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Cookie Settings. Learn why people trust wikiHow. Download Article Explore this Article parts. Tips and Warnings. Related Articles. Article Summary. Part 1. All rights reserved. This image may not be used by other entities without the express written consent of wikiHow, Inc. Make sure that you have the correct equipment. USB flash drive - This is the drive on which you'll install the games. Wii remote - If you have a newer black model of Wii, you'll need a generic Wii remote to help with the installation.
Format your flash drive as FAT Keep in mind that formatting a flash drive will erase its contents, so back up the contents to your computer or another flash drive if necessary. Empty the Wii's disc drive. If there is currently a disc in the Wii, remove it before proceeding. Connect your Wii to the Internet. Your Wii will need a network connection in order to install the bulk of the USB tool's files. Install Homebrew on your Wii.
If you haven't yet installed the Homebrew Channel for your Wii, you'll need to do so before proceeding. The Homebrew Channel allows you to install custom modifications, one of which will let you play games off of a USB drive. Format your SD card. Once you've installed Homebrew with the SD card, you'll need to wipe it clean so that you can use it for the USB installation files. The easiest way to do this is by formatting the SD card.
Part 2. Use a Windows computer for this part. Unfortunately, you cannot format correctly your flash drive for Wii use on a Mac. If you don't have access to a Windows computer, try using one at a library or borrowing one from a friend. Determine your Windows bit version. You'll need to know whether your version of Windows is a bit system or a bit system in order to know which file to download in a minute. Go to the download page for WBFS download page. Click Free Download. It's the green button in the upper-right corner.
Watch out for any add pop-ups and be careful not to click any download links to software you didn't intend to download. Click Start Download.
It's the green button in the center of the page. Open the ZIP folder. Double-click the downloaded ZIP folder to open it. Double-click setup. It's in the ZIP folder. Doing so will open the setup window. Install the program. Click Browse to select an install location optional. Click Next. Click Yes. Click Close. Plug your flash drive into your computer.
The flash drive should fit into one of the rectangular USB ports on your computer. You can find it in your Windows Start menu. Select your flash drive. Click the "Drive" drop-down box in the upper-left corner of the window, then click your drive's letter usually F:. If you don't know the flash drive's letter, look for it in the "Devices and drives" section of the This PC app. Click Format. This will format your flash drive for use with the Wii. Eject the flash drive.
Click on the flash drive's icon in the lower-right side of the screen, then click Eject in the pop-up menu and remove the drive from your computer. You may have to click the upward-facing arrow here to see the flash drive's icon. Part 3. Plug your SD card into your computer. The SD card should fit into your computer's SD card slot angled-side-in, logo-side-up. Open the file download site.
Click Download. It's the button in the upper-right corner of the screen. Extract the files. On a Windows computer, double-click the ZIP folder, click Extract at the top of the folder's window, click Extract all in the resulting toolbar, and click Extract when prompted. This will extract the files to a regular folder and open the folder when the extraction completes. On a Mac, just double-click the ZIP folder to open it.
Open the "Files" folder. Copy the all files in the Files folder. Click your SD card's name. Paste in the files. The files will copy onto the SD card. Eject the card. Once your files finish copying, you can proceed with removing your SD card. To do so: Windows - RIght-click the drive in the panel to the left and click Eject. Mac - Click the upward-facing arrow to the right of your SD card's name in the left-hand pane. Part 4. Plug your SD card into your Wii.
It should fit in a slot in the front of the Wii. Turn on your Wii. Press your Wii's power button, or use the power button on the remote. Just download it, uncompress the Covers zip file with 7-ZIP and drag the covers folder to the usb-loader folder in the root on your SD card..
You will get a prompt to merge folders and click yes Remove any Gamecube memory cars and Gamecube controllers from the Wii. Click on "cIOS36rev10" and click load. The screen will go black for a second and you will then be in the cIOS36rev10 installer. Use the directional arrows to choose WAD installation and click A. After a few minutes it will have completed the installation of cIOS rev Now, restart your wii, go back to the Homebrew channel, and go to Wad Manager 1.
After a few moments it will have completed installing the USB channel. This step will explain how to install the usb loader channel to your Wii menu. First go to the homebrew channel then load the WAD manager.
The screen will go green for a second and you will see a disclaimer on the screen. Press "A" on your Wii remote to continue. Use your left and right directional arrows on your Wii remote to select SD card. On your Wii menu there should be a new channel called usb loader channel. In this next step I will explain how to use your new Channel, and how you can play your games on it.
First, plug your usb device into your Wii usb slot and start the USB loader channel. I haven't figured out how this works. Next, use the left and right directional arrows to choose "USB mass storage device", and click A. It will load all the games on your USB drive and if you downloaded the covers it will show you their cover.
Use the up and down directional arrows and press "A" to choose your game. Press "A" again to load your game and press "A" one last time to play your game.
If you have any problems just ask it in the comments below. I finally had the time to write the solutions to some Wii error codes. If at any time you Wii spits an error code at you, here two of the most common errors, and their solutions.
Solution: Run trucha bug restorer to restore the exploit on your Wii. Question 1 year ago on Step 5. Answer 1 year ago. Not sure if anyone else has had this problem but i followed the instructions, however when i go to load USBLoadermodBrisma. Can anyone help? Reply 1 year ago. Question 1 year ago on Step 1. There is no setup file for me in the wbfsmanager.
Reply 2 years ago. You can use this instead. I had the same issue, and used it and it worked out fine. Reply 4 years ago. Question 3 years ago on Step 1. Thank you for reading and I hope this was helpful to you. If you have any questions or comments you'd like to leave, please feel free to do so. Question 5 months ago. Reply 1 year ago. SD to USB? No, the Wii won't it from the USB port I do not believe unless someone has found a way to since this article was released.
However you can use a micro SD card in an adapter to slide into the SD slot, and you can write whatever is needed onto the SD card in a USB adapter as long as it's on the computer itself, but not the Wii. Please for the love of technologically challenged people everywhere, help me?!?!
I've followed directions and see absolutely no new messages on message board. Checked current and previous days. Reply 4 years ago. Well, if you perfectly copied your mac address and selected the system menu version on the website, then deposited the file onto the root of the SD card, it should work.
Sometimes though, there are stubborn systems that don't want to cooperate and give you a headache. If you veried that everything was done correctly and it still doesn't work, ask Youtube. There are lots of people out there that make money for this, so there might be help for you yet! Reply 5 years ago.
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