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Insert the USB device into your Mac.  Wait about 8-10 seconds, to make sure it's detected, and start System Profiler.  On the left hand column, under the Hardware heading, find USB.  On the top right pane, find and click on the device you are checking (check under the names USB Reader, Mass Storage Device, Generic Storage, Volume, etc.), and more information should appear to the bottom of this pane (now the bottom right).  In this area, search for the following information:
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Insert the USB device into your Mac running MacOS 12.4 Monterey or similar.  Wait about 8-10 seconds, to make sure it's detected, and start the System Information app.  On the left hand column, under the Hardware heading, find USB.  On the top right pane, find and click on the device you are checking (check under the names USB Reader, Mass Storage Device, Generic Storage, Volume, etc.), and more information should appear to the bottom of this pane (now the bottom right).  In this area, search for the following information:
 
   '''USB Reader:'''
 
   '''USB Reader:'''
 
     Capacity: 1.88 GB
 
     Capacity: 1.88 GB
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{{USBDevice|CN Memory MicroX||Works|Works|Not Tested|Only works if it is plugged into the Wii before powering the Wii on.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|CN Memory MicroX||Works|Works|Not Tested|Only works if it is plugged into the Wii before powering the Wii on.|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|Imation Flash 1GB USB|Unknown|Not Tested|Not tested|Works| The device works pefectly with USB Loader 1.5 |0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Imation Flash 1GB USB|Unknown|Not Tested|Not tested|Works| The device works pefectly with USB Loader 1.5 |0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Integral 1GB Flash Stick||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Insert whilst the Wii is off to get passed the ret<nowiki>=</nowiki>-1 error.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Integral 1GB Flash Stick||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Insert whilst the Wii is off to get passed the ret<nowiki>=</nowiki>-1 error.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/yflbwrn EMTEC 8GB USB Stick]|090C 1000 Rev 1100|Works|Works|Works|You have to shutdown the Wii before using the Stick.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/yflbwrn EMTEC 8GB USB Stick]|090C 1000 Rev 1100|Works|Works|Works|You have to shutdown the Wii before using the Stick.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/y8c9ee8 HP  flash drive 8GB]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works||2}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/y8c9ee8 HP  flash drive 8GB]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works||2}}
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{{USBDevice|Imation Nano Pro USB 2.0 8GB|0718 0639|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works in FAT32 with .wbfs games added manually.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Intenso Flash Memory 8GB||not tested|not tested|Issues|Does not work in NTFS / FAT32 with USB Loader. in WBFS works fine!|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Intenso Flash Memory 8GB||not tested|not tested|Issues|Does not work in NTFS / FAT32 with USB Loader. in WBFS works fine!|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Joy-it USB2.0 8GB||Works|Works|Works||0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Joy-it USB2.0 8GB||Works|Works|Works||0}}
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{{USBDevice|Kingston 16GB 3.0 V3||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works better in the second USB port.|2}}
 
{{USBDevice|Kingston 16GB 3.0 V3||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works better in the second USB port.|2}}
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{{USBDevice|Kingston 16GB DataTraveler microDuo 2.0||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Tested in FAT32 using Wii Backup Manager|1}}
  
 
{{USBDevice|Lexar Jumpdrive V10 16GB  ||Works|Not Tested|Issues|Work only on Fat32 formatted on 8ko. Sometimes don't work|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Lexar Jumpdrive V10 16GB  ||Works|Not Tested|Issues|Work only on Fat32 formatted on 8ko. Sometimes don't work|0}}
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{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/8yskxu5 SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Had to reformat it as NTFS before could format as WBFS, issue occurred under Windows 7|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/8yskxu5 SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Had to reformat it as NTFS before could format as WBFS, issue occurred under Windows 7|0}}
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{{USBDevice|SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB |VID 0781 PID 5575|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works fine out of the package with USB Loader GX r1271 and Wii MC 1.3.4. Both GC and Wii backups (added with WiiBackupManager Build 78) worked fine under FAT32.|0}}
  
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/nx8u8a SanDisk Ultra Backup 16GB] ||Works|Not Tested|Works|Worked flawlessly. Had to use BootIt to swap the bit for formatting. Did a full WBFS, copied ISOs with no problems, Wii reads it instantly. Games play fast, no errors!|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/nx8u8a SanDisk Ultra Backup 16GB] ||Works|Not Tested|Works|Worked flawlessly. Had to use BootIt to swap the bit for formatting. Did a full WBFS, copied ISOs with no problems, Wii reads it instantly. Games play fast, no errors!|0}}
  
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/d6pxmuv SanDisk Ultra Cruzer Titanium 16 GB]||Works|Not tested|Works|First formatted with WBFS Manager, worked like a charm. Now using FAT32 and there isn't any problem.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/d6pxmuv SanDisk Ultra Cruzer Titanium 16 GB]||Works|Not tested|Works|First formatted with WBFS Manager, worked like a charm. Now using FAT32 and there isn't any problem.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|SanDisk Ultra Flair 16GB|VID 0781 PID 5591|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works fine out of the package with USB Loader GX r1271 and Wii MC 1.3.4. Both GC and Wii backups (added with WiiBackupManager Build 78) worked fine under FAT32.|0}}
  
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/yf3b6p5 SONY 16GB MICRO VAULT CLICK]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works great in first Wii USB slot, formatted to WFSB in WBFS Manager 3.0.|}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/yf3b6p5 SONY 16GB MICRO VAULT CLICK]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works great in first Wii USB slot, formatted to WFSB in WBFS Manager 3.0.|}}
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{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/yzkt8bb Corsair Flash Voyager 32GB Flash Drive]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0|2}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/yzkt8bb Corsair Flash Voyager 32GB Flash Drive]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0|2}}
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{{USBDevice|Garrulax USB 2.0 32GB (Black Cat)|VID 346D / PID 5678|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Doesn't work with FAT32, but works with WBFS. Tested on Wii and vWii.|0}}
  
 
{{USBDevice|[http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01906804.pdf Hewlet Packard HP v165w]||Works|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with WiiBackupManager Win64 0.4.5 Build 78|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01906804.pdf Hewlet Packard HP v165w]||Works|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with WiiBackupManager Win64 0.4.5 Build 78|0}}
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{{USBDevice|ICDIDU 32GB SI-707215  ||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|ICDIDU 32GB SI-707215  ||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0|1}}
  
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{{USBDevice|JetFlash Transcend 32GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works only if format in WBFS with formatted WBFS Manager 4 and launcher CFG Loader. Also, only NTFS works for wiiflow and USB loader GX, fat32 and wbfs don't work|4}}
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{{USBDevice|JetFlash Transcend 32GB (TS32GJF500)||Works|Not Tested|Works|Works only if format in WBFS with formatted WBFS Manager 4 and launcher CFG Loader. Also, only NTFS works for wiiflow and USB loader GX, fat32 and wbfs don't work|5}}
  
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{{USBDevice|[http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-DataTraveler-DTSE9H-32GBZ/dp/B00B4G2YXA Kingston 32GB DTSE9]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|WBFS format works as well as Fat32 with partition - by 2PS. Issues with FAT32 for me, but works fine in WFBS - phanco|3}}
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{{USBDevice|[http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-DataTraveler-DTSE9H-32GBZ/dp/B00B4G2YXA Kingston 32GB DTSE9]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|WBFS format works as well as Fat32 with partition - by 2PS. Issues with FAT32 for me, but works fine in WFBS - phanco.  FAT32 when empty displayed 65535ish GB of free space in usbloaderGX, but was correct after loading a game on - echo|4}}
 
{{USBDevice|Kingston DataTraveler C10||Works|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0.1|2}}
 
{{USBDevice|Kingston DataTraveler C10||Works|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0.1|2}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/bs85xee Kingston DataTraveler 100 G2]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works perfectly after format with WBM.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/bs85xee Kingston DataTraveler 100 G2]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works perfectly after format with WBM.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/7zz5yap SanDisk 32GB Class 4 Micro SDHC Card w/ USB Adapter]|0BDA 0119|Works|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0 works with USB Loader GX, WiiFlow, CFG USB Loader.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/7zz5yap SanDisk 32GB Class 4 Micro SDHC Card w/ USB Adapter]|0BDA 0119|Works|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0 works with USB Loader GX, WiiFlow, CFG USB Loader.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Sandisk Cruzer Blade 32GB||Works|Not Tested|Works|Formatted as FAT32, tested with USB Loader GX and various Homebrew apps|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Sandisk Cruzer Edge 32GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Formatted as FAT32 and tested with CFG USB Loader|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Sandisk Cruzer Edge 32GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Formatted as FAT32 and tested with CFG USB Loader|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Sandisk Cruzer Glide 32GB||Works|Not Tested|Works|Formatted as FAT32 and tested with CFG USB Loader, USB Loader GX, and various Homebrew games. Freezes while installing backups from disc.|3}}
 
