THIS TUTORIAL ONLY WORKS WITH WII's THAT WERE BOUGHT BEFORE 2010. THE NEWER WII's RUN ONLY WITH SNEEK
I read that now, but if you have an old Wii, this tutorial has many advantages. If your Wii was bought in the beginning, you should have no problems. If you have problems with this tutorial, please tell it to me in this thread, and most importantly, when your Wii was created. There is nearly no chance of bricking the Wii in the process (even if you have a new Wii) but I will still tell you: Use this tutorial at your own risk.

Foreword:
First off, this tutorial (at least the Wii Part) will not have any screenshots, as I have no way (except ugly, blurry pictures) to capture from my Wii.
In this tutorial I will show you how to:
Create a virgin NAND and personalize it (Put your save games on it)
Use this NAND as your Wii System and leave your original Wii NAND untouched
Your new NAND is as big as your harddrive. That means you can install many many more channels than on your normal Wii NAND

Advantages:
The best advantage is (in my opinion) that you can mess with your new NAND as much as you want without the fear of destroying your Wii. This leaves the Wii from the point when you installed this, untouched. Also, if you play your backups, you don't need any cIOS or whatever. With the emulated NAND, it is like a normal Wii. I tested many backups, and none of them need a special cIOS or whatever (Guitar Hero for example needs a special kind of cIOS to work with the guitars, but runs flawless with the emulated NAND). The new, emulated NAND will be as big as your Harddrives partition, so you have a lot of free space for VC titles.

What you need
The package from this thread
SD card formatted to FAT32 (NO, I REPEAT, NO SDHC)
NO bootmii folder on the SD
A Harddrive with 2 Partitions:
Partition 1: PRIMARY/ACTIVE, formatted to FAT32
Partition 2: PRIMARY, formatted to NTFS
The SD and the Harddrive connected to the PC
Homebrew Channel installed on the Wii (doesn't matter which Firmware is on the Wii, it only needs the stated requirements



Creation of the WADs for your Virgin NAND
Start the NUS Downloader from the NUS Downloader folder
Go to Extras -> Update Database
After the Update is complete, exit NUS Downloader and re-start it
Check these boxes in the Program:
Pack -> WAD
Delete Contents
Local Files
Go to Extras -> Emulate Wii System Update and Choose Your Region
Go to Extras -> Load NUS Script and choose the most-up-to-date script
Wait until the downloads are finished
When the download is complete, exit the NUS Downloader



Create the Virgin NAND
Start ShowMiiWads from the ShowMiiWads folder
Go to Tools -> Create Common key -> enter "45e" in the box and press the OK button
Go to Options -> Change NAND Backup Path and choose the TO_HDD folder from the pack
Drag all the folders from the NUS Downloader folder to the main window of ShowMiiWads
Press Install shown at the status-bar of ShowMiiWads
Wait until the process is finished
After the installation is complete, exit ShowMiiWads



Personalize your NAND
Start the FreshNANDPersonalizer from the FreshNANDPersonalizer folder
Choose your Region and enter the Serial-Number of your Wii
(Serial Number can be found at the right side of your Wii. Something like LEH12345678[9].
You have to include the number in the brackets as well. But without typing the brackets. So it would be LEH123456789 from the example)
Press the PERSONALIZE button
Choose the FAT32-Partition of your Harddrive to install the generated NAND-folders and wait until it's finished
Choose your SD-Card to install the generated SD-files to it



Install the NAND Emulator on your Wii
Savely remove your SD and your Harddrive from the Computer
Power On your Wii and wait until the System-Menu booted up
Plug in the SD
Start the Homebrew Channel
Install IOS58 with the IOS58 Installer
Start NANDEmu IOS installer and don't press any key until "Press 1/X to..." is shown
Press 1 on the wiimote to install



Setting your "new" Wii up
Connect your Harddrive to your Wii
Start StartNANDEmu from Homebrew Channel or
Install StartNANDEmulator.wad channel with WAD-Manager and use it to start NAND-Emulator
Wait until the first Screen appears (this may take a few minutes, be patient)
Synchronize your wiimote
Follow the standard instructions and set up your new Wii as you like
Go to Wii-Settings->Internet->Connection Settings and setup your internet
( DONT MAKE A NINTENDO UPDATE after connection test is successful)
Activate WiiConnect24 and accept the EULA-rules
Go to Wii-Settings->WiiConnect24->Standby Connection and turn it OFF
Exit the Wii-Settings
Enter the Wii Shop Channel to gather access to your account and restore tickets of bought games/channels/titles
Leave the Wii Shop Channel



Autostart the NAND Emulator
Install Priiloader through HBC (hold B and press + to install it)
Power off your Wii and HOLD the Reset button and power on your Wii
Choose Load/Install File -> select the StartNANDEmu.dol -> press A to install and after that, press B to return
Choose settings -> change Autoboot to Installed File, save the settings and press B to return
If you choose System Menu, you will be on your original NAND, or you start the emulated NAND by choosing 'Installed File
Restart your Wii



