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title: "Dumping Wii/GameCube games"
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Want to dump a GameCube or a Wii disk? You can either dump directly to an SD card or USB drive, or over the local network.

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

#### Voraussetzungen

+ 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)

#### Anleitung

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` to `Yes`.
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1. Power off your console.
1. Insert your SD card or USB drive into your computer.
1. Entpacke CleanRip und verschiebe es in den `apps`-Ordner auf deiner SD-Karte bzw. deinem USB-Laufwerk.
1. Kopieren
1. Power on your console.
1. Starte den Homebrew-Kanal.
1. Launch CleanRip from the list of homebrew.
1. Wähle das Gerät auf welches du das Spiel kopieren möchtest - dein USB-Laufwerk bzw. deine SD-Karte.

    ![](/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. Now insert the game you want 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.
    + It can take a while, 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)

#### Voraussetzungen

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

#### Anleitung

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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Dumping a game over a local network
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1. Extract DVD Dump Tool and put it in the `apps` folder on your SD card or USB drive.
1. Stecke deine SD-Karte in deine Wii und starte CleanRip über den Homebrew-Kanal.
1. Power on your console.
1. Starte den Homebrew-Kanal.
1. Launch DVD Dump Tool from the list of homebrew.
1. Press the right on the D-pad and 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 your SD card into your Wii, and launch DVD Dump Tool from the Homebrew Channel.
    + 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 your Wii URL (IP address)
1. On your computer's web 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 on a FAT32 formatted, device, you should've got at least 2 files that end with `.partX.iso`. They need to be joined up.
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#### Windows

1. Copy all the files that share the same name and end with `.partX.iso` in a folder on your computer.
1. In this folder, click the address bar in Windows Explorer and copy its PATH.
1. Select "Open PowerShell window here".
1. Run `cd [PATH]`.
1. Finally, 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 all 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. Use the `cd <path>` command and replace `<path>` by the path to your `.partX.iso` files.
1. Use the following command as is: `cat \*.part?.iso > game.iso`.
1. Wait until it finishes.

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