{{USBDevice|Sandisk Cruzer Glide 32GB||Works|Not Tested|Works|Formatted as FAT32 and tested with CFG USB Loader, USB Loader GX, and various Homebrew games. Freezes while installing backups from disc.|3}}
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{{USBDevice|Sandisk Extreme Cruzer Contour U3 32GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works with WBFS|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Sandisk Extreme Cruzer Contour U3 32GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works with WBFS|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Sandisk Ultra Backup 32GB||Works|Not Tested|Works|Formatted as FAT 32 with 32 bit cluster size and tested with USB Loader GX r1204. Also tested and working with latest modded CFG Loader and Dios Mios Booter r30 with Dios Mios v2.5.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Sandisk Ultra Backup 32GB||Works|Not Tested|Works|Formatted as FAT 32 with 32 bit cluster size and tested with USB Loader GX r1204. Also tested and working with latest modded CFG Loader and Dios Mios Booter r30 with Dios Mios v2.5.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Sandisk Ultra Flair 32GB|0781:5591|Not Tested|Not Tested|Issues|Formatted as FAT 32 with 32 bit cluster size. Takes from ten minutes to more than a full hour to load games from USB Loader GX|0}}
  
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{{USBDevice|[https://www.materiel.net/cle-usb/verbatim-pinstripe-32-go-70148.html Verbatim Store'n'Go PinStripe 32 Go] & [http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Store-Flash-Violet-49833/dp/B00CIYFQKK Verbatim Store'n'Go Mini USB Drive 32 Go]|18A5 0302|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with Wii Backup Manager 0.4.5 build 78 (29,94 Go usable), tested with Wiiflow R416 (cIOS249[56]-d2x-v7).|2}}
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{{USBDevice|SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB |VID 0781 PID 5583|Not Tested|Not Tested|Issues|Displayed games for selection in USB Loader GX, but always went to black screen after choosing 'Start Game' for Wii and GC backups. Formatted in FAT32 and Wii backups transferred with WiiBackupManager Build 78.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|[https://www.materiel.net/cle-usb/verbatim-pinstripe-32-go-70148.html Verbatim Store'n'Go PinStripe 32 Go] & [http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Store-Flash-Violet-49833/dp/B00CIYFQKK Verbatim Store'n'Go Mini USB Drive 32 Go]|18A5 0302|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with Wii Backup Manager 0.4.5 build 78 (29,94 Go usable), tested with Wiiflow R416 (cIOS249[56]-d2x-v7).
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Formatted as FAT32 and tested with CFG USB Loader v70 222-mload(v5.1)|3}}
  
 
{{USBDevice|Nexxtech 32GB USB Thumb Drive ||Works|Not Tested|Works| Formated with FAT32, works in CFG and USB Loader GX flawlessly|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|Nexxtech 32GB USB Thumb Drive ||Works|Not Tested|Works| Formated with FAT32, works in CFG and USB Loader GX flawlessly|1}}
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{{USBDevice|Generic 64GB USB||Works|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Freezes when loading games via USB Loader Device: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400566355350|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Generic 64GB USB||Works|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Freezes when loading games via USB Loader Device: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400566355350|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Goodram Twister 3.0 64GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|WBFS, formatted by Wii Backup Manager|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Goodram Twister 3.0 64GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|WBFS, formatted by Wii Backup Manager|0}}
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{{USBDevice|[http://www.kingston.com/us/usb/personal_business/dt100g3 Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 64GB]|0591:1666|Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|
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Can't play games reliably, but there may be hope (read below; the part about WiiMC).
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Tried USB Loader GX, which hangs often, sometimes kind of works if you're very lucky.
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Tried WiiFlow, which hangs at initialization.
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Tried different cIOSes (v8-final, v10-beta52, v10-beta53-alt), but that didn't help.
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Tried cIOS with base 58 (rather than 56 and 57) but that didn't help.
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I tried a WBFS partition, but also an NTFS partition.
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To be sure, I tried other USB flash drives by formatting them and setting them up in exactly the same way, but those drives did work but the Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 64GB did not.
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But there's hope: The drive does work with the WiiMC (media center) homebrew app (it played mp3 files just fine), so maybe it is possible to write a patch for cIOS to make this drive work with USB Loader GX and WiiFlow as well.|0}}
  
 
{{USBDevice|Kingston 64GB DataTraveler 200||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0|2}}
 
{{USBDevice|Kingston 64GB DataTraveler 200||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0|2}}
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{{USBDevice|Kingston 64GB DataTraveler SE9 G2||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works perfectly with the NTFS partition|0|}}
 
{{USBDevice|Kingston 64GB DataTraveler SE9 G2||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works perfectly with the NTFS partition|0|}}
  
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{{USBDevice|Kingston 64GB DataTraveler 101 G3||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works perfectly with the NTFS partition|1|}}
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{{USBDevice|[https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B08XXZJW8W/ Lexar JumpDrive E21 64GB]||Works|Not Tested|Works|Tested with USB Loader GX v3.0 rev 1272 and Nintendon't 5.485. For Wii games I use WBFS Manager 4.0 (first formatted in NTFS with windows, then in wbfs). For GC, formatted in FAT32 with AOMEI Partition Assistant 9.6.1<br/>@Binski48 : Tested and works fine using FAT32 with Wii games, GC games and emuNAND. | 0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Lexar JumpDrive TwistTurn 64GB||Works|Not Tested|Works|FAT 32 formatted by RMPrepUSB. *Couldn't get this one to work with GX 3.0 or 2.2|-1}}
 
{{USBDevice|Lexar JumpDrive TwistTurn 64GB||Works|Not Tested|Works|FAT 32 formatted by RMPrepUSB. *Couldn't get this one to work with GX 3.0 or 2.2|-1}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://www.lexar.com/flash-drives/lexar-jumpdrive-v10-usb-flash-drive Lexar v10 64GB]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|fat32, ntfs, wbfs and exfat all hung at 'usb initialization' on usbloader v3. The USB LED did not flash at all on either of the two I tried, so it probably doesn't work at all with the wii. |0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://www.lexar.com/flash-drives/lexar-jumpdrive-v10-usb-flash-drive Lexar v10 64GB]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|fat32, ntfs, wbfs and exfat all hung at 'usb initialization' on usbloader v3. The USB LED did not flash at all on either of the two I tried, so it probably doesn't work at all with the wii. |0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Lexar 64GB Jumpdrive S25 USB 3.0||Works|Not Tested|Works|FAT 32 formatted with FAT32 GUI Formatter.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Lexar 64GB Jumpdrive S25 USB 3.0||Works|Not Tested|Works|FAT 32 formatted with FAT32 GUI Formatter.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Lexar 64GB Jumpdrive S70 USB 3.0||Doesn't Work|Doesn't Work|Doesn't Work|Every games will freeze before starting, same for gc games.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Lexar 64GB Jumpdrive S70 USB 2.0||Not Tested|Not Tested|Issues|Every game will freeze before starting, same for gc games. (Edit by RealMuffinCat: Starting a game does freeze the Wii, but next time you boot your Wii, try to get into the game fast enough, then it'll boot the game normally.)|1}}
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{{USBDevice|[https://patriotmemory.com/product/xporter-jibe-usb-2-0-flash-drives/ Patriot XPorter Jibe USB 2.0 64GB]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|No luck with either loader GX & wiiXplorer, using both FAT32 & NTFS formats|0}}
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{{USBDevice|PNY Classic Attaché 64GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|It was exFAT and windows is no help formatting it. Used portable version of Verbatim FAT32 Tool program to format it into FAT32 in 15 minutes. After that with WBFS Manager 3.0 loaded my backup games and bingo USB Loader GX 3.0 worked flawlessly. Mind you though, stick USB into Wii before you power up the console, and first USBLGX may take sometime to recognize the USB, but will do the rest. |0}}
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{{USBDevice|PNY Metal Attaché 64GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0. Did not work as NTFS.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|PNY Metal Attaché 64GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0. Did not work as NTFS.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|[http://ASIN.cc/1q895bW Samsung 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Fit (MUF-64BB/AM)]|090C_1000|Doesn't Work|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Tested FAT32 with 32K cluster, not recognized by USB Loader GX or WiiXplorer and LED does not blink|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Sandisk Cruzer Fit 64GB|0781_5571|Works|Works|Issues|FAT 32 Format w/32k clusters, Works with Nintendon't only for Gamecube games (put in games folder). Don't use Dios Mios
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Can read but not write, Wii will hardlock when the drive it written to (I tried 7 times total to download cover arts & update USB Loader GX; I was never able to complete either operation although each time a few cover arts were successfully written to the drive before the Wii hardlocked). Tested FAT32 & NTFS on 2 different Wii consoles. Played 2 games for 4 hours total to verify read stability. I successfully used a known working drive immediately before and after to eliminate the possibility of other things causing the problem.
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{{USBDevice|Sandisk Glider 64GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|FAT 32 Format, Recommended For Gamecube Isos Only Nothing Else Works...|1 }}
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{{USBDevice|Sandisk Cruzer Blade 64GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|WBFS, Read and Write worked for me.|1 }}
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{{USBDevice|[http://www.toshiba-memory.com/en/usb_drives.html Toshiba 64GB Transmemory™ (White) - Model# UHYBS-064GH]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Issues|Fat32 formatted for use with Wii and Gamecube games with Wii Game Manager for Wii and Discex for Gamecube, both show in CFG and USB Loader GX.  
 
