
IIRC some of them require a CIOS to be installed to access games from a USB drive but its been a long time since I messed with a Wii and my memory is pretty fuzzy on the topic.
#FORMAT HARD DRIVE FOR WII USB LOADER MAC HOW TO#
This site is a full softmod tutorial including how to setup the various launchers. Erase and format a hard drive in Mac OS X 10.4 and earlier, or 10. PS: IS exFAT an option at all in this case? Apparently Nintendont can handle exFAT but I don't know about the other apps Thank you very much in advance for your help (remember I'm a noob, so excuse my ignorance). I don't understand why they still prevent users from formatting FAT32 higher than 32GB while it can be formatted up to 16TB. Or can everything work with an NTSC partition? 32GB is more a limit added to the official Formatting tool by Microsoft. I was wondering what is the current best practice but also the latest options.Īlso if NTFS is possible for Wii games but not for GC ( Nintendont) or emulator games, it would mean I need 2 different partitions (or 2 USB drives) and I am not sure this would be convenient (what is the least inconvenient compromise?). Most of the information I encounter is several years old now, for obvious reasons. However, when I searched for USB loaders I found out about the widespread USBLoaderGX (FAT32 only?) as well as alternatives supporting NTFS like CFG USB Loader or WiiFlow.

I'm planning to store as much as possible (games, saves but maybe also homebrew apps if that is possible) on an external USB drive, leaving as little as possible on the SD card.Īlmost everybody recommends using FAT32 with its inherent limitations and inconveniences. However, I am wondering what is the best choice regarding the file format of that USB drive.

) as well as tools allowing to play GC and Wii games from USB. I recently modded my Wii and installed a few emulators (SNES, N64, MAME, NeoGeoCD.
