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<li><ahref="#dumping-a-disc-over-lan-wii-dvd-dumper"id="markdown-toc-dumping-a-disc-over-lan-wii-dvd-dumper">Dumping a Disc over LAN (Wii DVD Dumper)</a><ul>
<pclass="notice--info">If you are dumping one of the 13 games on <ahref="https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Category:Dual_Layer_Disc_games">this list</a>, set <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Dual Layer</code> in Step 6 to <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Yes</code>.</p>
<ol>
<li>Power off your console.</li>
<li>Insert your SD card or USB drive into your computer.</li>
<li>Copy the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">apps</code> folder from the CleanRip <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.zip</code> to the root of your SD card or USB drive.</li>
<li>Reinsert your SD card or USB drive into your console.</li>
<li>Power on your console.</li>
<li>Launch the Homebrew Channel.</li>
<li>Launch CleanRip from the list of homebrew.</li>
<li>
<p>Select your device that you will be dumping the game to - a USB device or SD card.</p>
<pclass="notice--info">Download speeds will be slow due to limitations in the network hardware of the Wii, but it remains a valid solution if you are willing to be patient.</p>
<pclass="notice--warning">Your Wii and your computer must be connected to the same local network.</p>
<ol>
<li>Copy the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">DVDDumpTool</code> folder from the DVDDumpTool <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.zip</code> to the root of your SD card or USB drive.</li>
<li>Reinsert your SD card or USB drive into your console.</li>
<li>Power on your console.</li>
<li>Launch the Homebrew Channel.</li>
<li>Launch DVD Dump Tool from the list of homebrew.</li>
<li>Press right on the D-pad, then press A.</li>
<li>
<p>Choose the disc that you want to copy (The options are: <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">GameCube Disc</code>, <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Wii Single-Layer Disc</code>, <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Wii Dual-Layer Disc</code>) and press “A”</p>
<li>Click on <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Click here to download XXXX.iso</code>.</li>
<li>Proceed to <ahref="dump-games#joining-part-files-on-a-fat32-device">joining PART files</a>.</li>
</ol>
<h3id="joining-part-files-on-a-fat32-device">Joining PART files on a FAT32 device</h3>
<pclass="notice--info">If you dumped the disc (regardless if it was to a PC or Wii) on a FAT32 formatted device, you should have gotten at least two files that end with <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.partX.iso</code>. They need to be joined.</p>
<h4id="windows">Windows</h4>
<ol>
<li>Copy the files that share the same name and end with <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.partX.iso</code> into an empty folder on your computer.</li>
<li>In this folder, click the address bar in Windows Explorer and copy its PATH.</li>
<li>Open a PowerShell or Windows Terminal window.</li>
<li>Type <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">copy /b *.part?.iso game.iso</code> and press enter.</li>
<li>Wait until the merging process finishes.
<ul>
<li>It should end with the terminal outputting <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">1 file(s) copied</code>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h4id="macoslinux">macOS/Linux</h4>
<ol>
<li>Copy the files that share the same name and end with <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.partX.iso</code> into an empty folder on your computer.</li>
<li>Open up a Terminal.</li>
<li>Run <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">cd [PATH]</code>, replacing [PATH] with the folder path to your <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.partX.iso</code> files.</li>
<li>Use the following command as is: <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">cat \*.part?.iso > game.iso</code>.</li>
<li>Wait until the merging process finishes.</li>
</ol>
<pclass="notice--info">To organize the games on your drive properly, you can use <ahref="wiibackupmanager">Wii Backup Manager</a>.</p>