{{USBDevice|[http://www.toshiba-memory.com/en/usb_drives.html Toshiba 64GB Transmemory™ (White) - Model# UHYBS-064GH]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Issues|Fat32 formatted for use with Wii and Gamecube games with Wii Game Manager for Wii and Discex for Gamecube, both show in CFG and USB Loader GX.  
 
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Hi. Im from Chile and I tested the Toshiba USB 64 gb. I have the same problem with the recognition. The wii recognizes only 8 gb and when I have more than 8 gb, the wii resets and return to the main menu. I don´t have a solution for this.
 
Hi. Im from Chile and I tested the Toshiba USB 64 gb. I have the same problem with the recognition. The wii recognizes only 8 gb and when I have more than 8 gb, the wii resets and return to the main menu. I don´t have a solution for this.
 
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{{USBDevice|Sandisk Cruzer 64GB|0781_5571|Works|Works|Issues|FAT 32 Format w/32k clusters, Works with Nintendon't only for Gamecube games (put in games folder). Don't use Dios Mios
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{{USBDevice|Transcend JetFlash 500 64GB,(TS64GJF500)||Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|FAT 32, NTFS, WBFS, formatted by RMPrepUSB, WBFS Manager, done everything but my wii dont want to recognize it...|0}}
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Can read but not write, Wii will hardlock when the drive it written to (I tried 7 times total to download cover arts & update USB Loader GX; I was never able to complete either operation although each time a few cover arts were successfully written to the drive before the Wii hardlocked). Tested FAT32 & NTFS on 2 different Wii consoles. Played 2 games for 4 hours total to verify read stability. I successfully used a known working drive immediately before and after to eliminate the possibility of other things causing the problem.
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{{USBDevice|Sandisk Glider 64GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|FAT 32 Format, Recommended For Gamecube Isos Only Nothing Else Works...|1 }}
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{{USBDevice|Transcend JetFlash 530 (TS64GJF530)|8564_1000|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|FAT32 w/32k clusters using guiformat. Works with cfg70_r37_beta10 on d2x-v9-beta(r49)FIX installed at 56/248, 57/247. White casing with blue LED.|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|Transcend JetFlash 530 (TS64GJF530)|8564_1000|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|FAT32 w/32k clusters using guiformat. Works with cfg70_r37_beta10 on d2x-v9-beta(r49)FIX installed at 56/248, 57/247. White casing with blue LED.|1}}
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{{USBDevice|Transcend JetFlash 500 64GB,(TS64GJF500)||Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|FAT 32, NTFS, WBFS, formatted by RMPrepUSB, WBFS Manager, done everything but my wii dont want to recognize it...|0 }}
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{{USBDevice|Transcend JetFlash 760 64GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|FAT 32|8}}
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{{USBDevice|Kingston DataTraveler Exodia DTX/64GB Flash Drive USB 3.2 Gen 1|DTX/64GB|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Formatted with Witgui. Works Smoothly. Transfer of games is incredibly slow from PC to USB stick. Loads slowly in USB Loader GX, but games run smoothly. |2}}
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Hello gamers! I purchased a generic 64Gb USB drive online and tried to format FAT32, it was almost impossible. Eventually, it gave me "write protected" error and couldn't get it work even original exFAT format system. I returned it and still waiting my refund. Then, I decided to give a try for name brand USB, bought a "PNY Classsic Attache" 64Gb, 2.0 drive. Of course it was again exFAT and windows is no help formatting it. After researching a bit, I found Verbatim FAT32 Tool program, it is even portable, you don't have to install. I opened it, stick my USB in the pc and right away Verbatim recognized and by its default I was able to formatted into FAT32 in 15 minutes. After that with WBFS Manager 3.0 loaded my backup games and bingo USB Loader GX 3.0 worked flawlessly. Mind you though, stick USB into Wii before you power up the console, and first USBLGX may take sometime to recognize the USB, but will do the rest.
 
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{{USBDevice|PNY 128GB USB 3.0|154B FA05|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works| Tested with CFG USB Loader v70, Wiiflow 4.1 and USB Loader GX 3.0|0}}
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{{USBDevice|PNY 128GB USB 3.0|154B FA05|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works| Tested with CFG USB Loader v70, Wiiflow 4.1 and USB Loader GX 3.0|1}}
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{{USBDevice|SanDisk Cruzer Glide 128GB USB 2.0|0781 5575|Not Tested|Not Tested|Issues| Tested with CleanRip, CFG USB Loader v70, Wiiflow 4.1 and USB Loader GX 5.1; Formatted as FAT32, NTFS, and even WBFS, unable to write. Reading does work where applicable.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|SanDisk 128GB Ultra Fit USB 3.2 Gen 1 Flash Drive|0781 5583|Not Tested|Not Tested|Issues| Formatted in WBFS using Wii Backup Manager Build 78, only displays up to 4 games in USB Loader GX. These few games work. No further testing done, FAT32 incompatible unless partitioned.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0-Flashdrive 128 GB (130 MB/s)|SDCZ48-128G-U46|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works| Displays all games in USB Loader GX. Almost all the games work flawlessly. Rhythm Heaven sometimes has minor short lag spikes that last for a few frames (less than a second). This doesn't render the game unplayable. WBFS formatted by Witgui for Mac, transfers games very quickly onto the USB. |2}}
 
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{{USBDevice|Samsung 1.8" S1 Mini 160GB|04e8 2f04|Not tested|Not tested|Works|Tested with USB Loader 1.5. cfg usb loader v50c freeze in game |2}}
 
{{USBDevice|Samsung 1.8" S1 Mini 160GB|04e8 2f04|Not tested|Not tested|Works|Tested with USB Loader 1.5. cfg usb loader v50c freeze in game |2}}
  
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{{USBDevice|Seagate Barracuda 4200.9 160GB IDE||Not tested|Not Tested|Works|Formated with FAT32, worked after the first try. Used the latest USB Loader GX. Did not test it with a NTFS partition yet. To be honest, I've used it for a few months without a single issue.|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|Seagate FreeAgent Go USB 2.0 160GB||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Works perfectly with USB Loader v1.1.  When used with other loaders you may experience a code dump when formatting or installing.  The solution is to format and install at least one game through a PC first, then it's smooth sailing.|4}}
 
{{USBDevice|Seagate FreeAgent Go USB 2.0 160GB||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Works perfectly with USB Loader v1.1.  When used with other loaders you may experience a code dump when formatting or installing.  The solution is to format and install at least one game through a PC first, then it's smooth sailing.|4}}
 
