#wii games not working again...

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tepid lantern
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Every time i open usb loader gx it unplugs the hard drive, which causes the games not to be displayed. I honestly don't know what is causing this problem, it could be the hard drive itself, but it's detected on the homebrew channel, so I have no idea.

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bright jacinth
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is the drive formatted as FAT32 and MBR?

tepid lantern
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no

bright jacinth
analog current
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Wii ) USB Drive Partititon Verification

Insert the drive into your PC, then search in windows for cmd and press enter. Type chkdsk x: into the cmd prompt, but replace x with the letter for your drive.

If your HDD is locked, use Disk Management instead and follow this guide to verify:

Check GPT or MBR Volume https://www.howtogeek.com/245610/how-to-check-if-a-disk-uses-gpt-or-mbr-and-how-to-convert-between-the-two/

If you have a different allocation unit size backup your data and reformat to FAT32 with the correct allocation unit size for your drive. Use guiFormat or WBM to reformat an SD/USB to FAT32 with preferred allocation unit sizes.

Drive is 64gb or less: Format to FAT32 with 32kb (32768 bytes) in each allocation unit.
Drive is larger than 64gb: Format to FAT32 with 64kb (65536 bytes) in each allocation unit.
guiFormat http://ridgecrop.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm
WiiBackupManager https://wii.guide/wiibackupmanager

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this all correct @ osfan? ^

bright jacinth
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yeah should be
just referenced wii backup manager cause it was in usb loader gx so i thought wbm lol

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since it can do it too

tepid lantern
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so I need to have the disk drive formatted to fat32 obligatory?

analog current
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let me make note of that

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wait but does wbm convert the volume to MBR from GPT?

analog current
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MBR volume is much more compatible with other HB Apps @tepid lantern

bright jacinth
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say, the homebrew channel

tepid lantern
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It doesn't work :(

analog current
tepid lantern
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I opened usb loader gx and the games still do not appear

analog current
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please ping me when replying

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Do you also have a /wbfs/ and /games/ folder on your USB?

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with the files formatted correctly?

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@tepid lantern are your files on your usb arranged like this?:

Wii ) File Folder Arrangement for Loaders

TEMPLATE:

💾SD/USB:
┣ 📂games --> GCN Games
┃ ┣ 📂GameName [gameID]
┃ ┃ ┗ 📜game.iso --> File is literally named game.iso
┃ ┗ 📂GameName [gameID]
┃ ┣ 📜game.iso
┃ ┗ 📜disc2.iso --> For Multi Disc GCN titles
┗ 📂wbfs --> Wii Games
┣ 📂GameName [gameID]
┃ ┗ 📜gameid.wbfs
┗ 📂GameName [gameID] --> For Split WBFS on FAT32 Partition
┣ 📜gameid.wbfs
┗ 📜gameid.wbf1

tepid lantern
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Yes, everything is correct, and yes, it says usb not initialized

analog current
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When looking at the back of the wii, you should be inserting the USB HDD into the port on the right closest to the edge.

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That is Serial Port 0

tepid lantern
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mmm...
is that I am using a cable with 2 usb ports

analog current
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I don't know if that would be an issue. It might 🤷‍♂️

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Try a cable with one and see.

tepid lantern
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it was never a problem

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I also tried to use an extension and neither

analog current
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Gonna need more information. Did you change anything recently with the drive?

tepid lantern
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I must clarify that my disk is partitioned for gamecube and wii games

and today I changed the partition format of the wii games to fat32

safe pendant
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i dont think the wii plays well with hdd partitions

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but i could be wrong

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try just having one partition

analog current
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partitioning them differently
Whats the advantage here?

crimson pilot
tepid lantern
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so the hard drive should only have one partition?

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How would I do to have the gamecube and wii games in one disk?

crimson pilot