Which Loader is better for your Wii???

[beefer1991]

Is USB Loader GX or WiiFlow better???? Also I've read on other threads that you should have you Ext. HD with your games backed up on it all Fat32 instead of WBFS. I just wanted some input.

Thanks All.

Beefer1991

[ck-ok]

Is USB Loader GX or WiiFlow better???? Also I've read on other threads that you should have you Ext. HD with your games backed up on it all Fat32 instead of WBFS. I just wanted some input.

Thanks All.

Beefer1991

its just a matter of opinion i prefer usb config loader Configurable USB Loader - GBAtemp.net as for fat32 or wbfs thats also a matter of preference but fat32 seem to be the way to go as you can run apps off the fat32, if your going to use fat32 you can use Digital Kaos - Downloads - Wii backup manager to load backups to the hdd if you use wbfs then use Digital Kaos - Downloads - wbfs manager 3

[beefer1991]

CK-OK can you tell me how big of a hard drive can you do on a Wii??? I see some people say don't go over 500gigs and some say you can go up to 1TB??? Also what is a good brand??? I see you said some where that you use Iomega. Other here say stay away from seagate but Western Digital and Toshiba are good ones???
Thanks for your help. Ur Awesome.

Beefer1991

[ck-ok]

CK-OK can you tell me how big of a hard drive can you do on a Wii??? I see some people say don't go over 500gigs and some say you can go up to 1TB??? Also what is a good brand??? I see you said some where that you use Iomega. Other here say stay away from seagate but Western Digital and Toshiba are good ones???
Thanks for your help. Ur Awesome.

Beefer1991

you can use any size hdd but don't go over 1tb for fat32 but wbfs can be any size.
most hdd will work fine but a powered hdd seems to be more stable.

[beefer1991]

CK-OK So I could go with a 2tb Western Digital powered, all WBFS and the Wii will be ok with that???? Holy Space batman.

Beefer1991

[happy_highlander]

Have a look here USB Devices Compatibility List - WikiTemp it will give you a list of all confirmed working hdd but 2tb is a lot of games you have to remember that when you put games on an hdd wbfs manager scrubs all unwanted code leaving just the game and depending on the game reduces the size from 4.7 gig for example the new haunted house game drops from 4.7gb to around 0.46 gb

[beefer1991]

What do you use Happy_Highlander for your HD???? Size? Powered? WBFS or Fat32?

Thanks for the info.

[ck-ok]

CK-OK So I could go with a 2tb Western Digital powered, all WBFS and the Wii will be ok with that???? Holy Space batman.

Beefer1991

yes that will be fine

[freck]

I've a 1TB Western Digital Mybook..powered and wbfs formatted.Got about 260 games on with 300 gigs left to play around with.Wbfs manager also reduces the size of the games,dunno if the wii manager does or not.
I'm using the latest GX Loader and have used that loader from day 1 without probs
Freck

[happy_highlander]

What do you use Happy_Highlander for your HD???? Size? Powered? WBFS or Fat32?

Thanks for the info.

I use iomega 1tb powered partitioned with 470gb wbfs 500gb ntfs 30gb fat32 I have fat32 partion that I use for loader and game covers and emulated nand for game saves because with the amount of games I can get on wbfs the internal memory on the wii is nowhere near big enough. The ntfs is extra space for whatever and most loaders can now read ntfs and they probably all wil by the time I fill the wbfs. The loader I use is Uloader as it is the only one that can utilise the hdd for game saves and it loads everything no problems. But I must admit it is not the prettiest although it does exactly what it says on the tin.

[happy_highlander]

I've a 1TB Western Digital Mybook..powered and wbfs formatted.Got about 260 games on with 300 gigs left to play around with.Wbfs manager also reduces the size of the games,dunno if the wii manager does or not.
I'm using the latest GX Loader and have used that loader from day 1 without probs
Freck

They all scrub the games freck and I was an avid gx user until I realised the kids had almost filled up the wii memory with game saves and song downloads for just dance /guitar hero and all that lot. It's like ~~~~in Britains got talent in my house most weekends and if they are not dancing or singin they are running around some jungle shootin the crap out of each other, or anybody else that cares to join in.

[freck]

Lol..thought that only happened in my house...I feel your pain he he.The only reason I use the GX Loader is because of its look.Once you have the covers etc downloaded it looks really well while scrolling tru games.Uloader looks like it was developed to look and sound like those 80's MAME games but its meant to work well...not my cuppa tea but hey,as i said in another thread..different horses for diferent courses.

[happy_highlander]

Lol..thought that only happened in my house...I feel your pain he he.The only reason I use the GX Loader is because of its look.Once you have the covers etc downloaded it looks really well while scrolling tru games.Uloader looks like it was developed to look and sound like those 80's MAME games but its meant to work well...not my cuppa tea but hey,as i said in another thread..different horses for diferent courses.

I have come to the conlcusion that is our punishment for finding all those backups so we can try before we buy. Our childrens happiness is our pain.

[freck]

Well worth it tho...they aren't kids for long so we might aswell enjoy them.
Freck

[andy944]

(new to this )can i play pirate disc games on the new white wii 4.3 or do I need a seperate hdd or usb stick