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<li><a href="#joining-part-files-on-a-fat32-device" id="markdown-toc-joining-part-files-on-a-fat32-device">Joining PART files on a FAT32 device</a> <ul>
<li><a href="#windows" id="markdown-toc-windows">Windows</a></li>
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<li><a href="#using-wii-backup-manager" id="markdown-toc-using-wii-backup-manager">Using Wii Backup Manager</a> <ul>
<li><a href="#requirements" id="markdown-toc-requirements">Requirements</a></li>
<li><a href="#section-i---installation" id="markdown-toc-section-i---installation">Section I - Installation</a></li>
<li><a href="#section-ii---copying-games" id="markdown-toc-section-ii---copying-games">Section II - Copying Games</a></li>
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<li><a href="#section-i---installation-1" id="markdown-toc-section-i---installation-1">Section I - Installation</a></li>
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<p>This guide provides instructions on how to manage your Wii backups, from joining .PART files that are output through CleanRip, to shrinking game files that can be copied onto a FAT32 device. Two programs that can be used to manage your Wii backups are Wii Backup Manager (for Windows) and Wii Backup Fusion (for Linux and MacOS) and are covered below.</p>
<p class="notice--info">For storing multiple games, we recommend an external hard drive for your Wii. Most of those found on the market should work fine.</p>
<p class="notice--info">A flash drive is not recommended, as they are small and may vary in behavior even between the same product. <br />
As an alternative, you may simply use an SD card, however the Wii’s SD card slot will be slow.</p>
<p class="notice--info">Make sure your USB drive is formatted as FAT32. Do not format it as other types such as exFAT or extFS. <br />
You may format it as NTFS, but it won’t work with a majority of apps (eg. The Homebrew Channel, Nintendont)</p>
<h3 id="joining-part-files-on-a-fat32-device">Joining PART files on a FAT32 device</h3>
<p class="notice--info">If your disc was dumped to a FAT32 device, you should have gotten at least two files that end with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.partX.iso</code>, due to filesystem limitations. They need to be joined (on a supported filesystem like NTFS) so the file can be read correctly.</p>
<h4 id="windows">Windows</h4>
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<p>Copy the files that share the same name and end with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.partX.iso</code> into an empty folder on your computer.</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/dumpedpartfiles.png" alt="" /></p>
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<p>In this folder, click the address bar in Windows Explorer and type in <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">cmd</code>, this will open a command prompt window there.</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/opencmd.png" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Type <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">copy /b *.part?.iso game.iso</code> and press enter. Wait for the command to finish, your terminal output should be similar to the below.</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/joinpartfiles.png" alt="" /></p>
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<p>If the copy process executed correctly, the checksum from the game dump info file (located where you dumped your disc at) should match the resulting joined file.</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/filemd5.png" alt="" /></p>
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<h4 id="macoslinux">macOS/Linux</h4>
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<p>Copy the files that share the same name and end with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.partX.iso</code> into an empty folder on your computer.</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/dumpedpartfileslinux.png" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Open a terminal in the directory where your files are at, or <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">cd [PATH]</code> to it.</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/openterminallinux.png" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Use the following command as is: <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">cat `ls *.part?.iso | sort` &gt; game.iso</code>. Then, wait for the merging process to finish. Like in Windows, the resulting checksum should match the dump.</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/mergesuccesslinux.png" alt="" /></p>
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<h3 id="using-wii-backup-manager">Using Wii Backup Manager</h3>
<h4 id="requirements">Requirements</h4>
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<li>A PC running Windows</li>
<li>A USB drive or SD card</li>
<li>A dumped ISO from a Wii game disc</li>
<li><a href="https://static.wiidatabase.de/Wii-Backup-Manager.zip">Wii Backup Manager</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="section-i---installation">Section I - Installation</h4>
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<li>Extract Wii Backup Manager, and launch the program.</li>
<li>Insert your USB drive or SD card into your computer.</li>
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<h4 id="section-ii---copying-games">Section II - Copying Games</h4>
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<li>
<p>Go to the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Drive 1</code> tab, then select the drive that will hold your backed up Wii games.</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/select_drive.png" alt="" /></p>
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<li>Go to the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Files</code> tab, then select <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Add</code>.
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<li>Select <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Files</code> to add multiple games to the program, or select <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Folder</code> to add a whole folder of games.</li>
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<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/select_games.png" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Go to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Select</code>, then click <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Games not on drive 1</code>.</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/select_games2.png" alt="" /></p>
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<li>
<p>Select <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Transfer</code>, then select <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Drive 1</code> to transfer the games over. The progress will be displayed on the right side of the window.</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/transfer_todrive.png" alt="" /></p>
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<h3 id="using-wii-backup-fusion">Using Wii Backup Fusion</h3>
<h4 id="requirements-1">Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>A PC running MacOS or Linux</li>
<li>A USB drive or SD card</li>
<li>A dumped ISO from a Wii game disc</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/larsenv/Wii-Backup-Fusion">Wii Backup Fusion</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wit.wiimm.de/download.html">Wiimm’s ISO Tools</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="section-i---installation-1">Section I - Installation</h4>
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<li>
<p>Download Wiimm’s ISO tools for your OS and extract the .tar.gz into a folder that you can access with the terminal. The extracted folder should have these files inside:</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/witinstallfolder.png" alt="" /></p>
</li>
<li>Open a terminal in the folder that you just extracted, and run <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">sudo ./install.sh</code>.</li>
<li>Download Wii Backup Fusion for your OS and install. If on Linux, you will need to make the appimage executable by running <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">chmod +x [FILE]</code>.</li>
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<h4 id="section-ii---copying-games-1">Section II - Copying Games</h4>
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<li>
<p>Open Wii Backup Fusion and press <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Load</code>.</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/loadwbf.png" alt="" /></p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Select the directory where your game ISO is at.</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/opendirectorywbf.png" alt="" /></p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Right click on the game that you want to transfer to a drive, and press <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Transfer to image</code>. Use the following settings:</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/settingswbf.png" alt="" /></p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If there is not already a <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">wbfs</code> directory on your game drive, make one.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Make another directory inside of the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">wbfs</code> folder for the game backup. Take note of the Game ID in Wii Backup Fusion as you will need this for the game folder.</p>
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<li>
<p>Make a game folder for your game, formatted as <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">game name [GAMEID]</code>. For the game dumped as an example in this guide, it would be named <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">New Super Mario Bros. Wii [SMNE01]</code>.</p>
<p><img src="/images/desktop-apps/WBM/wbfsname.png" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Copy the game.wbfs file that was made in Step 3 to this new folder. The drive should be ready to use on a Wii.</p>
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