{{USBDevice|Seagate ST90000U2 160GB||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Runs games perfectly with USB Loader GX, however you cannot use it to format WBFS partition. WBFS partition must be created with WBFS Manager v3. Does NOT work with WBFS Intelligent at all.|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|Seagate ST90000U2 160GB||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Runs games perfectly with USB Loader GX, however you cannot use it to format WBFS partition. WBFS partition must be created with WBFS Manager v3. Does NOT work with WBFS Intelligent at all.|1}}
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{{USBDevice|Trekstor datastation pocket x.u 200GB||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Good.Tested with USB Loader GX and wiiflow. It only works with the cable with two USB connectors (data and aux power), both plugged into Wii usb ports |0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Trekstor datastation pocket x.u 200GB||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Good.Tested with USB Loader GX and wiiflow. It only works with the cable with two USB connectors (data and aux power), both plugged into Wii usb ports |0}}
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{{USBDevice|ADATA SV620||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Formatted with FAT32, used Wii Backup Manager to transfer WBFS images, no issues.|0}}
 
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{{USBDevice|Bipra 250GB External USB 3.0/2.0 Hard Drive||Works|Works|Works|No issues, works on USB Loader GX, Homebrew and just about everything.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Bipra 250GB External USB 3.0/2.0 Hard Drive||Works|Works|Works|No issues, works on USB Loader GX, Homebrew and just about everything.|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|Buffallo Slimdesign Lightweight 250GB HDD||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works||0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Buffallo Slimdesign Lightweight 250GB HDD||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works||0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://www.buffalo-asia.com/cgi-bin/products/detail.cgi?country&#x3D;ph&code&#x3D;7&id&#x3D;289 Buffalo MiniStation Lite 250GB HDD (BUFFALO HD-PEU2 USB Device)]|0411 0157|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|I think this is the same as "Buffallo Slimdesign Lightweight 250GB HDD" posted above.|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://www.buffalo-asia.com/cgi-bin/products/detail.cgi?country&#x3D;ph&code&#x3D;7&id&#x3D;289 Buffalo MiniStation Lite 250GB HDD (BUFFALO HD-PEU2 USB Device)]|0411 0157|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|I think this is the same as "Buffallo Slimdesign Lightweight 250GB HDD" posted above.|1}}
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My WD Elements Portable has a spindown/standby functionality. The hdd is unable to wake up after leaving the game on pause for 10 mins (using ios58). There is a piece of software from WD to control the spindown on windows, but none to change the firmware settings on the hdd itself|0}}
 
My WD Elements Portable has a spindown/standby functionality. The hdd is unable to wake up after leaving the game on pause for 10 mins (using ios58). There is a piece of software from WD to control the spindown on windows, but none to change the firmware settings on the hdd itself|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Lexar JumpDrive S80 256GB USB 3.1 Flash Drive (Model: LJDS080256G-BNBNU)|0x0cd1 0x21c4|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works like a charm with USBLGX 3.0 r1271 and formatted as FAT 32. Wouldn’t work at all with a few previous versions of USBLGX though. I can’t remember which ones exactly but if I do I’ll edit this. Works as of October 2023. Purchased at Staples (not available on their website but this [https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-JumpDrive-256GB-Flash-LJDS080256G-BNBNU/dp/B08D1XL7SB amazon listing] appears to be the same). |1}}
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{{USBDevice|PNY - 256GB Elite-X Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive - 200MB/s|0x6400 0x13fe|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works perfectly in the newest version of USB Loader GX formatted as FAT 32. This is an incredibly small flash drive that's the perfect size both physically and storage wise. I highly recommend it.|0}}
 
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{{USBDevice|Samsung S2 Portable 320GB|04e8 1f03|Issues|Not Tested|Issues|DEPENDING ON PROD VERSION ! Works with prodnr 2009.7 and 2010.4. DOES NOT WORK  with 2009.11 - 2009.12 - 2010.3 - 2010.4 |7}}
 
{{USBDevice|Samsung S2 Portable 320GB|04e8 1f03|Issues|Not Tested|Issues|DEPENDING ON PROD VERSION ! Works with prodnr 2009.7 and 2010.4. DOES NOT WORK  with 2009.11 - 2009.12 - 2010.3 - 2010.4 |7}}
 
{{USBDevice|Samsung HM320II 320GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Tested with 2 partitions, first one FAT32 and the second one WBFS (game partition). Used with USB case MAXPOWER MP-STG-SUB2FW.|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|Samsung HM320II 320GB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Tested with 2 partitions, first one FAT32 and the second one WBFS (game partition). Used with USB case MAXPOWER MP-STG-SUB2FW.|1}}
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{{USBDevice|Seagate Barracuda 320 GB (model ST3320820AS)||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Tested with a Macron 3.5" External SATA HDD USB 2.0 Enclosure. Works with USB Loader GX and Nintendont. |0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Seagate Barracuda 320 GB (model ST3500320AS)|SD1A|Works|Works|Works|Works great with USB Loader GX Rev899, cIOS38 Rev17, first patition FAT, second patition WBFS |1}}
 
{{USBDevice|Seagate Barracuda 320 GB (model ST3500320AS)|SD1A|Works|Works|Works|Works great with USB Loader GX Rev899, cIOS38 Rev17, first patition FAT, second patition WBFS |1}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/nahqk5 Seagate Expansion Portable 320GB]||Works|Not Tested|Works|Test with wiiflow and cIOS38 rev14. Needs the short orign. USB-cable to work properly|3}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/nahqk5 Seagate Expansion Portable 320GB]||Works|Not Tested|Works|Test with wiiflow and cIOS38 rev14. Needs the short orign. USB-cable to work properly|3}}
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{{USBDevice|Hitachi [http://tinyurl.com/237v2ou X Mobile 500GB Portable Hard Drive]|4971:CE21|Works|Not Tested|Works|Works fine.  Haven't had any issues with the drive so far.|2}}
 
{{USBDevice|Hitachi [http://tinyurl.com/237v2ou X Mobile 500GB Portable Hard Drive]|4971:CE21|Works|Not Tested|Works|Works fine.  Haven't had any issues with the drive so far.|2}}
  
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{{USBDevice| Imation Apollo M100|0718:1905|Doesn't work|Not Tested|Not Tested|Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0.1 but NeoGamma R9 nor WiiFlow looks for USB forever|0}}
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{{USBDevice| Imation Apollo M100|0718:1905|Doesn't work|Not Tested|Issues|Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0.1 but NeoGamma R9 nor WiiFlow looks for USB forever. USB Loader Gx waits for HDD forever until it is unplugged. Works well after USB Loader GX finds the partition on the drive. <br />
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# If you are stuck on Waiting for HDD, unplug then replug HDD
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# Go to Settings (⚙️) → '''Hard Drive Settings''' and click on '''Game/Install Partition'''
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# Toggle '''Multiple Partitions'''
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# Switch '''Mount USB at launch''' to '''''OFF'''''
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# Exit out of setting menu (press B twice)
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# Click on '''Select loader mode''' (at the top of the screen)
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# Select '''Wii Games''' and optionally deselect '''NAND Channels''' then press '''OK'''|1}}
  
 
{{USBDevice| IOMEGA MDHD500-UE 500GB|ST3500830AS|Doesn't work|Not Tested|Doesn't work|Tested with WiiFlow and USB LOADER GX  |0}}
 
{{USBDevice| IOMEGA MDHD500-UE 500GB|ST3500830AS|Doesn't work|Not Tested|Doesn't work|Tested with WiiFlow and USB LOADER GX  |0}}
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{{USBDevice|VERBATIM [http://www.verbatim-europe.co.uk/en_1/productc_portable_36.html Store 'n' Go USB 2.0 Colours (500GB)] [http://www.verbatim-europe.co.uk/en_1/productc_portable_36.html]||Works|Not Tested|Works|Tested with USB LOADER GX, works perfectly! Lags possible with COD black ops and modern warfare in online mode|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|VERBATIM [http://www.verbatim-europe.co.uk/en_1/productc_portable_36.html Store 'n' Go USB 2.0 Colours (500GB)] [http://www.verbatim-europe.co.uk/en_1/productc_portable_36.html]||Works|Not Tested|Works|Tested with USB LOADER GX, works perfectly! Lags possible with COD black ops and modern warfare in online mode|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|VERBATIM [http://tinyurl.com/yg32oqq  SmartDisk External Hard Drive USB 2.0]|18a5:0216|Works|Works|Works| Performs Perfectly! - tried two partitions one NTFS the other WBFS works!. Works OK with CIOS 14 and CIOS 222.|4}}
 
