Wii:Wii Backup Manager: Difference between revisions

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Wii Backup Manager is a program to copy Wii games from your computer to a USB drive so you can play the games on your Wii. It also can download game covers from GameTDB and can be used to list what games you have.

This tutorial will tell you how to copy over games from your computer to your USB drive. The other features are able to be used in the easy-to-use interface.

Wii Backup Manager is a Windows-only program.

Requirements

A PC running Windows
A USB drive or SD card
Wii Backup Manager

Instructions

Make sure your USB drive is formatted as FAT32. Do not format it as other types such as exFAT, extFS. You may format it as NTFS, but it won't work with a majority of apps (eg. The Homebrew Channel, Nintendont)

Section I - Downloading

Extract Wii Backup Manager, and launch the program.
Insert your USB drive or SD card into your computer.

Section II - Copying Games Over

Go to the Drive 1 tab, then select the drive that you're putting the Wii games on.
Go to the Files tab, then select Add.
1. Select Files to add multiple games to the program, or select Folder to add a whole folder of games.
2. Go to Select, then click Games not on drive 1.
3. Select Transfer, then select Drive 1 to transfer the games over. It might take a while for the games to copy over.

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 === Instructions ===
-{{warning|text=Make sure your USB drive is formatted as FAT32. Do not format it as other types such as exFAT, extFS.
+{{warning|text=Make sure your USB drive is formatted as FAT32. Do not format it as other types such as exFAT, extFS. You may format it as NTFS, but it won't work with a majority of apps (eg. The Homebrew Channel, Nintendont)}}
-You may format it as NTFS, but it won't work with a majority of apps (eg. The Homebrew Channel, Nintendont)}}
 ==== Section I - Downloading ====
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 ==== Section II - Copying Games Over ====
-# Go to the `Drive 1` tab, then select the drive that you're putting the Wii games on.
+# Go to the <code>Drive 1</code> tab, then select the drive that you're putting the Wii games on.
-# Go to the `Files` tab, then select `Add`.
+#* [[File:WBM-select-drive.png|400x400px]]
-#* Select `Files` to add multiple games to the program, or select `Folder` to add a whole folder of games.
+# Go to the <code>Files</code> tab, then select <code>Add</code>.
-#* Go to `Select`, then click `Games not on drive 1`.
+## Select <code>Files</code> to add multiple games to the program, or select <code>Folder</code> to add a whole folder of games.
-#* Select `Transfer`, then select `Drive 1` to transfer the games over. It might take a while for the games to copy over.
+##* [[File:WBM-select-games.png|400x400px]]
+## Go to <code>Select</code>, then click <code>Games not on drive 1</code>.
+##* [[File:WBM-select-games-2.png|400x400px]]
+## Select <code>Transfer</code>, then select <code>Drive 1</code> to transfer the games over. It might take a while for the games to copy over.
+##* [[File:WBM-transfer-to-drive.png|400x400px]]