External hard drive for wii backup games

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hi,
I have a 2tb hard drive which i want to partition into 2 x 1 tb. I have tried partition magic but that only spilts into 196,601 when i want this to be 1tb...

Please help i am losing the will to live ..

[happy_highlander]

hi,
I have a 2tb hard drive which i want to partition into 2 x 1 tb. I have tried partition magic but that only spilts into 196,601 when i want this to be 1tb...

Please help i am losing the will to live ..

You will have to try and work out how much space you lose with the format. Remember your drive will not be 2tb so you will never be able to get to 2 1tb partitions. The size you see on the box is the physical size of the drive not the actuall size once formatted. It is very possible that you will lose approx 10% of the phisycal drive size once formatted and partitioned. If you work it out you will be able to get one 1tb partition and the other partition will be whatever is left...Approx 800gb if you lose 10%

[browno]

I understand that mate but i can not get no where near that when i try and partition...

Help please

[happy_highlander]

What operating system are you using and have you tried the partition tool from that ck gave you a link too in the other post. Ok just had a quick look at other post and answered my own questions just use the partition tool already in xp that's what I used when I split my 1tb into 3 partitions 1 in wbfs 1 ntfs and 1 in fat32 look at this guide it is very easy to follow How to Partition a Hard Drive with Windows XP | eHow.com if need be format them to ntfs when creating partitions then try wiibackup manager to format to fat32 after you have you have the drive split

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hi i have done the partition to 1.8tb. i have used wii backup manager to put games on hdd. when i plug usb hdd in wii the usb loader gx opens up then it reboots the wii back to the menu. what am i doing wrong?

[ck-ok]

hi i have done the partition to 1.8tb. i have used wii backup manager to put games on hdd. when i plug usb hdd in wii the usb loader gx opens up then it reboots the wii back to the menu. what am i doing wrong?

convert it with Digital Kaos - Downloads - wii backupmanager 0.3.beta1

[browno]

have already tried this mate. the gx loads up then reboots the wii....am lost?

[ck-ok]

have already tried this mate. the gx loads up then reboots the wii....am lost?

have you converted the wbfs to iso?

http://sites.google.com/site/completesg/backup-launchers/iso/wbfs-managers/wii-backup-manager

have you set the drive as active

[happy_highlander]

have you converted the wbfs to iso?
http://sites.google.com/site/complet...backup-manager

quick question ck having not used a fat32 partition myself. Will the wii read an iso from a fat partition instead of a scrubbed wbfs meaning no need for alt.dol. Not trying to hijack the thread it just popped into my head.. sorry

[happy_highlander]

convert it with Digital Kaos - Downloads - wii backupmanager 0.3.beta1

I'm not certain but doesn't the wii struggle with partitions over 1.5tb . This should have been attatched 1.8tb post

[browno]

hi,
How do i make the drive active, probably a daft question but i am a newbie ....

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just a nots all my games are in iso format....

please help

[browno]

hi i have made my drive primary and active but when i use gx loader it just reboots the wii....the screen comes up then disapeers. help please

[ck-ok]

hi i have made my drive primary and active but when i use gx loader it just reboots the wii....the screen comes up then disapeers. help please

try running gx from homebrew channel first
make sure hdd is plugged into the bottom usb port if the wii is lying down

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it says waiting for slow usb device then counts down.....comes up with no usb fdevice found...