{{USBDevice|VERBATIM [http://tinyurl.com/yg32oqq  SmartDisk External Hard Drive USB 2.0]|18a5:0216|Works|Works|Works| Performs Perfectly! - tried two partitions one NTFS the other WBFS works!. Works OK with CIOS 14 and CIOS 222.|4}}
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{{USBDevice|WD [http://www.amazon.co.uk/NEW-WD5000LPCX-500Gb-5400Rpm-8Mb/dp/B00QR01UEW Blue (500GB) 2.5" SATA Internal Hard Disk Drive (Model WD5000LPCX)]| |Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|It works with USB Loader GX but it doesn't with Configurable USB Loader beacuse even tough it sometimes detects the hard drive, it inmediatly goes into sleep mode.|1}}
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{{USBDevice|WD Scorpio Blue 500GB SATA Hard Drive||Issues|Issues|Issues|Works perfectly but goes into sleep mode after 5 mins.|}}
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{{USBDevice|WD Scorpio Blue 500GB SATA Hard Drive||Issues|Issues|Issues|Works perfectly but goes into sleep mode after 5 mins. |}}
 
{{USBDevice|WD [http://tinyurl.com/22pbevz My Passport Elite 500GB 2.5"]|                |Works|Not Tested|Works|Excellent drive! Formats perfectly, fast transfers, no spindown issues. Been using it for 20 or so games for a few days, never a problem. Not for sale anymore at Costco where purchased.|0}}  
 
{{USBDevice|WD [http://tinyurl.com/22pbevz My Passport Elite 500GB 2.5"]|                |Works|Not Tested|Works|Excellent drive! Formats perfectly, fast transfers, no spindown issues. Been using it for 20 or so games for a few days, never a problem. Not for sale anymore at Costco where purchased.|0}}  
 
{{USBDevice|WD [http://tinyurl.com/lq5zuy    My Passport Elite 500GB]      |1058:0705|Doesn't Work|Not Tested|Works|USBLoader works great, did not work with homebrew channel even with a partition formatted into fat32 unfortunately, couldn't get anything load.|2}}
 
{{USBDevice|WD [http://tinyurl.com/lq5zuy    My Passport Elite 500GB]      |1058:0705|Doesn't Work|Not Tested|Works|USBLoader works great, did not work with homebrew channel even with a partition formatted into fat32 unfortunately, couldn't get anything load.|2}}
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{{USBDevice|WD MyBook Studio 500GB||Issues|Issues|Issues|works only by using a cheap USB to SATA adapter on the eSATA connector. Integrated USB fails on Wii|2}}
 
{{USBDevice|WD MyBook Studio 500GB||Issues|Issues|Issues|works only by using a cheap USB to SATA adapter on the eSATA connector. Integrated USB fails on Wii|2}}
 
{{USBDevice|Woxter i-Cube 25 Slim||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Toshiba MK5055GSX HD inside. It works great with 2 partitions: 1º FAT32 and 2º WBFS|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Woxter i-Cube 25 Slim||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Toshiba MK5055GSX HD inside. It works great with 2 partitions: 1º FAT32 and 2º WBFS|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Samsung Portable SSD T7||Issues|Not Tested|Doesn’t Work| Difficult to get Homebrew and USB loader GX to recognize it and launching a game gives a black screen no mater the format or partition.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|HP [http://tinyurl.com/389xmuz SimpleSave 1TB Desktop Hard Drive]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Seem pretty good so far, got to format whole drive first. i split 500 gig to ntsc and 500 gig to wbfs using Wiiflow wii system 4.3]|}}
 
{{USBDevice|HP [http://tinyurl.com/389xmuz SimpleSave 1TB Desktop Hard Drive]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Seem pretty good so far, got to format whole drive first. i split 500 gig to ntsc and 500 gig to wbfs using Wiiflow wii system 4.3]|}}
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{{USBDevice|icypie 982GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive|VID 048D / PID 04D2|Not Tested|Not Tested| Issues | IF A WII BACKUP DOESN'T WORK, THEN TRY TO INSTALL IT IN ANOTHER METHOD (it took me a day to make a single game work). Used "USB Loader GX". Some WiiWare games may freeze the Wii for some time or forever, and will most likely crash USB Loader GX next time you boot it. Formatted to FAT32, Wii and GameCube games work, but the USB is really slow (at least to me). Overheats really quickly, but it shouldn't be a problem at all. If the USB is slow, then games will take a bit to load. If you put a game that doesn't work after, and disappears in the USB, you may have an error in the USB, and should run "chkdsk". If there are errors, do "chkdsk /f". (If the USB is slow too, then delete the folders that were flagged by chkdsk, before fixing the errors). I recommend you to get another USB, specifically an HDD.|0}}
  
 
{{USBDevice|Imation Apollo UX 1TB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works fine with USB Loader GX & WiiFlow|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Imation Apollo UX 1TB||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Works fine with USB Loader GX & WiiFlow|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Samsung M3 Portable 1TB HX-M101TCB/G|04e8:61b6|Works|Not Tested|Works|Tested with USB Loader GX 3.0, WiiFlow 4.2.1, FCE Ultra GX 3.3.4, Genesis Plus GX 1.7.4, SNES9X GX 4.3.2, WiiMC 1.3.4 and WiiXplorer. Works out of the box with the default NTFS partition for loaders and with an added primary FAT32 for some of the software. No need to plug/unplug like the Toshiba Canvio drives|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Samsung M3 Portable 1TB HX-M101TCB/G|04e8:61b6|Works|Not Tested|Works|Tested with USB Loader GX 3.0, WiiFlow 4.2.1, FCE Ultra GX 3.3.4, Genesis Plus GX 1.7.4, SNES9X GX 4.3.2, WiiMC 1.3.4 and WiiXplorer. Works out of the box with the default NTFS partition for loaders and with an added primary FAT32 for some of the software. No need to plug/unplug like the Toshiba Canvio drives|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Samsung PSSD T7 [https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/portable-solid-state-drives/portable-ssd-t7-usb-3-2-1tb--gray--mu-pc1t0t-am/]|04e8:4001|Works|Not tested|Issues|The only loader working is USB Loader GX, and after loading the usb drive, it will ask for it again, so you will have to remove and reinsert the usb-c cable, and hope it doesn't crash. Tested with only FAT32 (these issues), and FAT32 + NTFS (partitions), but in this case the Gamecube games didn't show up in USB Loader GX, I need to go to Nintendont (because the partition 1 is the NTFS one?)|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Samsung PSSD T7 Shield [https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/portable-solid-state-drives/portable-ssd-t7-shield-usb-3-2-2tb-black-mu-pe2t0s-am/]|04e8:61fb|Not tested|Not tested|Doesn't Work|One partition FAT32, used Wii Backup manager to transfer WBFS images on it, not detected by USB Loader GX 3.0 rev 1281. Reason could be as this external drive is NVMe.|0}}
  
 
{{USBDevice|Samsung Story Station External Drive 1TB - Model HX-DU010EB|04e8 5f05|Works|Not Tested|Works| Works fine with USB Loader GX 1.0 r713 and NeoGamma R8 Beta15|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Samsung Story Station External Drive 1TB - Model HX-DU010EB|04e8 5f05|Works|Not Tested|Works| Works fine with USB Loader GX 1.0 r713 and NeoGamma R8 Beta15|0}}
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{{USBDevice|SanDisk 1TB Portable SSD USB 3.2 Gen 2 520MB/s|VID 0781 / PID 55BB|Issues|Not Tested|Works|Formatted to NTFS, works perfectly. May or may not work with FAT32. (Do not download a game online directly to the SSD. Instead, download it somewhere else.)
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Works in USB Loader GX, formatted as NTFS. CFG USB Loader reports unknown 'auto' partition and does not work (might require config change), other homebrew apps fail to mount it as well|0}}
  
 
{{USBDevice|[http://goo.gl/LAadG Seagate STBX1000200 Expansion Portable 2.5" external drive 1TB (USB 3.0)]|0bc2 2320|Not Tested|Not Tested|Issues|Loads without issues using CFG USB Loader but games sometimes hang during play |0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://goo.gl/LAadG Seagate STBX1000200 Expansion Portable 2.5" external drive 1TB (USB 3.0)]|0bc2 2320|Not Tested|Not Tested|Issues|Loads without issues using CFG USB Loader but games sometimes hang during play |0}}
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{{USBDevice|WD [http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Passport-Essential-Portable/dp/B0041OSQ9S My Passport Essential SE USB 3.0/2.0 WDBACX0010BBK-00]|0730 1016|Works|Not tested|Issues|Works with USB Loader; tested with single NTFS partition. Disabled spin-down with Smartware utility. Works with Homebrew and Configurable USB Loader formatted with FAT32.
 
