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If you need help for anything regarding this tutorial, please join [the RiiConnect24 Discord server](https://discord.gg/rc24) (recommended) or [e-mail us at support@riiconnect24.net](mailto:support@riiconnect24.net).
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This tutorial will explain you how to dump WADs from your Wii System Memory.

#### Requirements
* An SD card or USB drive
* [Yet Another BlueDump MOD](https://oscwii.org/library/app/Yet-Another-BlueDump-Mod)

#### Instructions
##### Section I - Downloading/Installing

1. Extract Yet Another BlueDump MOD to your SD card or USB drive.
2. Insert your SD card or USB drive into your Wii, and launch Yet Another BlueDump MOD from the Homebrew Channel.

##### Section II - Dumping
1. Press the A Button.
![Press A](/images/DumpWADS/2.png)

2. Choose `Installed Channel Titles`.
![Installed Channel Titles](/images/DumpWADS/3.png)

3. Find the content you want to dump and press the 1 Button.
![Find channel](/images/DumpWADS/4.png)

4. Choose `Backup to WAD`.
5. At the prompt to `Fakesign the ticket`, choose `Yes`.
6. At the prompt to `Fakesign the TMD`, choose `No`.
7. At the prompt to `Change the output WAD region`, choose `No`.

You have now dumped that WAD. It should appear on your SD card.
![Done](/images/DumpWADS/5.png)
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Reword poorly written instructions 2018-02-12 17:48:22 -06:00			`This tutorial will explain you how to dump WADs from your Wii System Memory.`
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Website Cleanup (#89) * Update footer.html Dynamic footer links * Rename .txt to .md They are markdown formatted in the actual website, not text files plastered onto the website * Quality of life changes - Merge SD card sections together - Update vWii links - No need for a Table of Contents for a literal one section page. - Merge vWii and Wii Mini sections in the Get Started page - No need to repeat "need help? Join us" in the WiiWare patcher section * FAQ redo - vWii & Wii Mini QNA removed since they're already answered in the guide - Same for firmware question - RiiConnect24 questions related to initail install should be in that page. - Explain error that it's in Wiimifi. - Redesign page to have Questions and answers on separate lines, remove backgrounds and use h3's * More quality of life updates * Move words to locations that make sense * Fix instructions numering in the markdown file itself * Merge 3 pages into one and remove step from str2hax page * Add some more polish * Update priiloader System Menu Hacks list - It is now 4 characters shorter in length - Change descriptions to either remove uneccesary words or add more context Also: Remove bad numbering in dump-games.md 2020-03-31 18:21:20 -07:00			`#### Instructions`
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			`##### Section II - Dumping`
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i am the harbitor of old wii homebrew 2020-05-28 18:37:49 -07:00			`![Press A](/images/DumpWADS/2.png)`
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Update dump-wads.txt 2019-04-16 11:49:43 -05:00			2. Choose `Installed Channel Titles`.
i am the harbitor of old wii homebrew 2020-05-28 18:37:49 -07:00			`![Installed Channel Titles](/images/DumpWADS/3.png)`
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Update dump-wads.txt 2019-04-16 11:49:43 -05:00			`3. Find the content you want to dump and press the 1 Button.`
i am the harbitor of old wii homebrew 2020-05-28 18:37:49 -07:00			`![Find channel](/images/DumpWADS/4.png)`
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Update dump-wads.txt 2019-04-16 11:49:43 -05:00			4. Choose `Backup to WAD`.
Update dump-wads.txt 2019-06-23 16:13:21 -05:00			5. At the prompt to `Fakesign the ticket`, choose `Yes`.
			6. At the prompt to `Fakesign the TMD`, choose `No`.
i am the harbitor of old wii homebrew 2020-05-28 18:37:49 -07:00			7. At the prompt to `Change the output WAD region`, choose `No`.
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Website Cleanup (#89) * Update footer.html Dynamic footer links * Rename .txt to .md They are markdown formatted in the actual website, not text files plastered onto the website * Quality of life changes - Merge SD card sections together - Update vWii links - No need for a Table of Contents for a literal one section page. - Merge vWii and Wii Mini sections in the Get Started page - No need to repeat "need help? Join us" in the WiiWare patcher section * FAQ redo - vWii & Wii Mini QNA removed since they're already answered in the guide - Same for firmware question - RiiConnect24 questions related to initail install should be in that page. - Explain error that it's in Wiimifi. - Redesign page to have Questions and answers on separate lines, remove backgrounds and use h3's * More quality of life updates * Move words to locations that make sense * Fix instructions numering in the markdown file itself * Merge 3 pages into one and remove step from str2hax page * Add some more polish * Update priiloader System Menu Hacks list - It is now 4 characters shorter in length - Change descriptions to either remove uneccesary words or add more context Also: Remove bad numbering in dump-games.md 2020-03-31 18:21:20 -07:00			`You have now dumped that WAD. It should appear on your SD card.`
i am the harbitor of old wii homebrew 2020-05-28 18:37:49 -07:00			`![Done](/images/DumpWADS/5.png)`