Nintendo GameCube and Wii Dumping Guide with a Wii Console

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You can dump GC/Wii Discs in two ways:

1. Using CleanRip on a soft- or hardmodded Wii (New preferred method, provides BCA data).

2. Using a computer and a special DVD drive (Old method).

Dump using CleanRip on Wii.

1. Requirements

• A soft- or hardmodded Wii with Homebrew Channel installed. (Follow this guide to softmod your Wii)
• SD Card
• CleanRip v2.0.0 (Download here)

Optional Requirements (Strongly recommended)

• A large enough USB Harddisk or Thumbdrive. (USB2.0 and formatted to NTFS)
• IOS58 is needed to dump at USB2.0 speed. (A full Wii dump will take less then 15 minutes while using USB2.0 speed, if you followed the above guide you will have IOS58 installed)

Dump using a computer. Note that this needs a special drive!

1. Installing and setting up software

• Make sure you have one of the following DVD Drives that are known to be supported here
• Download Rawdump 2.1.
• Download and install the latest version of HashCalc. or any other program that you prefer for calculating CRC32, MD5 and SHA-1

2. Dumping disc

Insert the disc into the drive and launch Rawdump 2.1, and press "Start Dump". This will take some time. For Wii games, expect 2+ hours, and for gamecube games, expect 30+ minutes. The file will save as a .wii or .wod file. Press the "Convert raw to .iso"

After the disc has been copied, launch HashCalc, check MD5, SHA1 and CRC32 rows, uncheck others. Select File option from the Data format list, then press button next to the Data field, select dumped image and press Calculate. The calculation process may take up to several minutes. These checksums should be posted along with other info.

Dump your disc again and compare old dump checksums with the new ones. If checksums are the same, your disc has been dumped properly.

3. Gathering other info

• Game title: most obvious, is located everywhere. Please include subtitle.
• Disc ID: it is located on top of the disc surface and commonly is in the form of "DL-DOL-XXXX-XXX" (where X is a letter), also it may have some additional characters appended. Examples: DL-DOL-GSAP-EUR, DL-DOL-GSXJ-JPN.
• Disc title: some games stored on multiple discs may have discs with titles. Examples: Armored Core: Nexus (Disc 1) (Evolution) and (Disc 2) (Revolution).
• Game languages: Some games either show a language selection screen at startup or in the game options. Many games will boot with different languages depending on the active language selected in the bios. Booting the game with each language selected in the bios is necessary to identify the supported languages for these games. Note that it is possible to submit a game without checking the languages, but this then needs to be stated in your submission.
• Image size: look for it in any file manager (but not in IsoBuster).
• Edition: some games were rereleased in different packages, for example, Player's Choice/Greatest Hits series. If game was released in original package, post edition as "Original".
• Barcode: The number displayed beneath the vertical lines, see Barcode.
• Ring codes: The string of characters displayed on the inner rings of the working surface of the cd/dvd. Check older submissions to make sure that you report everything that is needed. Make sure you have good lighting conditions and/or a magnifying glass if you have problems reading the text.

4. Posting info

Note: you must have dumper rights to be able to post info using forms. Otherwise use the forum.