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title: "Dumping Wii/GameCube games"
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This guide covers dumping GameCube or Wii game discs. You can either dump directly to an SD card or USB drive, or over the local network.

### Dumping a Disc to SD/USB (CleanRip)

#### 준비물

+ An SD card or USB drive with at least 4.7 GB of free space (8.5 GB if dumping a dual layer disc).
+ [CleanRip](https://oscwii.org/library/app/cleanrip)

#### 진행 방법

If you are dumping one of the 13 games on [this list](https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Category:Dual_Layer_Disc_games), set `Dual Layer` in Step 6 to `Yes`.
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1. 콘솔의 전원을 꺼 주세요.
1. Insert your SD card or USB drive into your computer.
1. Copy the `apps` folder from the CleanRip `.zip` to the root of your SD card or USB drive.
1. Reinsert your SD card or USB drive into your console.
1. 콘솔의 전원을 켜 주세요.
1. Homebrew Channel을 실행해 주세요.
1. Launch CleanRip from the list of homebrew.
1. Select your device that you will be dumping the game to - a USB device or SD card.

    ![](/images/homebrew/CleanRip/2.png)

1. When prompted, select `Yes` to download the redump.org DAT files.
    + This is required to ensure that the resulting dumps are clean/accurate.

    You may get an exception error if you do this. If so, simply skip and verify your dump on Dolphin Emulator if needed.
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    ![](/images/homebrew/CleanRip/3.png)

1. Insert the game disc you would like to dump.

    ![](/images/homebrew/CleanRip/4.png)

1. Set the settings as shown on the screen below, while verifying if your game disc is dual layer or not.

    ![](/images/homebrew/CleanRip/6.png)

1. Press A to start dumping the disc.
    + This process can take quite some time, since it will dump the full 4.7 GB disc contents (8.5 GB for dual layer discs).

    ![](/images/homebrew/CleanRip/7.png)

1. Proceed to [joining PART files](dump-games#joining-part-files-on-a-fat32-device).

### Dumping a Disc over LAN (Wii DVD Dumper)

#### 준비물

+ A Windows/macOS/Linux PC with an internet connection
+ [DVD Dump Tool](/assets/files/DVDDumpTool.zip)

#### 진행 방법

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.
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Your Wii and your computer must be connected to the same local network.
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1. Copy the `DVDDumpTool` folder from the DVDDumpTool `.zip` to the root of your SD card or USB drive.
1. Reinsert your SD card or USB drive into your console.
1. 콘솔의 전원을 켜 주세요.
1. Homebrew Channel을 실행해 주세요.
1. Launch DVD Dump Tool from the list of homebrew.
1. Press right on the D-pad, then press A.
1. Choose the disc that you want to copy (The options are: `GameCube Disc`, `Wii Single-Layer Disc`, `Wii Dual-Layer Disc`) and press "A"

    ![](/images/homebrew/DumpDiscs_LAN/2.png)
1. Insert the game disc into your Wii.
    + If it is already inserted, eject and reinsert the disc.

    ![](/images/homebrew/DumpDiscs_LAN/insertthedisc.jpg)
1. Select the proper disc type.

    ![](/images/homebrew/DumpDiscs_LAN/3.png)
1. Press any button to begin the dumping process.

    ![](/images/homebrew/DumpDiscs_LAN/4.png)
1. Remember or write down your Wii's URL (IP address).
1. On your computer, open the browser, go to your address bar and enter the Wii URL.

    ![](/images/homebrew/DumpDiscs_LAN/5.png)
1. Click on `Click here to download XXXX.iso`.
1. Proceed to [joining PART files](dump-games#joining-part-files-on-a-fat32-device).

### Joining PART files on a FAT32 device

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 `.partX.iso`. They need to be joined.
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#### Windows

1. Copy the files that share the same name and end with `.partX.iso` into an empty folder on your computer.
1. In this folder, click the address bar in Windows Explorer and copy its PATH.
1. Open a PowerShell or Windows Terminal window.
1. Run `cd [PATH]`.
1. Type `copy /b *.part?.iso game.iso` and press enter.
1. Wait until the merging process finishes.
    + It should end with the terminal outputting `1 file(s) copied`.

#### macOS/Linux

1. Copy the files that share the same name and end with `.partX.iso` into an empty folder on your computer.
1. Open up a Terminal.
1. Run `cd [PATH]`, replacing [PATH] with the folder path to your `.partX.iso` files.
1. Use the following command as is: `cat \*.part?.iso > game.iso`.
1. Wait until the merging process finishes.

To organize the games on your drive properly, you can use [Wii Backup Manager](wiibackupmanager).
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