Autostart the UniiLoader
Remove the _ from the _launch.sys in the bootmii folder on your FAT32-Partition


Install Channels on your NAND
Connect your Harddrive to your PC
Start ShowMiiWads
Go to Options -> Change NAND Backup Path and choose your first Partition of your Harddrive
Drag any WADs you want to install to main window of ShowMiiWads
Press Install at the status-bar of ShowMiiWads
Wait until the process is finished
After it is finished, exit ShowMiiWads
Savely remove your Harddrive from your PC and connect it to your Wii
Power on your Wii and your new Channels



Start your Wii Backups with the UniiLoader
Create a wbfs folder on your NTFS Partition
Copy your backups into the wbfs folder
Covers can be placed on the FAT32 Partition in the Covers\DVD folder
Connect your Harddrive to your Wii-> Power it on -> Start the NAND Emulator -> start the UniiLoader Channel
Choose Wii DVD Games
Choose a game of your choice, press the A Button and play your backups



Problems
Black Screen When Starting the Wii:
This could be caused by wrong partition format or Harddrive incompatibility
Check the following things:
The NAND Emulator needs a Harddrive in MBR Partition Format. HDD in GPT-format will not work
Look at http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26203...k-mbr-disk.html to learn how to determine which Harddrive type you have and how to convert it to MBR
Even if you have a MBR Harddrive you should try to convert it to GPT and then back to MBR
When you've started the StartNANDEmu watch your Harddrive LED. If your Harddrive is compatible then there should be any activity.
When there is no LED blinking, re-connect your Harddrive while you have black screen
Shut down your Wii and try the above a few times
When nothing of the above works, try to install StartNANDEmu.dol to PriiLoader and repeat the steps above
My NAND-Emulation became much slower:Install ERASER, then right-click on NAND-partition -> Eraser -> Erase unused space
(This will take some time, but it is shorter than a full defragmentation of the drive)

I also want to thank sorg for creating the NAND-Emulator and UniiLoader. I use it for some time now, and never had problems. I checked my package every time and cleaned it, so that it does not contain any illegal files. If you find some wad file you think is forbidden to share, please contact me as soon as portable. I also would be happy about any kind of feedback. As I don't have a filetrip account, I would be very happy if someone could mirror my upload to filetrip and send me the link.

 

[hunter291]

i love how my tutorial brings rage in the temp xD now filetrip will be deleted because of the gpl violation. fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[Slimmmmmm]

For some GPL code it has often become a standard to mirror files as above without source code because the source is "available" and iirc a URL is included in the read me.

Sorg didn't give anyone the chance to look at the code changes.

Don't get me wrong I think Sorg is a great guy who meant well and he promised to release source once "Deluxe" was finished. He never got time to learn the right way to do things and so decided to not post about it online anymore. Everyone lost out in the end.

We need to remember the "spirit of the GPL" sometimes imho and when it comes to people like Sorg the demands are the wrong way to go about it, maybe helping them is win-win solution ?

We've seen a few people on these boards over the years who are similar to Sorg and if you speak to the few that stuck it out they will all tell you the same, they needed a little help and some time.

So linking to Sorgs files is not allowed here, it could have been ..... with even more features .... and source, but those that could have helped him by allowing a little time or even by teaching him the protocols for posting the files would rather have had this outcome.
It is what it is, I REALLY don't think it's gonna change now so we need to get over it and find the files another way.

Deluxe is awesome though

 

[tueidj]

So, how can these files be hosted gbatemps server and at the same time it's not allowed to post direct links to sorgs files?

Have you looked through them all to make sure there are no included links to locations where source can be found? That will probably be the case for all of Tantric's releases at least, because they have links to their google code projects in the readme files.

If you're really that concerned about it take it up with a moderator, I don't see what good arguing with me does.

 

[WiiUBricker]

So, how can these files be hosted gbatemps server and at the same time it's not allowed to post direct links to sorgs files?

Have you looked through them all to make sure there are no included links to locations where source can be found? That will probably be the case for all of Tantric's releases at least, because they have links to their google code projects in the readme files.

If you're really that concerned about it take it up with a moderator, I don't see what good arguing with me does.

I just looked at them. All three emulators have a readme file with a link to the google code repositories. So never mind.

But no Readme/Link to source for Multi-Mod-Manager and NUS Downloader.

Besides, the GPL states, that it's legal to host a file if the creator gives out the source at request, right? So how about posting direct links to sorgs files and saying, that if people want the source, they have to ask sorg. If sorg is not willing to release source or doesnt read his PMs, then it's entirely his fault, isnt it?

 

[hunter291]

so what does that mean ? i put together the things from my hdd and dont have the original source anymore. i needed many hours to write and make the tutorial better. is this tutorial invalid for the competition ?

 

[WiiUBricker]

so what does that mean ? i put together the things from my hdd and dont have the original source anymore. i needed many hours to write and make the tutorial better. is this tutorial invalid for the competition ?

