Issues with backing-up my Wii games

Hello, I have various issues with backing up my Wii collection. I just tried everything.
So, all I basicly want are backups from my Wii games, so I can play them with a backup manager, or play them on my PC with Dolphin.
Software I tried:

Wii DVD Backup (Wanikoko): Anytime says '...Error!' without code or stuff that tells me how to fix it. I also tried other filesystems (Fat32, NTFS and exFAT). Then I tried via my Network, but the download was really large, and after 2 hours my PC gave up, and interuppted the download.
Status: Trash

USB Loader GX: God, I hate this. My HDD first wasn't detected, but after I got around that issue, and backed up a game, it softlocked itself.
Status: Trash

SD/USB Loader 1.5 (Wanikoko): I first had an issue where it wasn't able to mount my USB, but I had to install a patched version of IOS 36. But then it said there was no formatted WBFS USB, however it did gave me the option to format it. Guess what it said... '...Error!'. I searched EVERYWHERE on the web but nothing worked.
Status: Works, but haves issues with my USB stick. If you have some solutions, please ask me and I send a log.

CleanRip: Did worked, but it splits up in 'part0.iso' and 'part1.iso'. Also, doesn't allow me to merge the *.iso files together, making the *.iso file unplayable.
Status: Works, but can't merge *.iso files, unless it can be fixed.

My PC (With programs, like Rawdump): My PC doesn't really like Wii games. Even programs like Wii Backup Manager don't too!
Status: Trash

So, has anyone some solutions and fixes for me? Thanks!
-TheSecondBetterBitLoader

EDIT: 1. I don't really care if the wile extensions will end in *.iso or *.wbfs
2. My Wii is softmodded, and set to Region-Free, so you don't need to worry about Region stuff.

I've always used either USB Loader GX, or Configurable USB Loader.

USB Loader GX

https://youtu.be/D66pyQLQCmg?t=692


Configurable USB Loader

https://youtu.be/JKEX2OECZhQ

Huh... never heard of that one...
Ima check that out

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Originally Posted by TheSecondBetterBitLoader

CleanRip: Did worked, but it splits up in 'part0.iso' and 'part1.iso'. Also, doesn't allow me to merge the *.iso files together, making the *.iso file unplayable.
Status: Works, but can't merge *.iso files, unless it can be fixed.

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It should only force split files if you're ripping to a FAT drive. If you're not running a FAT HD, just set the chunk size to the maximum and it won't split anything.

You can rejoin split files over on your PC, the easiest way is just tossing them at HjSplit:
http://www.hjsplit.org/
You may need to rename the files from part0.iso/part1.iso to something more like game.iso.001/game.iso.002.

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Originally Posted by TheSecondBetterBitLoader

My PC (With programs, like Rawdump): My PC doesn't really like Wii games. Even programs like Wii Backup Manager don't too!
Status: Trash

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To read Wii games with your PC you require specific hardware, which basically doesn't exist anymore. Don't bother trying.

Wii Backup Manager is a handy tool. But it's not for ripping your discs, it's just for managing your collection of rips.

For some reason USB CFG doesn’t detect my USB very well. This might be an issue with USB Port 0. I got myself an USB cable that can make the USB connection better. If it still won’t detect my USB, I will try to merge the files with that software for PC.
And yes, my device was FAT-Formatted, I should try something else, like NTFS.

if you wanted you can ranme part0 and part01 to both have the same name and add 001 to part1 and 002 to part2 instead then use 7-zip to extract and it will join the parts for you

e.g.

rename part0.iso to game.iso.001
and
rename part1.iso to game.iso.002

right click on game.iso.001 then use the 7-zip menu to extract here, you should then get a single large file called game.iso (This does exact;ly the same as HJSplit, you can even do that from command line if you wanted to)

I have always used USB Loader GX myself (you will want the latest build rather than the latest stable build) anyway with that you can rip direct to the USB HDD in a playable state

My drive is FAT formatted also and by the way you can have split files with ease with USB Loader GX that rips correctly for you if needed (The best all round format for your HDD is Fat32 with 32KB clusters though that will allow GameCube backups as well as everything else you can think of, Windows does not do this on it's own though so you will need a 3rd party format tool like EaseUS Partition Master - Home Edition (That is a free version) that in itself is amazing Format software and can do all sorts without loosing data including converting a drive or partition from one format to another)

Are using an external HDD that has a power supply? There are power limitations on Wii USB ports.
Also some drives (like WD green series) have power saving so I'm wondering if you've been seeing some issues related to that :shrug: idk what you have there.
NTFS is best for full iso dumps, I'm assuming softmod is capable of using HDDs formatted that way though.

Split files work fine with all Formatted HDD's and will be read by the system as if it's a single file, just needs to be done correctly like USB Loader GX does to start with

For Softmod users Fat32 with 32KB clusters is the best all round format to use and everything works fine from that including 9GB games and GC games Emulators even Nand stuff can run from that

It is more of an issue when it's not done correctly

Though if a user finds issues maybe best to have multi partitions instead, you can only have 500 games per partition anyway, so for my drive I have 3 main partitions though for me they are all Fat some may find it makes sense for them to have a NTFS partition for the very few games that came on dual layer DVD (Not many at all came on those though)

Yeah I was just saying NTFS makes it a bit more straight forward, if the console setup is capable of using it anyway...I mean you just have one partition with less overhead for the file system and all games won't be split, instead of dealing with files split up once they reach the 4GB size. It's all based on the view of having 1:1 copies. Not sure if tha's what the OP wants but thought I'd post anyway.

PS3 with CFW is a similar story (NTFS external), although for native games on that I tend to also rip languages other than English before rebuilding an iso...might not gain much space per game, but with a huge library it can add up to actually be meaningful.

I gave up my hopes for CFG USB. Now I formatted my USB Stick to NTFS (And no, i'm not using a HDD) And for some reason, my USB got ´corrupted´ on my laptop. Then I went back to my Wii, used WiiXplorer, and it did detected it. I copied the *.iso file to my SD Card, but then it froze at 80.05%. I will try to dump my game again with CleanRip, this time with Fat32.

CLEANRIP GAVE UP, AGAIN. ������������������
I TRY IT AGAIN WITH NTFS.
Now i’m just getting PISSED. I’ve been WASTING my DAYS with trying to back up A SINGLE GAME.

When you get the chance and the cash get yourself a USB HDD instead of a flash stick that can have it's own issues

I have been using a 2TB drive for years now with other a thousand games on it from various systems Wii, GameCube, WiiWare, Virtual Console and a bunch of homebrew software including emulation

Clean RIP is an old outdated homebrew that was made redundant as USB Loaders could do this without it, Clean RIP was just one of the first homebrews to be able to dump games that is all.

I do have a HDD, but I only use it for backups on my PC. I think I have to buy another one. ::\:
Edit: They are really expensive, and i’m not sure if they are going to work properly. Is it ok to use a HDD that has some files on it?
If not, i’m trying to back-up my games with my SD Card.

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Originally Posted by TheSecondBetterBitLoader

Is it ok to use a HDD that has some files on it?

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It's fine. Games that play with a USB loader get dumped in a common folder. Also stuff dumped with Cleanrip just gets dropped in the root.

After many times of trying...
I finally got what I wanted :D
Thanks guys!
When I will backup a game next time, I will just use an HDD. Now I understand why.
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Screenshot taken with Dolphin