Dumping your Discs allows you to: play them on a Wii emulator (namely Dolphin), play them using a USB/SD Card loader such as Wiiflow, make Virtual Console injects that can be installed on a Wii U formatted USB drive or the NAND and launched from the Wii U Menu.
?> Dumping Wii games require a working Homebrew setup on vWii, so make sure to finish the [vWii Modding guide](vwii-modding) beforehand.
### What You Need
1. The latest release of [CleanRip](https://github.com/emukidid/cleanrip/releases/download/2.1.1/CleanRip-v2.1.1.zip)
1. The [wii.dat](https://github.com/emukidid/cleanrip/releases/download/2.1.1/wii.dat) file
### Instructions
1. Insert your Wii U's SD Card into your computer
1. Copy the `apps` folder from the `CleanRip-v2.1.1.zip` file to the root of your SD Card
1. Copy the `wii.dat` file to the root of your SD Card
1. Take the SD Card out of your computer and plug it into your Wii U console.
### Dumping The Disc
1. Turn on your Wii U then choose the Wii Menu icon to boot up in vWii