Wii U:Dump Wii Games: Difference between revisions

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Dumping your Discs allows you to: play them on a Wii emulator (namely Dolphin), play them using a USB/SD Card loader such as Wiiflow, make Virtual Console injects that can be installed on a Wii U formatted USB drive or the NAND and launched from the Wii U Menu.

{{info|text=Dumping Wii games require a working homebrew setup on vWii, so make sure to finish the [[~~wiiuguide~~:~~vwii~~-~~modding~~|vWii Modding Guide]] beforehand.}}

{{info|text=Dumping Wii games require a working homebrew setup on vWii, so make sure to finish the [[wiiguide:get-started|vWii Modding Guide]] beforehand.}}

{{warning|text=It is '''ILLEGAL''' to share the files dumped with this guide. If you intend to use this guide to share your dumped games, don’t.}}

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# Insert your Wii U’s SD Card into your computer.

# Copy the <code>apps</code> folder from the <code>CleanRip-v2.1.1.zip</code> file to the root of your SD Card.

# Copy the <code>apps</code> folder from the <code>CleanRip-vX.X.X.zip</code> file to the root of your SD Card.

# Copy the <code>wii.dat</code> file to the root of your SD Card.

# Take the SD Card out of your computer and plug it into your Wii U console.

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# Launch the Homebrew Channel.

# Launch CleanRip.

# Read the Disclaimer then press A.

# Read the Disclaimer, then press A.

# Select Yes to enable Checksum Calculations.

# Select either USB or Front SD depending on which device you want to use for the dumping process.

#* Please note that the device you ~~will~~ choose needs to be formatted either in FAT32 or NTFS.

#* Please note that the device you choose needs to be formatted in either FAT32 or NTFS.

# Press A to continue.

# Select No on the screen that asks you to download redump.org DAT files.

# Insert your disc then press A.

# Insert your disc, then press A.

~~# Go on [https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Category:Dual_Layer_Disc_games this page] to see if your disc is dual-layered~~.

# Set everything to match the following:

#* ~~Dual Layer~~: <code>~~Yes/No</code> (Select <code>Yes~~</code> ~~if your game’s disc is dual-layered)~~

#* Dump Size: <code>Auto</code>

#* Chunk Size: <code>Max</code>

#* New device per chunk: <code>No</code>

# If you want to dump multiple discs, select Yes to remember your settings. If not, select No.

{{info|text=Be prepared to wait a while. The dumping process can take 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on your ~~SD Card’s~~ speeds.}}

{{info|text=Be prepared to wait a while. The dumping process can take 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on your destination device speeds.}}

=== Joining Split Files ===

{{info|text=If you dumped the disc on a FAT32 formatted, device, you should’ve got at least 2 files that end with .partX.iso. They need to be joined up.}}

{{info|text=If you dumped the disc on a FAT32 formatted device, you should’ve got at least 2 files that end with .partX.iso. They need to be joined up.}}

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