{{USBDevice|WD [http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Passport-Essential-Portable/dp/B0041OSQ9S My Passport Essential SE USB 3.0/2.0 WDBACX0010BBK-00]|0730 1016|Works|Not tested|Issues|Works with USB Loader; tested with single NTFS partition. Disabled spin-down with Smartware utility. Works with Homebrew and Configurable USB Loader formatted with FAT32.
 
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Difficulty with Configurable USB loader formatted FAT32 & NTFS, worked with Wiiflow though. Can be problematic. Must convert from gpt to primary mbr use a partition program to do So, you can then format to a wbfs file system.|2}}
  
 
{{USBDevice|WD [http://tinyurl.com/yj4oo5l My Book Home Edition WDH1CS1000N]||Works|Not Tested|Works|Has trouble booting up with USBloader GX, just make sure to turn on the external first, and wait 10-15 secs before turning on the Wii. Fails 1 out of 5 times. This is due to the multiple ports most likely. However, this drive does have a very fast transfer speed during PC transfers because of the other fast ports. It's worth the buy regardless, and it's very quiet and efficient.|3}}
 
{{USBDevice|WD [http://tinyurl.com/yj4oo5l My Book Home Edition WDH1CS1000N]||Works|Not Tested|Works|Has trouble booting up with USBloader GX, just make sure to turn on the external first, and wait 10-15 secs before turning on the Wii. Fails 1 out of 5 times. This is due to the multiple ports most likely. However, this drive does have a very fast transfer speed during PC transfers because of the other fast ports. It's worth the buy regardless, and it's very quiet and efficient.|3}}
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{{USBDevice|WD Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1 TB (WDBZFP0010BBK)|1058:0830|Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Just one partition WBFS format, covering the whole drive, with both wiiflow and USBLoader GX you can read the drive but as soon as you click on "play" any game, the thing freezes, black screen, wiimote disconects and you have to hard power off the console. NEW- I would recommend a different drive, but if you already have this one I was able to get this drive to work, though its a pain. You have to format the drive using a 3rd party program (I used [http://download.cnet.com/HDD-Low-Level-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-75544788.html HDD Low Level Format Tool] THEN disconnect/reconnect the drive to your PC, open up windows disk management and format NTFS, then use Wii Backup to format it. If you skip the 3rd party program you will have definate issues. I tested this and was able to run new donkey kong country fine. I will update once I've tested with other games.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|WD Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1 TB (WDBZFP0010BBK)|1058:0830|Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Just one partition WBFS format, covering the whole drive, with both wiiflow and USBLoader GX you can read the drive but as soon as you click on "play" any game, the thing freezes, black screen, wiimote disconects and you have to hard power off the console. NEW- I would recommend a different drive, but if you already have this one I was able to get this drive to work, though its a pain. You have to format the drive using a 3rd party program (I used [http://download.cnet.com/HDD-Low-Level-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-75544788.html HDD Low Level Format Tool] THEN disconnect/reconnect the drive to your PC, open up windows disk management and format NTFS, then use Wii Backup to format it. If you skip the 3rd party program you will have definate issues. I tested this and was able to run new donkey kong country fine. I will update once I've tested with other games.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|WD Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1 TB (WDBZFP0010BBK-04)|USB\VID_1058&PID_0830|Works|Works|Works|HomeBrew Channel 1.1.2, Nintendot, MAME Wii, WiiMC, WAD-Manager_v1.7, displays and loads everything correctly. Don't forget to change Game Paths to USB. Everything works and loads perfectly.|1}}
  
 
{{USBDevice|WD Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1 TB (WDBGPU0010BWT)|1058:1004|Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Tried the drive with both WBFS and NTFS partitions. USB Loader CFG doesn't recognize any partitions. In WiiFlow it recognizes the partition but games go to immediate black screen upon loading|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|WD Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1 TB (WDBGPU0010BWT)|1058:1004|Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Tried the drive with both WBFS and NTFS partitions. USB Loader CFG doesn't recognize any partitions. In WiiFlow it recognizes the partition but games go to immediate black screen upon loading|0}}
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{{USBDevice|WD Elements 1TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive [http://www.amazon.in/WD-Elements-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B008GS8LT0]||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|The disk is standard formatted in GPT format. You need to convert this to MBR. I did this the way described on this website. http://jai-fixyourpc.blogspot.nl/2011/05/how-to-make-your-usb-bootable-windows.html Please take noticed the formatting process takes a lot of time. It took me the whole night but the result is a working external harddrive for your modded Wii|1}}
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{{USBDevice|WD Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1 TB|1058:1004|Works|Not Tested|Works|Here's the solution for the passport Ultra (and maybe other passports from what I read). You have to use some software to remove the VCD (Virtual CD partition). Otherwise your partition will look strange when you format it, and your USB loader will load it, but not recognise the partition.. If the USB loader comes up, and recognizes the drive but not the partition, you probably have this issue. I used this tool to remove it.... (HP USB disk storage format) http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html |0}}
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{{USBDevice|WD Western Digital My Passport (WDBYNN0010BBL-WESN) ||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|No issues so far with this USB 3.0 HD purchased in the US at Best Buy in April 2017. Formatted the drive on a Mac to FAT32, using Nintendont and USB Loader GX so far. Untested with Wii so far. |1 }}
 
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Separate tester: I formatted this drive NTFS and copied games using windows explorer and USB Loader GX wouldnt recognize any games.  I had no problems detecting the drive.  This was with a Wii 4.3U.  Not sure of the IOS.  I then went back, deleted the games, used Wii Backup Manager and copied the games to the drive and switched to a Micro USB cable.  After that I had no trouble with any game I wanted to play for as long as I wanted to play it.|1}}
 
Separate tester: I formatted this drive NTFS and copied games using windows explorer and USB Loader GX wouldnt recognize any games.  I had no problems detecting the drive.  This was with a Wii 4.3U.  Not sure of the IOS.  I then went back, deleted the games, used Wii Backup Manager and copied the games to the drive and switched to a Micro USB cable.  After that I had no trouble with any game I wanted to play for as long as I wanted to play it.|1}}
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{{USBDevice|[https://amz.run/7Bxv Western Digital 2TB My Passport - WDBYVG0020BBK-WESN] | 1058:2626 |Not Tested|Not Tested|Works| 1 Partition Fat32, Works with Usbloader GX and Nintendont on vWii. No y-usb cable, no extra power needed.  |0}}
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{{USBDevice|WD Drive for Chromebook WDBB7B0020BBL-WEWM| |Not Tested|Not Tested|Works| Very new to this so it took me forever. Finally worked once I formatted it to fat32 with the Wii Backup Manager. I had to open USB downloader gx and install one of my discs onto the drive that way before I was able to download wbfs file onto the drive.  |0}}
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{{USBDevice|Vantech 2 in 1 IDE/PATA and SATA to USB Adapter||Works|Not Tested|Not Tested|Only tested 2.5 laptop PATA drive|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Vantech 2 in 1 IDE/PATA and SATA to USB Adapter||Works|Not Tested|Not Tested|Only tested 2.5 laptop PATA drive|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Western Digital 808.8 GB (model WD8088AADS-00L5B1)||Not tested|Not tested|Works|No it's not a typo, it really is 808.8GB. Doesn't really belong here, but unsurprisingly there wasn't an 808.8GB category to put it under. Tested with a Macron 3.5" External SATA HDD USB 2.0 Enclosure. Works with USB Loader GX and Nintendont. |0}}
  
