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![HBC Logo](/images/hbc.png)

The Homebrew Channel is where you will go to launch homebrew applications.
BootMii is a piece of software that can backup and restore your Wii's NAND storage, and if installed in boot2, provides brick protection.

#### Instructions

1. You will see a scam warning screen. Wait 30 seconds for the text "Press 1 to continue" to appear, then press 1.
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![Scam Screen](/images/Wii/ScamScreen.png)

2. When at the HackMii installer, you are able to install the Homebrew Channel and BootMii.
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![Results](/images/Wii/Results.png)

3. Press Continue, then select the Homebrew Channel, and press install.
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![Install the Homebrew Channel](/images/Wii/InstallHomebrewChannel.png)

4. Press Continue when finished.
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![Success Installing the Homebrew Channel](/images/Wii/SuccessHBC.png)

5. Once installed, press back and go to BootMii.
6. If the main screen says you can install as boot2, do so. This gives you a level of brick protection that loads as part of the Wii's boot process, and lets you load homebrew to fix the brick or restore from a NAND backup.
7. If it does not say you can install as boot2, install as IOS. While this doesn't give you brick protection compared to its boot2 counterpart, it will still allow you to make a NAND backup.
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![BootMii Installation](/images/Wii/InstallBootMii.jpg)

8. Once done, exit.

[Continue to BootMii Backup](bootmii)<br>
Making a backup with BootMii is a good idea.
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