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<li><ahref="#uploading-an-individual-save-gci-file-to-a-physical-memory-card"id="markdown-toc-uploading-an-individual-save-gci-file-to-a-physical-memory-card">Uploading an Individual Save (.gci File) to a Physical Memory Card</a><ul>
<li><ahref="#backing-up-a-save-gci-file-to-an-sd-or-usb-from-a-physical-memory-card"id="markdown-toc-backing-up-a-save-gci-file-to-an-sd-or-usb-from-a-physical-memory-card">Backing Up A Save (.gci File) to an SD or USB From a Physical Memory Card</a><ul>
<li><ahref="#backing-up-your-physical-memory-card-into-an-emulated-memory-card-raw-file"id="markdown-toc-backing-up-your-physical-memory-card-into-an-emulated-memory-card-raw-file">Backing Up Your Physical Memory Card Into an Emulated Memory Card (.raw file)</a><ul>
<li><ahref="#dumping-the-raw"id="markdown-toc-dumping-the-raw">Dumping the .raw</a></li>
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<li><ahref="#restoring-an-emulated-memory-save-to-a-physical-memory-card"id="markdown-toc-restoring-an-emulated-memory-save-to-a-physical-memory-card">Restoring an Emulated Memory Save to a Physical Memory Card</a><ul>
<pclass="notice--info">Use of any GameCube peripheral with a Family Edition Wii or Wii mini require soldering on GameCube ports and/or memory card slots.</p>
<pclass="notice--info">If you are looking for 100% completion saves online, you can find them <ahref="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/">here</a>.</p>
<pclass="notice--info">If you are looking for save game exploits for booting into <ahref="https://github.com/emukidid/swiss-gc/releases">Swiss</a>, you can find a list of them <ahref="https://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=Booting_homebrew#Game_Save_Exploits">here</a>.</p>
<h3id="instructions">Instructions</h3>
<h4id="downloading">Downloading</h4>
<ol>
<li>Extract GCMM and put it in the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">apps</code> folder on your SD card or USB drive.</li>
<li>Place the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.gci</code> file in a folder called <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">MCBACKUP</code> on the root of the SD card or USB drive.</li>
<li>Insert your SD card or USB drive into your Wii and launch GCMM from the Homebrew Channel.</li>
</ol>
<h4id="restoring">Restoring</h4>
<ol>
<li>Insert your physical memory card into Slot A or Slot B.</li>
<li>
<p>Select the device you want to restore from.</p>
<p>Select the save you want to restore. If you have multiple saves to restore, you can press R on the GameCube controller or 1 on the Wii remote to restore all of your saves.</p>
<li>When restoration is complete, press any button to continue.</li>
</ol>
<h2id="backing-up-a-save-gci-file-to-an-sd-or-usb-from-a-physical-memory-card">Backing Up A Save (.gci File) to an SD or USB From a Physical Memory Card</h2>
<li>Extract GCMM and put it in the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">apps</code> folder on your SD card or USB drive.</li>
<li>Place the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.gci</code> file in a folder called <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">MCBACKUP</code> on the root of the SD card or USB drive.</li>
<li>Insert your SD card or USB drive into your Wii and launch GCMM from the Homebrew Channel.</li>
</ol>
<h4id="backing-up">Backing Up</h4>
<ol>
<li>Insert your physical memory card into slot A or slot B.</li>
<p>Select the save you want to backup. If you have multiple saves to backup, you can press R on the GameCube controller or 1 on the Wii remote to backup all of your saves.</p>
<li>When backing up is complete, press any button to continue.</li>
</ol>
<h2id="backing-up-your-physical-memory-card-into-an-emulated-memory-card-raw-file">Backing Up Your Physical Memory Card Into an Emulated Memory Card (.raw file)</h2>
<p>Press L and Y at the same time on GameCube Controller or B and - at the same time on the Wii remote to backup your to a .raw file and select the slot your memory card is in.</p>
<li>When the dump is complete, press any button to continue. It should be saved in a folder on the root of your SD or USB called <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">MCBACKUP</code>.</li>
</ol>
<h2id="restoring-an-emulated-memory-save-to-a-physical-memory-card">Restoring an Emulated Memory Save to a Physical Memory Card</h2>
<li>If you are trying to restore a save from Dolphin, go to the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">File</code> tab in Dolphin, select open user folder, open the GC folder, and find the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.raw</code> file.</li>
<li>If you are restoring a Nintendont emulated memory card save, navigate to the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">saves</code> folder on the root of your SD card or USB.</li>
<li>Insert your memory card into Slot A or Slot B.</li>
<li>
<p>Select the device you want to restore from.</p>