 
{{USBDevice|Western Digital 2TB My Book Essential Edition|1059 1100|Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Drive initially gave -1 error, but swapping to the other USB port got it detected. Loader will not see a partition table and gives a No partitions found! ret -38 error. Unable to format to WBFS.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Western Digital 2TB My Book Essential Edition|1059 1100|Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Drive initially gave -1 error, but swapping to the other USB port got it detected. Loader will not see a partition table and gives a No partitions found! ret -38 error. Unable to format to WBFS.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Generic 3.5" External Hard Drive Enclosure, Model Unknown|14CD 6116|Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Tested with Config USB Loader with Hermes 222 IOS.  Latest Wii updates as of 6-1-2011. Purchased from Ebay |0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Generic 3.5" External Hard Drive Enclosure, Model Unknown|14CD 6116|Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Tested with Config USB Loader with Hermes 222 IOS.  Latest Wii updates as of 6-1-2011. Purchased from Ebay |0}}
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{{USBDevice|Generic 2.5" External Hard Drive Enclosure with 40GB sata fitted, Model Unknown|14CD 6116|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Tested with Config USB Loader v69 after full update and soft mod with modmii on 16/05/12. All other USB loaders failed. Drive formatted fat32. Purchased from Ebay |0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Generic 2.5" External Hard Drive Enclosure with 40GB sata fitted, Model Unknown|14CD 6116|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Tested with Config USB Loader v69 after full update and soft mod with modmii on 16/05/12. All other USB loaders failed. Drive formatted fat32. Purchased from Ebay |0}}
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{{USBDevice|LogiLink UA0041B 2.5" External Hard Drive Enclosure, identified as SuperTop M6116 SATA Bridge|14CD 6116|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Tested with wiiflow .All other USB loaders untested. HDD 320GB Hitachi HTS723232L9A360 formatted wbfs |0}}
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{{USBDevice|Generic 2.5" SATA HDD Enclosure (POTHSATA2501) |  |Not Tested|Not Tested|Works| I had to partition and format on my PC, but it works well now.  Using with a 60GB Seagate Momentus.  Available at http://www.accstation.com/pothsata2501.html.  I bought it from accstation on Ebay for $7 including shipping.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Generic 2.5" SATA HDD Enclosure (POTHSATA2501) |  |Not Tested|Not Tested|Works| I had to partition and format on my PC, but it works well now.  Using with a 60GB Seagate Momentus.  Available at http://www.accstation.com/pothsata2501.html.  I bought it from accstation on Ebay for $7 including shipping.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Gigabyte Anvil||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Tested with Seagate 500GB|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|Gigabyte Anvil||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Tested with Seagate 500GB|0}}
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{{USBDevice|[https://a.co/d/bx5y6wL GODO USB 3.0 to 3.5 Inch Hard Drive Enclosure]|152D 0578|Not tested|Not tested|Works|Tested with a 1TB Western Digital Blue SATA hard drive (WDC_WD10EZEX-08WN4A0). Formatted in NTFS with .wbfs games added manually in USB Loader GX. No issues - Note: Despite being a powered enclosure, it seemingly draws a lot of power from the outermost USB port and causes an analog to HDMI converter to flicker when the converter is connected to the second Wii USB port - resolved by using a separate power source for the converter.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/yjpadyt HornetTek Hover SCC 3.5" SATA to USB/eSATA]||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Tested with Seagate 500GB|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/yjpadyt HornetTek Hover SCC 3.5" SATA to USB/eSATA]||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Tested with Seagate 500GB|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://shop1.frys.com/product/5893513/ HORNETTEK TRAVEL LITE 2.5" SATA TO USB]||Not tested|Not tested|Doesn't Work|No joy|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://shop1.frys.com/product/5893513/ HORNETTEK TRAVEL LITE 2.5" SATA TO USB]||Not tested|Not tested|Doesn't Work|No joy|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Initio Corporation 2.5" HDD External Case - SATA|13FD 1240|Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Tested with Toshiba MK325GSX  320Gb SATA  using USB loader GX Revision 890|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|Initio Corporation 2.5" HDD External Case - SATA|13FD 1240|Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Tested with Toshiba MK325GSX  320Gb SATA  using USB loader GX Revision 890|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|Initio Corporation 3.5" HDD External Case - SATA "PI-202US SATA/USB20 Drive" firmware 8.67|13FD 1640|Not Tested|Not Tested|Issues|Tested with Samsung HD403LJ 400Gb 3.5" SATA 7200rpm, 16M, using USB loader GX Revision ?. (drive partitioned as 200Gb WBFS and 200GBFAT. only used the wbfs) ISSUES: if you exit the game and go back to usbloader GX, then it freezes while opening the second time with "waiting for USB device". So I'm now rebooting the device everytime i reboot the wii. Also, as expected, it's way slower then using a modern flash memory, but you will only notice that during the game loads. More serious, while playing DOD multiplayer for a long time, the screen would just turn black. you will not respaw, just be able to access the menus and change weapons. it happens randomly. never happened with a usb stick.|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|Initio Corporation 3.5" HDD External Case - SATA "PI-202US SATA/USB20 Drive" firmware 8.67|13FD 1640|Not Tested|Not Tested|Issues|Tested with Samsung HD403LJ 400Gb 3.5" SATA 7200rpm, 16M, using USB loader GX Revision ?. (drive partitioned as 200Gb WBFS and 200GBFAT. only used the wbfs) ISSUES: if you exit the game and go back to usbloader GX, then it freezes while opening the second time with "waiting for USB device". So I'm now rebooting the device everytime i reboot the wii. Also, as expected, it's way slower then using a modern flash memory, but you will only notice that during the game loads. More serious, while playing DOD multiplayer for a long time, the screen would just turn black. you will not respaw, just be able to access the menus and change weapons. it happens randomly. never happened with a usb stick.|1}}
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{{USBDevice|Initio based chipset generic HDD Enclosure 2.5/3.5 - SATA/IDE||Works|Not Tested|Works|Tested with 320GB, 500GB and 2TB variant hard drives. There was an issues with USB Loader GX, intermittently detecting the drive, but it works fine with CFG Loader and Wiiflow no issues at all.|1}}
  
 
{{USBDevice|[http://inlandproduct.com/u-jam25harddriveenclosureusbidepartnumber08411.aspx Inland u-Jam 2.5” Hard Drive Enclosure USB/IDE]||Doesn't Work|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Tested with a variety of small (12GB, 20GB, 40GB) IDE drives|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://inlandproduct.com/u-jam25harddriveenclosureusbidepartnumber08411.aspx Inland u-Jam 2.5” Hard Drive Enclosure USB/IDE]||Doesn't Work|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Tested with a variety of small (12GB, 20GB, 40GB) IDE drives|1}}
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{{USBDevice|MacAlly PHR-100A Aluminum 3.5" USB2.0 External Enclosure||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Tested with Hitachi 500GB IDE drive.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|MacAlly PHR-100A Aluminum 3.5" USB2.0 External Enclosure||Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Tested with Hitachi 500GB IDE drive.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/ykwpwc8 Macally PHR-250CC FireWire/USB 2.0 2.5-Inch IDE Hard Drive Enclosure]|03e0 6830|Not tested|Not tested|Works|Tested with IBM Travelstar 20 GB HD originally from a Powerbook G4|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/ykwpwc8 Macally PHR-250CC FireWire/USB 2.0 2.5-Inch IDE Hard Drive Enclosure]|03e0 6830|Not tested|Not tested|Works|Tested with IBM Travelstar 20 GB HD originally from a Powerbook G4|0}}
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{{USBDevice|Macron 3.5" External SATA HDD USB 2.0 Enclosure||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Tested with Western Digital WD8088AADS-00L5B1 and with Seagate ST3320820AS hard drives. Both work with USB Loader GX and Nintendont. |0}}
 
{{USBDevice|MadDog Usb Enclosure||Works|Works|Works|Only works in the right usb port. Works as FAT32 and NTFS on GeeXboX. Homebrew and Usb iso loader work fine. Tested with Samsung 80gb Drive UPDATE: Does not run backups past cios rev 10; incompatible with many new games. |2}}
 
{{USBDevice|MadDog Usb Enclosure||Works|Works|Works|Only works in the right usb port. Works as FAT32 and NTFS on GeeXboX. Homebrew and Usb iso loader work fine. Tested with Samsung 80gb Drive UPDATE: Does not run backups past cios rev 10; incompatible with many new games. |2}}
 
{{USBDevice|MonoPrice HDD Dock USB 3.0 External HDD 3.5" SATA|?? ??|Not Tested|Not Tested| Doesn't Work|Tested with seagate 3.5" 750GB SATA.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|MonoPrice HDD Dock USB 3.0 External HDD 3.5" SATA|?? ??|Not Tested|Not Tested| Doesn't Work|Tested with seagate 3.5" 750GB SATA.|0}}
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I tested this as well, and it only kind of worked. Backing up disc to FAT32 did not complete. Backing up to WBFS partition sometimes completed, sometimes not. In all cases, loading the game either failed outright or got to the first few loading screened then froze. I tried multiple loaders with no success. Used an old 4GB Sandisk Cruzer I had lying around in FAT32 with no problems whatsoever - backed games up fine and played fine, confirming it's an issue with either my drive or the enclosure|0}}
 
