How to load wii games from usb stick

Related Articles. Article Summary. Part 1. All rights reserved. This image may not be used by other entities without the express written consent of wikiHow, Inc. Make sure that you have the correct equipment. USB flash drive - This is the drive on which you'll install the games. Wii remote - If you have a newer black model of Wii, you'll need a generic Wii remote to help with the installation.

Format your flash drive as FAT Keep in mind that formatting a flash drive will erase its contents, so back up the contents to your computer or another flash drive if necessary. Empty the Wii's disc drive. If there is currently a disc in the Wii, remove it before proceeding.

Connect your Wii to the Internet. Your Wii will need a network connection in order to install the bulk of the USB tool's files. Install Homebrew on your Wii.

If you haven't yet installed the Homebrew Channel for your Wii, you'll need to do so before proceeding. The Homebrew Channel allows you to install custom modifications, one of which will let you play games off of a USB drive.

Format your SD card. Once you've installed Homebrew with the SD card, you'll need to wipe it clean so that you can use it for the USB installation files. The easiest way to do this is by formatting the SD card.

Part 2. Use a Windows computer for this part. Unfortunately, you cannot format correctly your flash drive for Wii use on a Mac. If you don't have access to a Windows computer, try using one at a library or borrowing one from a friend. Determine your Windows bit version. You'll need to know whether your version of Windows is a bit system or a bit system in order to know which file to download in a minute. Go to the download page for WBFS download page.

Click Free Download. It's the green button in the upper-right corner. Watch out for any add pop-ups and be careful not to click any download links to software you didn't intend to download. Click Start Download. It's the green button in the center of the page.

Open the ZIP folder. Double-click the downloaded ZIP folder to open it. Double-click setup. It's in the ZIP folder. Doing so will open the setup window.

Install the program. Click Browse to select an install location optional. Click Next. Click Yes. Click Close. Plug your flash drive into your computer. The flash drive should fit into one of the rectangular USB ports on your computer. You can find it in your Windows Start menu. Select your flash drive. Click the "Drive" drop-down box in the upper-left corner of the window, then click your drive's letter usually F:. If you don't know the flash drive's letter, look for it in the "Devices and drives" section of the This PC app.

Click Format. This will format your flash drive for use with the Wii. Eject the flash drive. Click on the flash drive's icon in the lower-right side of the screen, then click Eject in the pop-up menu and remove the drive from your computer. You may have to click the upward-facing arrow here to see the flash drive's icon.

Part 3. Plug your SD card into your computer. The SD card should fit into your computer's SD card slot angled-side-in, logo-side-up.

Open the file download site. Click Download. It's the button in the upper-right corner of the screen. Extract the files. On a Windows computer, double-click the ZIP folder, click Extract at the top of the folder's window, click Extract all in the resulting toolbar, and click Extract when prompted. This will extract the files to a regular folder and open the folder when the extraction completes.

On a Mac, just double-click the ZIP folder to open it. Open the "Files" folder. Copy the all files in the Files folder.

Click your SD card's name. Paste in the files. The files will copy onto the SD card. Eject the card. Once your files finish copying, you can proceed with removing your SD card. To do so: Windows - RIght-click the drive in the panel to the left and click Eject. Mac - Click the upward-facing arrow to the right of your SD card's name in the left-hand pane.

Part 4. Plug your SD card into your Wii. It should fit in a slot in the front of the Wii. Turn on your Wii. Press your Wii's power button, or use the power button on the remote. The Wii's remote will need to be on and synced as well.

Press A when prompted. This will take you to the main menu. Start the Homebrew Channel. Select the Homebrew Channel on your Wii's main menu, then select Start when prompted. Select IOS Installer. It's on the first page of the Homebrew Channel.

A pop-up menu will appear. Select Load when prompted. You'll find this option in the bottom-middle of the pop-up menu. Press the 1 button. Doing so selects the Install option. If you're using a GameCube controller, press the Y button instead. It's at the bottom of the page. If you don't see this option, select the text in brackets at the bottom of the screen and press Right until you see it appear.

Doing so will install the IOS base onto your Wii. This process can take upward of 20 minutes, so be patient. Press any button when prompted. This will exit the setup and return you to the Homebrew Channel. Part 5. It's in the middle of the first page of the Homebrew Channel. The installer window menu will open.

