i bought the wii 2 yrs ago and it was molded to play with the external usb hardisk. my hardisk was spoilt and now i can't play it anymore. i went to lowyat plaza to buy a new hardisk, but the guy told me there are many diff versions and warm me the hardisk might not compatible to my will console. i am really confused, as the wii was bought from the lowyat plaza also but the shop is no longer there.

when i run the wii, i can see my neogamma is r8 v57 sthg, so is it ok to buy just any wii hardisk and it will work? what to do if the hardisk is not workable? the guy told me do i hv backup of my software, i told no as i didn't receive any software backup when i bought this wii. all i can see is it is the korean console and all the while i just playing via the neogamma to load the game from USB Drive.

and i also ask him if the software in my wii is not compatible to ur hardisk, can u upgrade my wii? then he answered he must hv my original software to upgrade it. is this true? then i hv to throw away my wii if i can't find back the original software of find the hardisk replacement?

pls advice. thank you.

>.< The shop is leading you around in circles.

1: Ori Wii cannot use USB hard disk. Ever. Only Wii U can.
2: If can use USB hard disk, then it is modded.
3: If you're going to use a USB hard disk for modded Wii, chances are you're going to run *ahem* game.
4: Ahem game discussion not allowed on LYN.

Best bet is to just live with your Wii the way it is, and buy ori unmodded Wii U when it comes out.

Sorry.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Dec 7 2012, 10:32 AM

Essentially its like this:

Your HDD data is gone. Without a backup, you have no way to recover that data except for some advanced (and expensive) data recovery services.
Making the assumption that you are NOT using an unauthorized HDD system to play pirated games, you will have to restore the games from your original discs. Save games are unrecoverable.

Unfortunately, you are not free to discuss the technical information as to how to do this, because the method is commonly used to play pirated content.

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