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title: "BootMii Recovery (RestoreMii)"
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#### What you need
- An earlier NAND Backup made by [BootMii](https://wii.guide/bootmii)
- A GameCube Controller*
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#### Important notes
<strong> Restoring a NAND backup is usually a last resort.</strong>
If you are even able to enter BootMii, enter the Homebrew Channel instead, and try your best to [identify what caused the brick](bricks) and reverse it.
* If you have not done anything to cause a brick (or you're starting up your Wii after a long time), then it is probably a [Wi-Fi Brick](bricks#wi-fi-brick).
<strong>Family edition Wiis (Wiis without GameCube ports) CANNOT restore NAND backups.</strong>
Family edition Wiis released very well after [boot1 was patched](https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wii_Family_Edition#Changes_carried_over_from_previous_revisions), which means you will not have BootMii as boot2.
If you do not have BootMii as boot2, RestoreMii will prompt you for the Konami code via a GameCube Controller.
Family edition Wiis do not have ports for GameCube controllers.
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<strong>Restoring an unverified NAND backup may lead to a WORSE BRICK.</strong>
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The same also goes for faulty SD cards.
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<strong>Want to restore individual data from your NAND backup?</strong>
There is likely a much safer and faster way to bring it back to your Wii, likely involving the use of Dolphin Emulator.
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For example, if you want to restore your Wii Message Board data, use Dolphin to import your NAND backup, find `Wii/title/00000001/00000002/data/cdb.vff`, copy it to your SD card as `cdbackup.vff`, and use [cdbackup](https://oscwii.org/library/app/cdbackup) to restore it.
If you want to restore a game's save data, use Dolphin to import your NAND backup, use `Tools > Export All Wii Saves` to export all your saves to your SD card, and use Data Management to move it to your Wii.
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#### Instructions
If you have BootMii installed as boot2, you will need to launch BootMii by restarting the console. Skip steps 1 and 2 if this is the case.
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1. Launch the Homebrew Channel.
2. Press the HOME Button, then select "Launch BootMii".
You must use the POWER (right) and RESET (select) buttons on your console, or a GameCube controller plugged into port 1. To navigate with a GameCube controller, click left/right on the +Control Pad
on a GameCube controller. To select, press A.
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3. Select the Options button (the icon with the gears).
![BootMii_Gears_Icon](/images/BootMii/BootMii_Gears_Icon.png)
4. Select the RestoreMii button.
![BootMii_Red_Arrow](/images/BootMii/BootMii_Red_Arrow.png)
5. On your GameCube controller, input the Konami code: ↑, ↑, ↓, ↓, ←, →, ←, →, B, A, START
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6. After the recovery ended, you should see a text say `I HAZ SUCCESS!`, otherwise `I HAZ FAIL`. Hit any button on your Wii console or GCN controller.