/TinyWiiBackupManager

A simple Wii backup manager written in Rust

Primary LanguageRustGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

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TinyWiiBackupManager

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🔧 A simple WBFS manager written in Rust

✨ Downloading

Prebuilt executable (recommended)

Just grab the latest release for your platform

From source

git clone https://github.com/mq1/TinyWiiBackupManager.git
cd TinyWiiBackupManager
cargo build --release

The executable will be located at target/release/tiny-wii-backup-manager

💾 Setting up the drive

⚠️ Obviously this will delete ALL data on the device

🍏 MacOS

  • Open the Disk Utility app (Applications -> Utilities)
  • Use CMD+2 to make sure physical devices are visible
  • Pick the USB drive from the sidebar
  • From the toolbar select Erase
  • Name the drive a meaningful name (like WII), please make sure the format is "MS-DOS (FAT)" and the scheme is "Master Boot Record"
  • Click on the "Erase" button

🪟 Windows

  • Download Rufus from https://rufus.ie/, choose the portable version
  • On "Device" select your drive
  • On "Boot selection" pick "Not bootable"
  • Choose a meaningful name (like WII) and put it into the "Volume label" box
  • On "File System" pick "FAT32"
  • Click on the "START" button

🐧 Linux (GNOME)

  • Open the Disks app
  • Click on your drive in the left sidebar
  • Click on the menu (three vertical dots in the top-left of the window) and select "Format Disk"
  • Make sure Erase is set to Quick and Partitioning is set to MBR/DOS and click "Format"
  • Under "Volumes" for your device, click on the "+" button
  • Click "Next"
  • Choose a meaningful name (like WII) and put it into the "Volume Name" box
  • On "Type", choose "For use with all systems and devices (FAT)
  • Click "Next" and then "Format"

🐧 Linux (KDE)

  • Open KDE Partition Manager
  • Click on your device in the left sidebar
  • Click on "New Partition Table"
  • Select "MS-Dos" and click on "Create New Partition Table"
  • Click on "unallocated" and then on "New"
  • On "File System" select fat32
  • Choose a meaningful name (like WII) and put it into the "Label" box
  • Click "OK" and then "Apply"

❤️ Using GameTDB

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