It's not if you follow my advice (blog post).

 

[hunter291]

but I dont have a blog :S anyone has a blog and wants to help me ? :S

 

[WiiUBricker]

but I dont have a blog :S anyone has a blog and wants to help me ? :S

As I said, make one. You can use for example this host: http://www.webs.com/
Or a blogspot.com blog.

 

[hunter291]

did it. complicated shit. thanks for your help wiibricker

 

[tueidj]

Besides, the GPL states, that it's legal to host a file if the creator gives out the source at request, right? So how about posting direct links to sorgs files and saying, that if people want the source, they have to ask sorg. If sorg is not willing to release source or doesnt read his PMs, then it's entirely his fault, isnt it?

The distributor (not the creator) is the one who is responsible for providing the source code. They are responsible for making sure the source is obtainable and if it is not they do not have permission to distribute it.

 

[WiiUBricker]

Besides, the GPL states, that it's legal to host a file if the creator gives out the source at request, right? So how about posting direct links to sorgs files and saying, that if people want the source, they have to ask sorg. If sorg is not willing to release source or doesnt read his PMs, then it's entirely his fault, isnt it?

The distributor (not the creator) is the one who is responsible for providing the source code. They are responsible for making sure the source is obtainable and if it is not they do not have permission to distribute it.

I see, now I got it. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[dragonfiend]

Hiya first time poster registered for this and a few other things.

Basically I tried to set up nandemu and of course failed. The funny thing is that i had a compatible virgin nand a working hdd ( it boots in sneak "somewhat" ) and the same is for the sd card.
What i dont understand is why this is considering that the wii in question was bought around 2007-2008.
my setup so far is:
System menu 4.1e
darkcorp 1.1 full
cios 249 rev 17
hermes cios 222,223 at atleast v5 ( i can load uloader 5.1 and thats one of the requirments )
bootmii boot2, ios, hackmii 1.07 install
HBC 1.08
priiloader (cant remember the exact version )
Channels
UsbLoaderGX channel
Wad manager 1.5
Edit: working now had a corrupted ios253 install (it was showing in mmm but i was getting ahbroot error )
for anyone wit my prob just install patched 36/236 and reinstall 253
ps load using app/channel wit bootmii on usb not sd works for me.

 

[NateBentley]

I admit that my knowledge is extremely limited. I got stuck on the 1st step. I updated the database of NUSD, restarted it, ticked the appropriate boxes, then tried to Emulate Wii System Update, but then I get an, "Unhandled exception", "Data at the root level is invalid Line 1 position 1" error. Details are here. I appreciate any feedback. I also tried using the NUSD v. 1.9 and experienced the same results.

 

[Seelbreaker]

Hey there, i used your Tutorial for setting up my emulated NAND, but instead of creating a virgin NAND i had to take my Bootmii Backup since NUSDownloader throwed an exception....

But my real problem is the following:
Normally i used cfg Usbloader for my Backups. In Fact of this Tutorial i completely rearranged my HDD and put my Wii-Backups into an NTFS-Partition into the WBFS Folder. The cfg USB Loader is seeing the Games, but when i want to start the Games, it just tells me to install some cIOS...

Then i read something about the Uniiloader in your Tutorial. But where can i find it? It isn't included in your Folder...

 

[poseidondionysos]

hello!
is it possible to have the pack please the link is dead
thanks a lot

 

[Alexander1970]

Hello.

Welcome to GBAtemp.

hello!
is it possible to have the pack please the link is dead
thanks a lot

Did you maybe read the whole Thread please ?
You maybe know then,the Files are not allowed to Host/ Link,the Original Poster removed them....

This Method is over 9 Years old,so maybe there are "better" Solutions today.

Neek and emuNAND guides

• Neek Installation guide for Wii using modmii to compile required files.
• Neek manual files building guide if modmii is not working or if you want to build neek or neek2o files yourself. Compiling neek or neek2o from sources is not detailed here, but only requires devkitpro, DevkitARM and dependencies like any other homebrew.
• EmuNAND guide using USBLoaderGX to create, setup, and use EmuNAND cIOS or Neek.

Thank you.

 

[poseidondionysos]

ha yes i just see about the violation thank you to noticed me ^^
i hope i will success with your links but in requierement i have bootmii as boot2 i hope it will be ok
i am gratefull of you

 

[ProtossEvo]

Link for the tools in the first post is dead. Do someone have it? If it only would have a list of which programs are contained in the download link, we could look for them in other places. I remember I followed this tutorial for my old Wii, it was a blast because I was emulating USA system while my Wii was Japanese. Now I bought one for 10$ (japanese again...) and want to make the emunand again.

Plus, there's a way to make the emulated nand reside on the SD card instead of a hard drive? this time, I want to have my Wii without anything hanging on it.

 

[BKWayne]

When I start the "StartNANDEmu" from the HBC, I never get past the black screen. Any ideas?

 

[XFlak]

Fresh emunands take awhile to boot upon first launch.

Also, you u can try modmii.