First step in the backup, burn or copy process is to get the right harware and software to make it posible to copy Wii games. You will need one of the following DVD drives to copy Wii games(To date, no other drives have been found to copy Wii games reliably).

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LG-8164b
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LG-8163b
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LG-8162b
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LG-8161b

Next you will need to download the following applications

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*Raw dump 2.0
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.net Framework 2.0
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Winrar * Software to unzip the Raw Dump files

How to copy Wii Games and save on scratched disks. Also you have to modchip and backup nintendo wii games
Once you have downloaded all the required files stated above necessary to copy Wii games, right-click on the rawdump2.0.rar and select "Extract to rawdump2.0\" this will make a folder on your desktop called rawdump2.0.

The next step of the process is to insert the Wii games disc you wish to copy into your LG drive as per previously mentioned requirements.

Next, open the rawdump2.0 folder and double click on the rawdump2.0.exe file.

How to copy Wii Games and save on scratched disks. Also you have to modchip and backup nintendo wii games

After doing this you will be presented with the following interface. The next step is to just click "Start Dump." The time it takes to copy Wii games will vary but on an average machine it should take approx. 2 1/2 hours. When it is complete you will be greeted with a nice finished message. The file it creates will be in the same directory as the rawdump.exe file. It should be called "Game Name.iso." This ISO is an image of the actual game and is ready to be burned. You can burn this image with many different applications, but I will be providing screenshots for Nero Burning Rom.

This step is very important. You need to check your file and see how large (Giga Bytes) it is. To do this Right-Click on your iso(this is in your rawdump directory) and select properties. It should say,

* Nintendo Wii ISO size: 4.37 GB (4,699,979,776 bytes).
* Nintendo Gamecube ISO size: 1.35 GB (1,459,978,240 bytes)

All Nintendo Wii and Gamecube images will be this exact byte size. If your Wii image is off by any then you have a bad dump and need to try again.


So next step is to open Nero.

Once nero opens, cancel out of the create new dvd/cd/etc dialog box and 0n the top drop down menu go to - Recorder ----> Burn Image.

When you click "Burn Image" you will be asked to locate the image file you wish to copy. The image will be located in your Rawdump2.0 folder (Usually on the desktop).

How to copy Wii Games and save on scratched disks. Also you have to modchip and backup nintendo wii games

Select the Wii game that you have dumped with rawdump and click open. You will then be presented with this dialog. Make sure to select a relatively slow burn speed at first to attempt to prevent DRE's (Disc Read Errors). These seem to be common among people that do not use high quality dvd's.
Last minute note on "How to copyWii games" - Make sure you use good media! Taiyo Yudens are a reasonable brand and they are also cheap. They have been used sucessfully to copy DVDs and PS2 as well as to copy Wii games. Generally consoles use fairly cheap laser DVD Drives in their systems so using good quality disc to copy your Wii games is the key. The burner is the other key ingredient. Do some research and find a good one.

Please Note - The LG drive required for READING the Wii games disc is NOT a DVD Writer. You will need a separate burner. Make sure to install . net Framework 2.0 (3.0 also works) before you run RawDump2.0 to copy your Wii games. Vista users ignore...it's already in there.

Modchip installation...wiikey.cn.

If after your dump you see a rar file (or image file) it is an .iso file. You are looking at the icon, not the extension. Change windows settings to see the extension and you will see, ".iso". The reason you might see the RAR "book stack" symbol is because when you installed WinRAR you selected it to recognize .iso files, and so it associates the WinRAR icon with .iso files.

I hope this mini-guide on "How to copy Wii games" helps you. Keep Gaming ok.

Raw Dump 2.0:

Code:

hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/25002998/rawdump2.0.rar

Hope this is right place if not sorry

[US_Cybernaut]

donan4523,

Thanks for your very informative post. I'm sure members who are interested in this topic will find it very useful.

Raw Dump can also be found by doing a Google search.

Respectively,

[sash]

or you can softmod the wii with cios 222 or cios249 ( version dependent) install usb loader gx . rip all your games to a harddrive connected to your wii usb port, then connect it your computer later . then use wbfs manager and convert them to iso to be burnt as disks or play them directly from the harddrive..

Very informative and descriptive steps are mentioned here. Really helped to download the games. I have downloaded following games. I like First Person Shooters genre that plays differently with the Wii gaming paradigm. In that genre I down loaded Red Steel, Call of Duty 3, and Far Cry.