Guide-WiiU/nand-backup.md

# Making a NAND Backup

In case anything should go wrong in the later process and your Wii U ends up bricked, restoring a previously made NAND backup can fix it.

### Instructions

?> The Wii U NAND is (depending on your model) either 8 or 32gb. As a result of this, to create a full backup of your console's NAND, your SD Card has to be larger than the size of your NAND. If you do not have a large enough SD Card, you can skip the optional `MLC` section which includes save files and game data and is not needed to recover most types of bricks.

> 1. Navigate through the Homebrew Launcher and launch the `Wii U NAND Dumper` app.
> 1. Use the Wii U Gamepad's DPAD to enter the following configuration:
 - Dump SLC: **yes**
 - Dump SLCCMPT: **yes**
 - Dump MLC: **optional**
 - Dump OTP: **yes**
 - Dump SEEPROM: **yes**
> 1. Press the A button to start the dumping process.
> 1. When the process completed, power off your Wii U, take your SD Card out of the Wii U and plug it into your PC.
> 1. To make sure you don't lose the files, copy the `slc.bin`, `slccmpt.bin`, `seeprom.bin`, `otp.bin` and, if you chose to go with a full backup, `every mlc.bin.part` file to your computer.
> 1. Delete the files from your SD Card to free up space.
Add new files Upload current files. Process of installing CFW written but not yet completely checked 2019-11-30 22:58:14 +01:00			`# Making a NAND Backup`

			`In case anything should go wrong in the later process and your Wii U ends up bricked, restoring a previously made NAND backup can fix it.`

			`### Instructions`

Some more changes See Discord 2019-11-30 23:28:37 +01:00			?> The Wii U NAND is (depending on your model) either 8 or 32gb. As a result of this, to create a full backup of your console's NAND, your SD Card has to be larger than the size of your NAND. If you do not have a large enough SD Card, you can skip the optional `MLC` section which includes save files and game data and is not needed to recover most types of bricks.
Add new files Upload current files. Process of installing CFW written but not yet completely checked 2019-11-30 22:58:14 +01:00
			> 1. Navigate through the Homebrew Launcher and launch the `Wii U NAND Dumper` app.
Use markdown's numbering system To make editing easier 2019-12-03 04:05:32 +01:00			`> 1. Use the Wii U Gamepad's DPAD to enter the following configuration:`
Small fix to the nand backup page 2019-12-04 11:46:20 +01:00			`- Dump SLC: yes`
Add new files Upload current files. Process of installing CFW written but not yet completely checked 2019-11-30 22:58:14 +01:00			`- Dump SLCCMPT: yes`
			`- Dump MLC: optional`
			`- Dump OTP: yes`
			`- Dump SEEPROM: yes`
Use markdown's numbering system To make editing easier 2019-12-03 04:05:32 +01:00			`> 1. Press the A button to start the dumping process.`
			`> 1. When the process completed, power off your Wii U, take your SD Card out of the Wii U and plug it into your PC.`
			> 1. To make sure you don't lose the files, copy the `slc.bin`, `slccmpt.bin`, `seeprom.bin`, `otp.bin` and, if you chose to go with a full backup, `every mlc.bin.part` file to your computer.
			`> 1. Delete the files from your SD Card to free up space.`