Hope you check these things out, or my response is useless. I have also a Verbatim 1.5TB that is compatible but it is slow, i've noticed that bigger the disk is, worse the performance is, (it could be even a quality matter).Ģ.buy a quality product that will work and last, if you can afford it, of course.ģ.after a lot of reading of gbatemp and some other sites, and as i personally expierienced a 500Gb disk is ideal as a Wii drive, you could never dedicate the time necessary to play 300-400 games loaded in 1TB HDD, besides not all the games are so enjoyable. for example my girlfriend has a Lacie 500GB external Porsche design which had caused me a headache (the famous -1 error). The partitioning steps should work,(the size of each partition depends on your needs, watch out about the max legimit partition size, see in the link some issues about it).Ībout the price, not always is a good bargain the cheapest model, there is no sense to buy something cheap if it doesn't work.
On the right side choose the iso which you want to load and transfer it back to usb. 512GB PRO Elite USB 3.0 P-FD512PRO-GE 751492593951 Office / Gaming USB 3.0 USB-A Connector 512GB Metal 400 MB/s 250 MB/s Silver 2 Year Limited 1TB PRO Elite USB 3.0 P-FD1TBPRO-GE 751492623573 Office / Gaming USB 3. Do not format it as other types such as extfs or wbfs, the latter is an old format of storing wii games.
To do so, select FAT32 (or MS-DOS (FAT) on a Mac) in the 'File System' section of the format menu. Step 5: Select 'Format' - remember, this will erase any data currently on the hard drive, and once you format a drive for the Wii U, you won't be able to use it on a PC or Mac without re.
You will be able to update the firmware without formatting the device.Gbatemp has a very usefull and reliable list of devices that work with wii, you should see it (it helped me a lot). This is a wii tutorial video explaining how to put wii games (iso and/or wbfs) on to usb hard drives to be played on the wii. USB flash drive - This is the drive on which you'll install the games.-Wii remote - If you have a newer (black) model of Wii, you'll need a generic Wii remote to help with the installation. When updating the drive's firmware, do not select to format the device if prompted by your PC as this will delete your data.
Buffaloīe sure to keep your drive up to date with the latest firmware ( ). These device(s) have been subjected to basic performance tests, and we will expand the list below as more devices are confirmed to work with Wii U. You can use a FAT32 SD/SDHC card for that purpose and set your USB hard drive as NTFS or Ext partition format. We have found that the following external storage devices work with the Wii U system. The Wii Homebrew Applications (such as The Homebrew Channel, Emulators, Games, Media players, etc.), USB Loader GX’s NAND emulation feature and DIOS MIOS (Lite) require a FAT32 partition format. Please visit the websites listed below for information on each manufacture's latest models. Nintendo cannot guarantee the availability of all models. Due to the wide range of external storage devices, usability and performance will vary. To ensure maximum performance between your Wii U and an external storage device, we recommend using a hard-disc drive (HDD) with a dedicated power source (i.e., using an A/C adapter). Our complete FAQ on using external storage with the Wii U may also be helpful.Please contact the manufacturer of the USB hard disc drive if there are technical issues or problems with your USB hard disc drive.Specifications of these devices are subject to change, and there is a possibility that these devices may not function properly with the Wii U system due to a specification change.We do not guarantee the performance of the devices listed below.Once a device has been configured for use with a Wii U console, it cannot be used with another Wii U console, PC, or MAC unless it is reformatted.Please be sure to back up any content before formatting the external storage for Wii U as this content cannot be recovered.
Third, as your USB drive is ready after formatting, you can add your legal backup collection to it. Second, run the USB Loader which will format your USB device and thus will prepare it.