Hacking UStealth - Wii U 'Format Disk' Nag workaround :)

A

AskingForTrouble

Well-Known Member
Newcomer
Level 3
Joined
May 8, 2020
Messages
69
Trophies
0
XP
345
Country
United States
SugoiEndeavor said:
I'm wondering the same thing. I want to partition my hard drive into two formats, one for Wii U and one for vWii. Did you ever figure this out?
Click to expand...

At present, the Wii U drive must be fully formated to be used and doesn't support partitioning at all.

If you double-partition the drive on PC, the Wii U will still format the full drive (and destroy both partitions) before it can be used.

If you partition the drive on Wii U first and then try to partition it on your PC, the PC will not be able to read the drive at all until it's formatted for use on Windows / Mac / Linux, destroying the partition made by the Wii U.

Best way is to have two separate drives, even if one or both drives are high-capacity USB sticks, plus some additional software on SD Card(s) to be launched through Loadiine.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Brand Newman
SugoiEndeavor

SugoiEndeavor

Well-Known Member
Member
Level 10
Joined
Feb 19, 2014
Messages
125
Trophies
1
XP
1,943
Country
United States
AskingForTrouble said:
At present, the Wii U drive must be fully formated to be used and doesn't support partitioning at all.

If you double-partition the drive on PC, the Wii U will still format the full drive (and destroy both partitions) before it can be used.

If you partition the drive on Wii U first and then try to partition it on your PC, the PC will not be able to read the drive at all until it's formatted for use on Windows / Mac / Linux, destroying the partition made by the Wii U.

Best way is to have two separate drives, even if one or both drives are high-capacity USB sticks, plus some additional software on SD Card(s) to be launched through Loadiine.
Click to expand...
Ah that's unfortunate. Thanks for the info, I appreciate it. :grog:
 
  • Like
Reactions: AskingForTrouble

Site & Scene News

Go to forum More news

Popular threads in this forum

Homebrew Tutorial  SDUSB - The modern way to play Wii U games from SD - at full speed

Unable to dump OTP.bin

Very annoying that Nintendo never fixed this bug

Hacking Homebrew Tutorial  How to get Nintendo TVii icon back without downgrading + extras

Hacking Emulation Homebrew  Could you explain to me why there are no standalone emulators on Wiiu using aroma?

Wii U (bricked) Mii Maker

A Tale of Two vWii Systems

De_Fuse: Unable to Dump OTP.bin: Firmware Mismatch

General chit-chat
Help Users
  • No one is chatting at the moment.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    https://www.newegg.com/p/0D9-002V-0...=snc-social-_-sr-_-0D9-002V-00AA1R-_-05202024
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @mthrnite, Cheetah Girls, the sequel to Action 52's Cheetah Men.
     +2
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Pokemon Black I played that one a lot
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Honestly never messed with Pokémon on ds much
  • mthrnite @ mthrnite:
    I played pokemon once, was bored, never tried again
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Oh Dragon Quest IX
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Spent like 5 hours on switch one never touched it again
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Sentinel of the stary skies
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Ds is 20 years old this year
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    So MJ no longer wants to play with it?
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    He put it down when the 3ds came out
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    https://youtube.com/shorts/eTlZ0qcSZf4?si=0vpkdIWplaLMFVqv
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    https://youtu.be/40XQ8L9wsCA?si=GzpPBaHQQLU0plt_ Neat
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @K3Nv2, RIP Felix does great videos on the PS3 yellow-light-of-death.
  • Jayro @ Jayro:
    Eventhough the New 3DS XL is more powerful, I still feel like the DS Lite was a more polished system. It's a real shame that it never got an XL variant keeping the GBA slot. You'd have to go on AliExpress and buy an ML shell to give a DS phat the unofficial "DS Lite" treatment, and that's the best we'll ever get I'm afraid.
     +1
  • Jayro @ Jayro:
    The phat model had amazingly loud speakers tho.
     +1
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @Jayro, I don't see whats so special about the DS ML, its just a DS lite in a phat shell. At least the phat model had louder speakers, whereas the lite has a much better screen.
     +1
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    They probably said "Hey, why not we combine the two together and make a 'new' DS to sell".
  • Veho @ Veho:
    It's a DS Lite in a slightly bigger DS Lite shell.
     +1
  • Veho @ Veho:
    It's not a Nintendo / iQue official product, it's a 3rd party custom.
     +1
  • Veho @ Veho:
    Nothing special about it other than it's more comfortable than the Lite
    for people with beefy hands.
     +1
  • Jayro @ Jayro:
    I have yaoi anime hands, very lorge but slender.
  • Jayro @ Jayro:
    I'm Slenderman.
  • Veho @ Veho:
    I have hands.
  • Veho @ Veho:
    king-shark-hand.gif
    +1
    Veho @ Veho: +1