WiiFlow worked fine earlier, Now it just gets stuck on the logo while booting and I cant do anything | WiiLink | Page 1

frozen wharf Feb 22, 2023, 4:03 AM

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This is on the vWii on Wii U. Im new to Wii modding in general. Earlier, WiiFlow worked fine with Wii Sports, and I took out my SD to add more games. I put it back in, and now it wont boot. It just gets stuck on the logo.

SD Card is being used witha USB stick adapter.

viral monolith Feb 22, 2023, 4:22 AM

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that is your configuration file

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and, try run a quick check disk on your sd, see what happens

frozen wharf Feb 22, 2023, 4:43 AM

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okay so

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I reinstalled, and it worked fine. Played some NSMBW

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However

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I returned to the wii menu, cause I wanted to try another game

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And it froze at the logo again

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I didnt touch any files. It was working, now it isnt

frozen wharf Feb 22, 2023, 4:47 AM

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viral monolith that is your configuration file

also oops, sorry

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But to me it only seems like Wiiflow works on its first ever startup. After that, it gets stuck on the logo

frozen wharf Feb 22, 2023, 12:45 PM

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any one else can help?

compact holly Feb 22, 2023, 10:25 PM

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frozen wharf any one else can help?

Maybe try an HDD for games instead. The usb sticks (even the adapters) can cause issues

frozen wharf Feb 22, 2023, 10:26 PM

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can those be formatted to fat32?

compact holly Feb 22, 2023, 10:26 PM

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Restarting the Wii after every session might work

compact holly Feb 22, 2023, 10:26 PM

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frozen wharf can those be formatted to fat32?

Yes

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Format your USB drive: The drive should be 2tb or smaller, formatted to MBR and have a single primary FAT32 partition with 32kb (32768) or 64kb (65536) cluster/allocation unit size. Double check the partition style is MBR: https://www.howtogeek.com/245610/how-to-check-if-a-disk-uses-gpt-or-mbr-and-how-to-convert-between-the-two/
Drive is 64gb or less: Format it to FAT32 with 32kb (32,768 bytes) cluster / allocation unit size. Drive is larger than 64gb: Format it to FAT32 with 64kb (65,536 bytes) cluster / allocation unit size. If the drive is larger than 32GB, you will need third party software like GUIFormat or Wii Backup Manager to format your drive to FAT32 Wii Backup Manager: https://wii.guide/wiibackupmanager GUIFormat: http://ridgecrop.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm

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frozen wharf Feb 22, 2023, 10:27 PM

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I will have to find one or buy one but okay, I’ll try it

compact holly Feb 22, 2023, 10:28 PM

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frozen wharf I will have to find one or buy one but okay, I’ll try it

Just note that on Wii U the USB port may not have enough power to the drive so you will have to either buy one that is externally powered or buy a Y cable like this one https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Splitter-Y-Cable-Inches/dp/B00L1K1OIA/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2AFWN9QWG4E5T&keywords=y+cable&qid=1675974142&sprefix=y+cable%2Caps%2C155&sr=8-3