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This tutorial will tell you how to backup, restore, import GCN memory cards with your Wii

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{{info|Use of any GameCube peripheral with a Family Edition Wii or Wii mini require soldering on GameCube ports and/or memory card slots.}}
=== Requirements ===
* A Wii with GameCube ports
* An SD Card or USB drive
* [https://oscwii.org/library/app/gcmm GCMM]
{{info|If you are looking for 100% save files, you can find them [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ here].}}
{{info|text=If you are looking for save exploits for launching Swiss, you can find them [https://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=Booting_homebrew#Game_Save_Exploits here].}}

=== Instructions ===
====Downloading====
<ol>
<li>Extract GCMM and put it in your apps folder on your SD card or USB drive</li>
<li>Place the <code>.gci</code> you downloaded in a folder named <code>MCBACKUP</code> on the root of your SD card
<ul>
<li>If you do not have the <code>MCBACKUP</code> folder, create it</li>
</ul></li>
* The root of your SD Card should now look like this
{{Tree list}}
* [[File:Gnome-media-flash.svg|20px|link=]] (root)
** [[File:Icons8 flat opened folder.svg|20px|link=]] apps
*** [[File:Icons8 flat opened folder.svg|20px|link=]] gcmm
**** [[File:Icons8 flat file.svg|20px|link=]] boot.dol
**** [[File:Icons8 flat file.svg|20px|link=]] icon.png
**** [[File:Icons8 flat file.svg|20px|link=]] meta.xml
** [[File:Icons8 flat opened folder.svg|20px|link=]] MCBACKUP
*** [[File:Icons8 flat file.svg|20px|link=]] yoursave.gci
{{Tree list/end}}
<li>Insert your SD card or USB drive into your Wii and launch GCMM from the Homebrew Channel.</li>
</ol>
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====Restoring====
<ol>
<li>Insert your memory card into Slot A or B</li>
<li>Select the device you want to restore your saves from</li>
[[File:Gcmm-select-device.jpg|480px|none]]
<li>Press X on GameCube Controller, or + on Wiimote</li>
[[File:Gcmm-menu.jpg|480px|none]]
<li>Select the save you want to restore, if you want to restore all your saves press R on GameCube controller, or 1 on Wiimote</li>
[[File:Gcmm-select-save.jpg|480px|none]]
<li>When restoring is complete, press any button to continue.</li>
</ol>
<hr>
====Backing up====
<ol>
<li>Insert your memory card into Slot A or B</li>
<li>Select the device you want to back up your saves to</li>
[[File:Gcmm-select-device.jpg|480px|none]]
<li>Press Y on GameCube Controller, or - on Wiimote</li>
[[File:Gcmm-menu.jpg|480px|none]]
<li>Select the save you want to restore, if you want to restore all your saves press R on GameCube controller, or 1 on Wiimote</li>
[[File:Gcmm-select-save.jpg|480px|none]]
<li>When restoring is complete, press any button to continue.</li>
</ol>
<hr>
====Backing Up Your Physical Memory Card Into an Emulated Memory Card (.raw file)====
<ol>
<li>Insert your Memory Card into Slot A or B</li>
<li>Select the device you want to restore your saves from</li>
[[File:Gcmm-select-device.jpg|480px|none]]
<li>Press L & Y on GameCube Controller at the same time, or B & - on Wiimote also at the same time to dump your memory card as a <code>.raw</code></li>
[[File:Gcmm-menu.jpg|480px|none]]
<li>When the dump is complete, press any button to continue. It should be inside the <code>MCBACKUP</code> folder on the root of your SD card.</li>
</ol>
<hr> 
====Restoring an Emulated Memory Save to a Physical Memory Card====
<ol>
<li>If you are trying to restore a save from Dolphin, go to the <code>File</code> tab in Dolphin, select open user folder, open the GC folder, and find the <code>.raw</code> file.</li>
<li>If you are restoring a Nintendont emulated memory card save, navigate to the <code>saves</code> folder on the root of your SD card or USB.</li>
<li>Insert your Memory Card into Slot A or B</li>
<li>Select the device you want to restore your saves from</li>
[[File:Gcmm-select-device.jpg|480px|none]]
<li>Press L & X on GameCube Controller at the same time, or B & + on Wiimote also at the same time to dump your memory card as a <code>.raw</code></li>
[[File:Gcmm-menu.jpg|480px|none]]
<li>When restoration is complete, press any button to continue. It should be inside the <code>MCBACKUP</code> folder on the root of your SD card.</li>
</ol>
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====Transferring Saves Between 2 Physical Memory Cards====
===== Requirements =====
* A Wii with GameCube ports
* At least 2 memory cards
<ol>
<li>Insert both memory cards into your Wii</li>
<li>Press the 'Wii' icon on the bottom left, then navigate into <code>Data Management</code> -> <code>Save Data</code> -> <code>Nintendo GameCube</code></li>
[[File:Sysmenu.jpg|480px|none]]
[[File:WiiSettings.jpg|480px|none]]
[[File:WiiData-management.jpg|480px|none]]
[[File:WiiSave-data.jpg|480px|none]]
<li>Find the save you want, select it and select <code>Move</code> or <code>Copy</code>.</li>
</ol>
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