New USB won't work on Wii

wisteria · 05-23-12 at 06:13 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by hydra009

You did not mention the size of the drive or if it is powered or not. I have also encounter many issues with USB powered drives.

It's a 16GB Verbatim USB

paralobo · 05-25-12 at 05:48 AM

Try formatting your drive to NTFS and transfer your iso using Wii Backup Manager. Then make sure you are using the latest cios d2x and the latest USB Loader GX.

You could also try putting some music on there to see if something like WiiMC will recognize your thumb drive. That might help you figure out if it's compatible with the wii or not.

wisteria · 05-26-12 at 07:21 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by paralobo

You could also try putting some music on there to see if something like WiiMC will recognize your thumb drive. That might help you figure out if it's compatible with the wii or not.

I tried to install WiiMC. After loading WiiMC from HBC, I encountered an error message "Error saving file!". When I clicked Retry, "Error creating file!". Lastly, when I cancelled the operation, it says "Could not save settings to sd1:/apps/wiimc/setings.xml". I tried the old version of WiiMC too and still didn't worked. Any ideas why it didn't worked?

Specs of my Wii:
System Menu 4.3
Homebrew Channel v1.1.0 (new update)
IOS58
Using 4GB SD card

Willem1 · 05-26-12 at 09:11 PM

From my expeirence its a compatablity issue,,I also did the fat32 transfer from a 80 Gig seagate drive to a 160 Seagate wester digital and had endless errors from not recognising the drive as if it is going into a sleep mode so I just stayed with the old 80 gig there are still some 40Gig space left on it and have no issues.

05-25-12 at 05:48 AM	#16
paralobo Newcomer Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 14	Try formatting your drive to NTFS and transfer your iso using Wii Backup Manager. Then make sure you are using the latest cios d2x and the latest USB Loader GX. You could also try putting some music on there to see if something like WiiMC will recognize your thumb drive. That might help you figure out if it's compatible with the wii or not. Last edited by paralobo; 05-25-12 at 05:51 AM.

05-26-12 at 07:21 AM	#17
wisteria Novice Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 138	Quote: Originally Posted by paralobo You could also try putting some music on there to see if something like WiiMC will recognize your thumb drive. That might help you figure out if it's compatible with the wii or not. I tried to install WiiMC. After loading WiiMC from HBC, I encountered an error message "Error saving file!". When I clicked Retry, "Error creating file!". Lastly, when I cancelled the operation, it says "Could not save settings to sd1:/apps/wiimc/setings.xml". I tried the old version of WiiMC too and still didn't worked. Any ideas why it didn't worked? Specs of my Wii: System Menu 4.3 Homebrew Channel v1.1.0 (new update) IOS58 Using 4GB SD card Last edited by wisteria; 05-26-12 at 07:26 AM.

05-23-12 at 06:13 AM	#15
wisteria Novice Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 138	Quote: Originally Posted by hydra009 You did not mention the size of the drive or if it is powered or not. I have also encounter many issues with USB powered drives. It's a 16GB Verbatim USB

05-26-12 at 09:11 PM	#18
Willem1 Newcomer Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 14	From my expeirence its a compatablity issue,,I also did the fat32 transfer from a 80 Gig seagate drive to a 160 Seagate wester digital and had endless errors from not recognising the drive as if it is going into a sleep mode so I just stayed with the old 80 gig there are still some 40Gig space left on it and have no issues.