so much why did u come to this video then since it’s all about homebrew? i actually don’t burn games, i buy them, i only use my homebrew’d wii to play dvd’s and videos and i got the wii shockwave radio. if ur gonna cry bout modders and pirates go do it with people that care about ur dumbass.
July 29th, 2010 at 2:25 am
@darkstylezvideo You grow up and stop being such a dirty thief oh and I hope you do get your degree. so you can get layed off 2 weeks latter because it’s about 50% of gamers now pretty much everyone who has homebrew. pirates and you should know that these games cost millions of dollars to make. there not all profit like you dumb ass pirates think…….?
July 29th, 2010 at 3:05 am
@METALMAN4Wii grow up, game programmers brand new to the job make over 80 thousand a year and programmers that are above the new ones make over 150 thousand. u really think they are gonna lose their jobs if only about 30% of their users have pirated the games when over 70% of the users bought the games legally? i’m actually goin to school for game programmin so i know bout this cause i’m interning at bethesda.
July 29th, 2010 at 3:45 am
@METALMAN4Wii why do u care? u gonna tell his mommy if he did? lol
July 29th, 2010 at 4:26 am
@METALMAN4Wii LOL that will never happen, no matter how much pirating there is in the world, they will always have their jobs and will not lose them do to pirating I assure you.
July 29th, 2010 at 4:47 am
you sound like jimmy in south park
July 29th, 2010 at 4:55 am
@SherlockHolmeboy It’s not me who’s worried it’s the 50,000+ Nintendo employees. that could loses there jobs because this hacked software is being used to Pirate……..!
July 29th, 2010 at 5:42 am
@METALMAN4Wii Don’t worry, I own almost all of the games shown. There’s just a couple that I copied from a friend.
July 29th, 2010 at 6:27 am
Do you own the cd copy of those games or did you pirate/steal them off the internet like every other hacker/pirater……?
July 29th, 2010 at 7:05 am
Maybe you can help me!? I’m using neogamma r8 at the moment and when I use wbfs to run the games from my san cruser flash stick (16gb), I get a dvd read error 1254. The only games that do work without the error is new super mario bros wii. Any Ideas what I’m doing wrong. Just to let you know that I’m on a 3.2 wii. If you can’t help me, do you know anyone that might?? Thanks for your time!!
July 29th, 2010 at 7:26 am
to make it better….?
it’s hard to tell if something isn’t that great until you buy one.
July 29th, 2010 at 8:24 am
Hey is there a way to play Mortal kombat Armmagedon? I try it and it always starts to the control menu intro then it shuts off. I try burning it to a disc and it’s the same thing. Please help. it’s the only game giving me this problem.
July 29th, 2010 at 9:19 am
Fucker -_-
July 29th, 2010 at 9:24 am
you have no clue what your doin and if u think the Wii isnt that great then why bother getting one ? or why bother hacking one . . .
July 29th, 2010 at 9:34 am
@annamorral its an ISO, but the HD itself is formatted to wbfs