Make sure to try out both ports This applies to all launchers.

In general, the outer most USB port will be the working one (but try both anyway).

Large drives (3TB) may give problems.

Try partitioning the drive in smaller chunks.

In rare cases, your drive may be simply incompatible.

Will USB 3.0 drives work Yes.

Note, however, that USB3.0 drives require more power and thus may need an external power supply, or the use of a Y-Cable.

Note that the Wii is capable of USB2.0 only and will read at USB2.0 speeds.

Can I also use SD cards instead of USB Yes, all loaders support loading from SD.

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How do I install games to my hard drive There are multiple ways to install games to the USB drive.

The way to do this is different per loader, but usually there is an option in the menu, or a button to press, such as There are other Homebrew apps such as Cleanrip that can rip the games to ISO format.

In order to install a game (ISO) from your computer to the drive, use a tool such as Wii Backup Manager Can I play GameCube games from USB as well You can, but you need to install a GameCube loader first.

Please see the GameCube section ( after you choose your USB loader).

After installation, the USB Loaders below will support GameCube games automatically.

How do I download the cover images Cover images can be downloaded via the USB loader itself.

PAL games on NTSC console) Yes, all USB loaders are region free.

You may need to tweak the settings (such as video mode), though.

A special format that was developed to efficiently contain Wii backups.

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Initially, this was a full file system, but later on this was replaced by files with.wbfs extension on a normal FAT32 or NTFS partition.

If you still have a WBFS partition, it is recommended to convert it to FAT32.

Which one is best for you depends on your personal preferences.

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