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[pudzy]

Yes mate use wiibackup manager to extract them all into pc as wbfs as they are smaller in that format then format hd to fat 32 and transfer them back. Only way to do it safely. Or partition the hdd and put first partition as fat 32 (hoping the games don't get split between partitions) then use wiibackup manager to to transfer iso's to fat 32 partition (if they are still there) they will be changed from iso to wbfs automatically. If you go for first option which I would recommend you will then be able to drag and drop the whole wbfs folder that will be created on pc.If that sounds to complicated just copy them to another drive on pc as the iso files they are then format wii drive to fat 32 and add the games using wiibackup manager.

Highlander you make it sound easy my friend.. this i will need spoonfeeding with.. give it a go tomorrow, thanks guys

[barrowmanandrew]

thing is, we are talking about a fair number of games here, its a 250gig hardrive (i think) full with iso's.

would take a long time to convert then all..
then there is the problem of how do you transfer/format drive and rewrite files...

do you have space on your pc drive pudzy?

[pudzy]

im sure i have m8,, its worth a try, could get my brothers pc to use,

[barrowmanandrew]

well, that will be easy then

copy the drive into a folder on your pc drive


then format the wii drive to fat32

then use wii backup manager to convert and copy everything back

it will take a while but you can set it to do them all together..

just leave it running overnight..

once its done you will porberly find there is plenty space on your drive to back up more of your bought games..


wbfs are smaller than the iso's

[pudzy]

when you say format the wii drive,, is that external hdd m8

[barrowmanandrew]

yes, format the drive you have the games on..

you will need the GUI formatting tool...

[pudzy]

well m8.. i got that tool ready 2 go.. but just checked, your right not enough space on drive... i get it sorted later on.... m8 rayman and origins kids game, could i d/load that to wii for kids to play now, or does everything need to go on harddrive,,

[happy_highlander]

So will Wii Backup Manager extract and save files of a wbfs drive as a wbfs file?

I've tried converting iso to wbfs with Wii Game Converter GXS but the wbfs file isn't as small as the original wbfs.

Yes mate wiibackup manager will will extract or convert from any drive or game format to any drive or game format, that's why I keep recommending you try it, but your intent on on using wbfs manager, another of the male species that doesn't like change, it was ages before I changed over.

[pudzy]

cheers m8.. going to try it now. is wii backup easy to use, any tut. dont want to mess up

[happy_highlander]

cheers m8.. going to try it now. is wii backup easy to use, any tut. dont want to mess up

It's pretty straight forward. There is no tut unless I write one but I'm going out for an hour or so. Are you going to be transferring to pc in the original format or are you going to convert them to wbfs as you move them over

[Keithuk]

My first USB drive was a 120GB which would hold 67 games with WBFS Manager, I bought a 1TB FreeAgent? GoFlex drive since, in fact I bought 2 drives one for my friends Wii. They were ?99.99 so they have come down. A game iso is 4.5GB but WBFS Manager compresses it or saves it on the drive as a wbfs because when you add each iso in the list it shows the loaded size which is generally a 1/4 of the iso size.

When you save a game back to the PC is saves it as an iso which to me is strange considering its called WBFS Manager. It won't load a wbfs you have to use Wii Backup Manager or Wii Game Converter GXS to convert the wbfs to iso.

Windows won't format a large drive FAT32 but EASEUS Partition Master will and its free.

[happy_highlander]

well m8.. i got that tool ready 2 go.. but just checked, your right not enough space on drive... i get it sorted later on.... m8 rayman and origins kids game, could i d/load that to wii for kids to play now, or does everything need to go on harddrive,,

Remember what I said earlier. If you use the file import on wiibackup manager you can add the games then extract them onto the pc into wbfs folder (which the manager will create) converting them into wbfs format as you go thus reducing the size required for storage. You then format the drive for wii and drag the whole wbfs folder onto the newly formatted fat 32 drive resulting in smaller total size for file transfer.

[pudzy]

ok , think im there,, well all converted from iso... think some games didnt work, cause when de where converting some went in red, very fast.. now it says complete... have i got to format my drive, then put games back in drive lads... i created a folder =games for the converted ones.. but what or how do i get em in there...afraid to touch anything now in case i lose em...

[pudzy]

guys, anyone to have a look for me on teamviwer lads..

[happy_highlander]

ok , think im there,, well all converted from iso... think some games didnt work, cause when de where converting some went in red, very fast.. now it says complete... have i got to format my drive, then put games back in drive lads... i created a folder =games for the converted ones.. but what or how do i get em in there...afraid to touch anything now in case i lose em...

For the games that didn't convert just drag and drop them onto the pc as iso. You say have created a folder called games I am assuming inside that folder you have a wbfs folder with the games in it, yes. Check the wbfs folder and all the games that have transfered will be in there own folders that way you will know what hasn't. Do not put iso's into the wbfs folder. After you are happy you have all your games transfered one way or the other, you can go ahead and use aesus partition manager as recommended by keith to format the drive for wii to fat 32 and select 32kb clusters it is the most compatible setup for a wii drive, once you have done that, drag the wbfs folder created and saved earlier with the converted games back onto the newly formatted drive, (the wbfs folder must be on the root of the drive, not inside any other folder). Now launch wiibackup manager and clock the drive 1 tab and select the drive you have just prepared for wii, this will bring up all the games you gave converted and out in the wbfs folder. Now click the files tab and select all the games you had to copy over to pc as iso make sure they all have a tick next to them and click transfer. Select drive 1 that you chose earlier and then wait until they are all across and that's you done.