#Fix Bricked System Menu with NAND Dump

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white lodge
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Any help is appreciated. No idea what last happened to cause this, since it was my dad who last touched it around 5-6 years ago.
BootMii works fine as it is installed as boot2, however I cannot access the System Menu nor HBC. Not sure about PriiLoader either.

📎 nand_list.txt
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That file was generated by ShowMiiNand (part of ShowMiiWads)

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Does anything look wrong to you guys?

spring ether
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Backup the nand.bin file to your computer for safe keeping.

Make sure the nand.bin is on the root of your SD.
Launch Bootmii on boot2, use the buttons on the front of the Wii console to navigate the restoremii screen

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I think u have to go to the gear icon, then the icon that has an arrow going from the SD to a computer chip

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Use the POWER and RESET buttons on your console, or a GameCube controller plugged into port 1. To navigate between options, press POWER on your Wii (or left/right on the +Control Pad on a GameCube controller). To select an option, press RESET on your Wii or A on your GameCube controller.

white lodge
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The NAND is the problem

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The thing I attached was the bricked NAND

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I think its a problem with the channels/wadss

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I have no other backup to restore from

spring ether
# white lodge What?

sorry I thought you had a backup of a working nand as most people have a backup from when their wii was working

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You can follow this guide to generate a clean nand using your nand backup

white lodge
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I want my old stuff though

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Is there any way

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Like reinstall the sys menu

spring ether
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there might be a way to configure Ohneschwanzenegger to not remove save data or other stuff and just overwrite the sysmenu and IOSes

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But I couldn't tell you how to do that.

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So a program like ModMii can download all the necessary sysmenu wad and IOS wads

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and then you can use Ohneschwanzenegger to import the wads to the nand.bin file

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then you can use bootmii to restore the nand.bin with the new sysmenu/ios files

white lodge
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i there a way to just install a new sysmenu

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why doesn't HBC work?

spring ether
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bruh u can't even load priiloader

white lodge
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the Wii opens up to BootMii

white lodge
spring ether
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what happens when you load the wii menu from bootmii

white lodge
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no output

spring ether
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what happens when you try loading the wii menu from bootmii then immediately start holding reset

white lodge
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i will try that

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How long

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Do I hold it for

spring ether
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it should load up pretty immediately if it could launch

white lodge
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I don’t think anything is happening

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Can I install it outside of my wii

spring ether
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I'm pretty sure your wii is bricked and the onlything saving you from having to solder wires and hardware flash your nand to save it is Bootmii on boot2

spring ether
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this is very easy compared to what most wiis would be in in this situation

white lodge
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okay

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well

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i do have a working nand

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modded too

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but this is my old nand

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with all my data on it

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i just wanna try and make the old nand dump work

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and my miis

spring ether
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okay whatever you want

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I just gave you a solution that would keep all your save data and everything

white lodge
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i'd like to just try and get this working

white lodge
spring ether
white lodge
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can you use modmii on a bricked thing?

spring ether
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use the PC program, ModMii to download all the system files that a wii requires to work

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then import them into the nand.bin file

white lodge
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you can do that?

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hold on

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how do you import it?

spring ether
white lodge
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oh okay

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can i remove the old ones?

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or is that impossible

spring ether
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it should overwrite whatever old wad you installed that bricked the wii

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because whatever bricked it is likely a sysmenu wad

white lodge
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i will try reinstalling the sysmenu

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how do i tell what version i had?

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and what region?

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oh wait

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i have a european wii

spring ether
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you should be able to tell what region wii it is here:

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white lodge
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yeah i got that

spring ether
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but I think you should import more than just the sysmenu wads

white lodge
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what version isss it?

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ill try sysmenu first

spring ether
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no

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please listen

white lodge
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okay

spring ether
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I have no idea what version sysmenu you had

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and different sysmenu require different ios

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so please install the required IOS for the sysmenu

white lodge
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hm

spring ether
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Which ModMii will do

white lodge
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do i install whatever sysmenu?

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i think it was 4.3E

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what mode do i choose for modmii

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just the downloads page?

spring ether
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Download and install ModMii to a Windows computer
https://modmii.github.io/

Launch Modmii Classic (not ModMii Skin)
Read the agreement and type I Agree and press enter.
Type RC and press enter for Region Change + Guide
Type Y and press enter.
Type E and press enter for Euro (PAL)
Type 4.3 and press enter.
Select a theme.
Type D and press enter for default
Type Y to begin download.
When it's done, type O and press enter to open the folder. You'll find all the .wad files in COPY_TO_SD/WAD

spring ether
white lodge
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ah i see

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then import into the other program

spring ether
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Yeah

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tho

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Make sure you have multiple copies of your nand.bin

white lodge
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yep

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im doing this all on a test copy

spring ether
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perf

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set local cache to the folder with test copy

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then click search and select the test copy nand.bin

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then import

white lodge
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ok imported

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so i should be able to add this to the sd card right?

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did it directly update the selected nand.bin?

spring ether
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hoenstly I don't know if there's another button you need to use

white lodge
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ill just try restoring lol

spring ether
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godspeed

white lodge
white lodge
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unfortunately

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it might be some channels

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should I remove those?

spring ether
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You should at least see a health and safety screen if it was a channel causing issues

white lodge
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hm

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ill try doing the modmii setup thing

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can you reinstall hbc with a nand thing

spring ether
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what did u try

white lodge
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you said

spring ether
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oh

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I don't think the ModMii setup really applies

white lodge
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oh

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well

spring ether
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you can try it

white lodge
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is there a way to reinstall hbc

spring ether
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I don't think so

white lodge
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i it only possible thru the wii working?

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sorry my s key ometimes doessnt press or double pressess

spring ether
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Im not convinced we used Ohneschwanzenegger correctly

white lodge
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hm

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what ill do:

  • install some new ios stuff through Ohneschwanzenegger (came from modmii setup)
  • run the hackmii installer thru bootmii sd card menu
spring ether
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Idk if u can actually run the HackMii Installer from the bootmii menu

white lodge
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you can

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modmii guide says

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run some bootmini elf file

spring ether
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o then go for it

white lodge
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even if the ioses dont fix it having hbc will help a ton

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im pretty sure

spring ether
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yeah you might be able to run Wii Mod Lite to install the sysmenu and other wad files from ModMii

white lodge
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and it just freezes

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also the new ioses didnt fix anything

white lodge
spring ether
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just to see if it'll work

white lodge
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that will end up taking me back to my working nand tho

spring ether
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idk what you mean by working NAND

white lodge
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i have a working nand backup

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it doesnt have savedata tho

spring ether
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ah

white lodge
spring ether
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Oh so it did work?

white lodge
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no like

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the working nand

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i made this a while ago

spring ether
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did it work tho

white lodge
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yea

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but restoring the old nand doesnt work

spring ether
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k well idk how to fix your old NAND

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You might be able to export save or Mii data from it

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Using Dolphin

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Idk how to do that with Dolphin so good luck

white lodge
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ok

white lodge
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Worked fine until now

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The wii is flashing blue on the disc area

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And there is no system menu