Jason Fitzpatrick is the Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. The other USB port is reserved for games with USB accessories and you'll run into errors if you try and use it. It's important to use the USB port closest to the bottom of the Wii-in this case the bottom being the port near the rubber feet. Plug in your USB drive to the USB port on the back of the Wii. Once you've copied the USB loader GX files over, it's time to pop the SD card back in your Wii. If you're still curious you can read a point-by-point comparison here. Installing it as a forwarder is preferred as it allows you to save settings and download cover and disc art. Installing the USB Loader GX channel (instead of the of the forwarder) takes up more system memory and allows for fewer customization options (and no cover art!) but you can play without an SD card in the Wii. A channel is actually an application installed on the Wii. A forwarder is like a shortcut on the Wii System Menu that points at the app on the SD card. Note: If you're curious about the difference between a Channel and a Forwarder, we'll explain here briefly. This tool isn't necessary unless you want to back your games up to another drive or to your computer. A copy of WBFS Manager if you wish to interact with and manage your Wii HDD from your Windows computer.(You should already have one if you've modded your Wii for homebrew.) It looks awesome sitting next to the Wii. The drive pictured above with the Wii-matching blue/silver/white color scheme is the FileMate 3.5" to USB 2.0 enclosure. While we've never had any compatibility issues you can play it safe and browse this list of hard drives if you're shopping for a new one and want to play it safe. We recommend grabbing the AllinOnePack for ease of setup. If you don't have these things, start with our homebrew guide and then our guide on safeguarding and supercharging your Wii to get up to speed. A Wii already modified to play homebrew software and with the Trucha patch IOS and cIOS installed.For this hack you'll need the following items:
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