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title: "Dumping Wii/GameCube games"
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Want to dump a GameCube or a Wii disk? There are two ways of doing so, depending on the tools you have available with you.
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### CleanRip
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#### What you need
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- An SD card or USB drive with at least 4.7 GB of free space (8.5 GB if dumping a dual layer disc).
- [CleanRip ](https://github.com/emukidid/cleanrip/releases/latest )
#### Instructions
##### Section I - Downloading/Installing
1. Extract CleanRip and put it in the `apps` folder on your SD card or USB drive.
1. Insert your SD card into your Wii, and launch CleanRip from the Homebrew Channel.
##### Section II - Ripping
1. Select your device that you will be dumping the game to - your USB drive or SD card.
![Device type ](/images/CleanRip/2.png )
1. On this screen, it asks you if you want to download a file with game checksums so you can verify the dump created is a 1:1 copy of the disc. It's your choice whether to say `Yes` or `No` to download this file.
![DAT ](/images/CleanRip/3.png )
1. Now insert the game you want to dump.
![DVD ](/images/CleanRip/4.png )
![Initialising Disc ](/images/CleanRip/5.png )
1. Set it as shown on the screen below.
If you are dumping one of the 13 games on [this list ](https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Category:Dual_Layer_Disc_games ), set `Dual Layer` to `Yes` .
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![Settings ](/images/CleanRip/6.png )
1. CleanRip will now dump your game. It can take a while, since it will dump the full 4.7 GB disc contents (8.5 GB for dual layer discs).
![Copying ](/images/CleanRip/7.png )
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### Dumping a game over a local network
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#### What you need
- [DVD Dump Tool ](/assets/files/DVDDumpTool.zip )
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Your Wii and your computer must be connected to one local network.
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#### Instructions
##### Section I - Downloading/Installing
1. Extract DVD Dump Tool and put it in the `apps` folder on your SD card or USB drive.
1. Insert your SD card into your Wii, and launch DVD Dump Tool from the Homebrew Channel.
##### Section II - Ripping
1. Press the right on the D-pad and press A.
![2 ](/images/DumpDiscs_LAN/2.png )
1. Choose the disc that you want to copy (The options are: `GameCube Disc` , `Wii Single-Layer Disc` , `Wii Dual-Layer Disc` and press "A"
![3 ](/images/DumpDiscs_LAN/3.png )
1. Now put your game to your Wii. (If it's already in your Wii, eject it and put it back.)
![InsertTheDisc ](/images/DumpDiscs_LAN/insertthedisc.jpg )
![4 ](/images/DumpDiscs_LAN/4.png )
1. Remember your Wii URL (IP address)
![5 ](/images/DumpDiscs_LAN/5.png )
1. On your computer's web browser, go to your address bar and enter the Wii URL.
![6 ](/images/DumpDiscs_LAN/6.png )
1. Click on `Click here to download XXXX.iso` .
![7 ](/images/DumpDiscs_LAN/7.jpg )
The transfer speed is not the fastest, but if you can't use anything else, it's better than nothing.
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![8 ](/images/DumpDiscs_LAN/8.PNG )
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## Joining split files
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If you dumped the disc on a FAT32 formatted, device, you should've got at least 2 files that end with `.partX.iso` . They need to be joined up.
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## Windows
1. Copy all the files that share the same name and end with `.partX.iso` in a folder on your computer.
1. Open up a Command Prompt window.
1. Use the `cd <path>` command and replace `<path>` by the path to your `.partX.iso` files.
1. Use the following command as is: `copy /b *.part?.iso game.iso` .
## macOS/Linux
1. Copy all the files that share the same name and end with `.partX.iso` in a folder on your computer.
1. Open up a Terminal.
1. Use the `cd <path>` command and replace `<path>` by the path to your `.partX.iso` files.
1. Use the following command as is: `cat \*.part?.iso > game.iso` .
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To organize the games on your drive properly, you'll need to use [Wii Backup Manager ](wiibackupmanager ).
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