Wii USB HD Loader

**niallgrant** · 8 May, 2009, 21:16

Hey, I'm I hope I can get this from ya but all the other usb loaders I have tried keep coming up with errors. I have a Toshiba 300gb ext drive formatted with 200gb WBFS and 100gb Fat32. Do you see any problems with that? It's seems my wii doesnt even know the HD is there.

**Yumraaj** · 14 May, 2009, 22:14

Originally posted by niallgrant

Hey, I'm I hope I can get this from ya but all the other usb loaders I have tried keep coming up with errors. I have a Toshiba 300gb ext drive formatted with 200gb WBFS and 100gb Fat32. Do you see any problems with that? It's seems my wii doesnt even know the HD is there.

Did you install the cIOS 36 Rev installer? It is important you do that before you try to access the Drive.

**victor1** · 15 May, 2009, 06:36

I have tried various usb loaders but keep getting the following:

error ret = -1)

any advice on what the problem could be, the wii is seeing the drive.

**Yumraaj** · 15 May, 2009, 06:49

Originally posted by victor1

I have tried various usb loaders but keep getting the following:

error ret = -1)

any advice on what the problem could be, the wii is seeing the drive.

If the wii is seeing the drive, may be it is not formatted properly! I had this problem before after a second format it was fine. Try this and see. Hope this help.

**victor1** · 15 May, 2009, 08:09

Hi thanks for the reply,I used WBFS manager to format the drive and loaded it with roms, do you think this could be the problem ? how should I format....fat or fat32 ?

**victor1** · 15 May, 2009, 10:28

well no luck with the reformat, think I'll have to stick with discs for now

**victor1** · 15 May, 2009, 19:34

Not having much luck with this, bought dvd-r tdk and the wii wouldn't read them, then got Arita and my dvd writer keeps spitting them out

eventually got some to work using cheap ridisk, but would prefer the usb drive as I'm worried about the wiis laser.

**Yumraaj** · 15 May, 2009, 23:43

Originally posted by victor1

Hi thanks for the reply,I used WBFS manager to format the drive and loaded it with roms, do you think this could be the problem ? how should I format....fat or fat32 ?

I would format it as FAT32 first then WBFS. Have you tried to format it using your wii console itself? Try that first and see.

**ocrim** · 16 May, 2009, 18:20

Hi, I got a Western Digital HD,(1T) will work or not???
Thank you

**Bulld0g** · 16 May, 2009, 18:49

Why not just try it and see for yourself. It's not that much hassle to just go ahead and test something for yourself is it ?

**victor1** · 16 May, 2009, 21:43

Ok update I got the loader working, by installing cIOS36_rev9-via network install. my 8gb USB key works well, but my 40gb lappy drive in usb enclosure didn't

at least I'm a lot closer to success now, thans

**Yumraaj** · 17 May, 2009, 14:20

Originally posted by victor1

Ok update I got the loader working, by installing cIOS36_rev9-via network install. my 8gb USB key works well, but my 40gb lappy drive in usb enclosure didn't

at least I'm a lot closer to success now, thans

It's a bit picky at the minute regarding drives. There is a list around on the net which will guide to which drive is compatible with USB Loader, Try google mate.

Had some spare time so did it for you:
http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/index.p...atibility_List

**undercoverjamil** · 21 May, 2009, 19:40

do u need to chip your wii for this

**Yumraaj** · 21 May, 2009, 22:44

Originally posted by undercoverjamil

do u need to chip your wii for this

No, you dont need to chip your wii mate.

**victor1** · 23 May, 2009, 08:44

Thanks yumraaj, pleased to say I've now got this working, I had a spare sata drive, stuck it in an enclosure and it works superbly, a grand job

Wii USB HD Loader

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