There are plenty of tutorials out there on modding your wii. This is a quick overview of using the tools you probably already have at hand or can getto make your game dvd unneeded. You can dump the disc to a hard drive or memory card and launch it with a channel forwarder.
This page (as of last check) gave reasonable directions and a source for installing the channel forwarder. http://club.myce.com/f98/setting-up-your-wii-netflix-ready-device-usb-loader-channel-310626/
So basically you need to do the following in order :
1. softmod your wii (i prefer indiana pwns)
2. install homebrew channel (part of the softmod install. Look up Hackmii (and optionally browser)
-homebrew channel is required to run unsigned code.
3. Install DOP-Mii (wiibrew edition). this gives the ability to install any other ios.
3. install mios 249 that gives usb access
4. optional: install a wad manager program that lets you add channels on your memory card.
5. install any usb loader program such as coverfloader,
6 Enjoy dvd-free gaming!
This is a review of the Western Digital Elements SE 1TB Hard Drive. A very nice compact little USB powered hard drive. Very big capacity for its size. Only problem I have found so far is that the product is much slower than other hard drives.
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WD Elements™ Portable SE Hard Drive – Maximum capacity storage in a compact design.
Western Digital’s WD Elements Portable SE USB 2.0 hard drives are the right answer for simple, reliable portable storage. Simply plug one in to a USB port and start saving your photos, music, video, and files.
Features at a glance
Simple add-on high-capacity storage
Plug-and-play
USB 2.0 interface
WD quality inside and out
1-year limited warranty
Maximum capacity, compact design – Store all your favorite videos, music, photos, and important files. But it’s still sleek and compact, so you can slip it in your pocket and take it with you anywhere.
Plug-and-play simplicity – Just plug the WD Elements Portable SE drive into a USB port to instantly add more storage to your computer.
USB powered – These drives require no power adapter because they are powered directly though the USB cable.
WD quality inside and out – Designed with the same commitment to quality that made WD external drives the number one selling drives in the world.
Packaging – Packaged in a minimized way and recyclable packaging made from recycled materials.
Preformatted for PCs – Designed for use with Windows-based computers. Can be easily reformatted for use with Macs.
Compatibility
Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7
Can be reformatted for Mac OS® X Tiger®, Leopard®, or Snow Leopard™
Do you have a notebook with a faulty hard disk? Maybe you want to buy an external USB hard disk and install Windows onto that so you can boot from an external USB hard disk?
This video shows how to make a USB drive that will allow a system to boot Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 from it. See http://www.rmprepusb.com
This video is not about how to make a USB drive to install Windows onto another system’s internal hard disk, it is about actually booting Windows from a USB disk.
IMPORTANT: You need to install the Windows AIK after you download the ISO file. Mount the ISO file using Virtual Cone Drive CD (or burn a DVD from the ISO) and run StartCD.exe. Then run Windows AIK Setup from the WAIK menu. You may need to also install .Net Framework and MSXML too depending on your system.
A USB flash (pen) drive can be used (16GB or larger) but it is very slow. An external USB hard disk is better and 4 to 5 times faster. This procedure also works with Vista or Server 2K8.
Once you have booted it to Windows, you cannot use it on a different system unless you ’sysprep’ it. Use the ’sysprep for new system’ Desktop icon if you need to boot it on a different system.
To improve the disk performance once booted, enable disk write caching for the USB disk in Device Manager (Policies tab – Better Performance).
DO NOT INSTALL the SP1 update if you have installed the first release onto your USB drive – the SP1 update will make the USB hard disk unbootable afterwards (BSOD). You can install most other hotfixes, updates and drivers though (but avoid mass storage/SATA/IDE/Hard Disk drivers).
The Synology USB Station 2 offers you a very cost effective solution to sharing the content on your external USB hard drives. If you have one or two spare drives lying around, why not put them to good use.