Scroll left to the "IOS" option. This will select the IOS file that you installed earlier. Press A. Doing so confirms your choice. Agree to the terms of use. Press A on your controller to do so. Select an IOS version. Select a custom IOS slot. Select an installation mode. Press Left until you see "Network installation" appear between the brackets. Start the installation. Press A to begin installing the IOS installer. This will move you to the next part of the installation.

Select another IOS version. Select another slot. Use the network installer. Select "Network installation" and press A as you did with the last installer, then wait for the installation to complete. Press any button when prompted, then press the B button.

This will restart your Wii. When it finishes restarting, you'll be able to proceed. Part 6. Navigate to the next page of the Homebrew Channel. Press the Right arrow on your Wii remote's D-pad to do so. Select WAD Manager. It's the second option on this page. Doing so will start up the WAD Manager installer. This agrees to the terms of use. Select "IOS" to load. Disable the emulator.

Select "Disable" in between the brackets and press A. Select your SD card. Doing so brings up a list of the files on the SD card that you inserted earlier. Scroll down and select WAD. It's near the bottom of the screen. Select the USB loader. Install the WAD Manager. Click next. It will then ask you to save to files in a folder. Either choose a folder or leave it on the default folder. It will now tell you that it is ready to install to your hard drive. Click Next to begin the installation process.

When it is done installing press "Close. This next step explains how to load a Wii ISO to you usb device. The first step is to get a Wii iso backup file. I can't tell you where. Plug in your usb device in your computer. A new scree n will open. Use the drop-down tab under "Edit" in the upper left corner to choose your usb device drive letter. Make sure you're drive number is right!

After you're done formatting click the "Load button to load the contents of your USB device. It's empty. Click the "Browse" button in the lower right corner to open a new window, locate your Wii ISO, click it, and click "Open" in the lower right corner. It will take a few seconds to load. Hover your mouse over it to see it's game cover. It will take about 5 minutes to upload the file to a usb device. After it's done, either close the program and take your usb device out of your computer and go to the next step, or add more games to your usb device.

This next step will explain how to usb loader on your Wii. Before you can install usb loader to your Wii you first need the files in your SD card. Unrar the usb hack rar file with Winrar or 7-Zip and copy the contents of the "Copy contents to root" folder to the root of your SD card.

Pretty self explanatory. If you get a window asking you to merge folders click yes. Now comes the tricky part. Optional: You can also download the covers for the games. The reason I say it's optional is because it contains over game covers and will occupy MB in your SD card.

But it's convenient to have so you don't have to squint to read the game text on the tv. Just download it, uncompress the Covers zip file with 7-ZIP and drag the covers folder to the usb-loader folder in the root on your SD card.. You will get a prompt to merge folders and click yes Remove any Gamecube memory cars and Gamecube controllers from the Wii. Click on "cIOS36rev10" and click load. The screen will go black for a second and you will then be in the cIOS36rev10 installer. Use the directional arrows to choose WAD installation and click A.

After a few minutes it will have completed the installation of cIOS rev Now, restart your wii, go back to the Homebrew channel, and go to Wad Manager 1. After a few moments it will have completed installing the USB channel. This step will explain how to install the usb loader channel to your Wii menu.

First go to the homebrew channel then load the WAD manager. The screen will go green for a second and you will see a disclaimer on the screen. Press "A" on your Wii remote to continue. Use your left and right directional arrows on your Wii remote to select SD card. On your Wii menu there should be a new channel called usb loader channel. In this next step I will explain how to use your new Channel, and how you can play your games on it.

First, plug your usb device into your Wii usb slot and start the USB loader channel. I haven't figured out how this works. Next, use the left and right directional arrows to choose "USB mass storage device", and click A.

It will load all the games on your USB drive and if you downloaded the covers it will show you their cover. Use the up and down directional arrows and press "A" to choose your game. Press "A" again to load your game and press "A" one last time to play your game. If you have any problems just ask it in the comments below. I finally had the time to write the solutions to some Wii error codes. If at any time you Wii spits an error code at you, here two of the most common errors, and their solutions.

Solution: Run trucha bug restorer to restore the exploit on your Wii. Question 1 year ago on Step 5.