I tested this as well, and it only kind of worked. Backing up disc to FAT32 did not complete. Backing up to WBFS partition sometimes completed, sometimes not. In all cases, loading the game either failed outright or got to the first few loading screened then froze. I tried multiple loaders with no success. Used an old 4GB Sandisk Cruzer I had lying around in FAT32 with no problems whatsoever - backed games up fine and played fine, confirming it's an issue with either my drive or the enclosure|0}}
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{{USBDevice|[https://www.sabrent.com/product/EC-UK30/ultra-slim-usb-3-0-to-2-5-inch-sata-external-aluminum-hard-drive-enclosure Sabrent EC-UK30 2.5" USB 3.0 Enclosure]| |Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Tested with Hitachi 160GB
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I used the hackmii tool and usb loader to hack my Wii.  This enclosure works well so far.|0}}
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{{USBDevice|[http://www.frys.com/product/5680821 Sabrent 3.5" SATA/IDE Hard Drive Aluminum Enclosure ECS-STU35]|152D 2338|Not tested|Not tested|Works||0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://www.frys.com/product/5680821 Sabrent 3.5" SATA/IDE Hard Drive Aluminum Enclosure ECS-STU35]|152D 2338|Not tested|Not tested|Works||0}}
 
{{USBDevice|SANOXY IDE/PATA 2.5" USB 2.0 Enclosure, Blue||Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work| Tested with USB Loader GX. Using a Fujitsu 100 GB 2.5" HDD IDE.  It will mount on my PC but the Wii will not recognize it. The one I received does not have a SANOXY logo on it.  Beware! |0}}
 
{{USBDevice|SANOXY IDE/PATA 2.5" USB 2.0 Enclosure, Blue||Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work| Tested with USB Loader GX. Using a Fujitsu 100 GB 2.5" HDD IDE.  It will mount on my PC but the Wii will not recognize it. The one I received does not have a SANOXY logo on it.  Beware! |0}}
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{{USBDevice|[http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/qqlin/13.jpg Unbranded IDE to USB 2.0 Enclosure For 2.5" Notebook Hard Disk] Ebay "VAIO". Sometimes real Philips brand. Also Conceptronic|058F 6391|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Doesn't work when tested with Toshiba 20GB. Works perfectly with Samsung 80GB. If connected to PC, works perfectly with WBFS Manager 3.0.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/qqlin/13.jpg Unbranded IDE to USB 2.0 Enclosure For 2.5" Notebook Hard Disk] Ebay "VAIO". Sometimes real Philips brand. Also Conceptronic|058F 6391|Not Tested|Not Tested|Works|Doesn't work when tested with Toshiba 20GB. Works perfectly with Samsung 80GB. If connected to PC, works perfectly with WBFS Manager 3.0.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://www.buy.com/prod/2-5-blue-wire-mesh-usb-2-0-sata-hard-drive-disk-hdd-enclosure-case/q/loc/101/211934976.html Unbranded 2.5" HDD External Case] |13FD 1840|Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Tested with IBM/Lenovo Hitachi 60 gb 2.5 SATA HDD pulled from a Thinkpad T60 & a Momentus 5400 RPM from Seagate pulled from a Compaq F500 Note: I don't know why an enclosure with a similar VID works, but after trying two HDDs in the enclosure and trying another completely different enclosure THAT WORKED I can safely say - this does not work. Light blinks, but both USBLoader v9 and CFG loader freeze|1}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://www.buy.com/prod/2-5-blue-wire-mesh-usb-2-0-sata-hard-drive-disk-hdd-enclosure-case/q/loc/101/211934976.html Unbranded 2.5" HDD External Case] |13FD 1840|Not Tested|Not Tested|Doesn't Work|Tested with IBM/Lenovo Hitachi 60 gb 2.5 SATA HDD pulled from a Thinkpad T60 & a Momentus 5400 RPM from Seagate pulled from a Compaq F500 Note: I don't know why an enclosure with a similar VID works, but after trying two HDDs in the enclosure and trying another completely different enclosure THAT WORKED I can safely say - this does not work. Light blinks, but both USBLoader v9 and CFG loader freeze|1}}
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{{USBDevice|[https://www.amazon.com/Unitek-docking-station-function-Y-3025/dp/B00YGKZOAQ Unitek Y-3025 2.5"/3.5" Dual Bay SATA to USB3.0 Docking Station (With Clone Function)]|174C 55AA|Not tested|Not tested|Issues|Tested with Western Digital WD8088AADS-00L5B1 and with Seagate ST3320820AS hard drives. Both drives have sleep issues with this enclosure when playing Gamecube games, but work perfectly fine using a more basic enclosure. |0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/yfkxqdn Vantec NexStar Hard Drive Dock NST-D100UFS]||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Tested with WD 750GB drive. 480GB is WBFS and the rest is NTFS|2}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://tinyurl.com/yfkxqdn Vantec NexStar Hard Drive Dock NST-D100UFS]||Not tested|Not tested|Works|Tested with WD 750GB drive. 480GB is WBFS and the rest is NTFS|2}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://www.vantecusa.com/front/product/view_detail/272 Vantec NexStar CX 2.5]||Not tested|Not tested|Issues|Tested with Seagate Momentus 320GB 5400.5 Update: Sometimes is not detected and needs restart to detect.  Detected ~95% of the time. Update: If the harddrive is in the bottom usb and a flash drive is in the top usb I get 100% detection.|0}}
 
{{USBDevice|[http://www.vantecusa.com/front/product/view_detail/272 Vantec NexStar CX 2.5]||Not tested|Not tested|Issues|Tested with Seagate Momentus 320GB 5400.5 Update: Sometimes is not detected and needs restart to detect.  Detected ~95% of the time. Update: If the harddrive is in the bottom usb and a flash drive is in the top usb I get 100% detection.|0}}

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PLEASE READ ME (Guidelines)

  1. If you are the first person to add a Device, then the confirmed column should read 0 (as it is unconfirmed). Every person should then add 1 to that when they have verified that outcome.
  2. Keep it to English! Most people at GBATemp have decent English, if you can't say something in English, then write it down in whatever language you speak and hopefully someone will translate it for you.
  3. Try to fill out as much as you can.
  4. Hugely important would be adding a link to the drive and where you bought it. Naming has been a little vague, lets be precise. Drives can differ from batch to batch. If the shop you purchased it from can't be found online, please find the manufacturers web page for that EXACT drive version.
  5. If you are running the game using a card reader (SD, Memory Stick, CF, etc), list the READER, NOT THE CARD; USB cardreaders are bridge-like in that any card will work with a working reader. Similarly, if using an enclosure that wasn't sold at retail with your hard drive already in it, list the ENCLOSURE, NOT the drive itself.

How to test

Finding your device's USB ID:

Every USB device ever made has its own unique Vendor ID and Product ID, two four-digit hexadecimal numbers that together identify a particular model made by a particular company. If you have a device's Vendor ID and Product ID you can say with confidence whether any two given USB devices are the same model or not.

Windows: Plug the device into your computer. Wait for Windows to initialize the device, if necessary. Open Device Manager, open the "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" group, right click on "USB Mass Storage Device", select the "Details" tab, then select "Hardware Ids" from the Property drop-down box. In the big box beneath that there will be one or more lines starting with something like this: 

USB\VEN_05E3&DEV_0715

In this case, the Vendor ID is 05E3 and the Product ID is 0715.
If there is more than one "USB Mass Storage Device" listed, unplug any USB device plugged into the system, or failing that, try a different computer. Some computers have built-in cardreaders attached to the USB bus, which can confuse the process.

For ease of use finding you VendorID and ProductID numbers in Windows, you can download USBDeview at http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html and check the corresponding columns at the programs listing.

Linux: Plug the device into your computer, wait about 8 seconds (to be safe), then:
$ less /proc/bus/usb/devices
For every USB device in your system (including your root hubs!) there is an entry in this pseudo-file that looks something like this: (the Vendor ID and Product ID are in bold) 

T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=04 Cnt=01 Dev#= 15 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=05e3 ProdID=0715 Rev=94.07
S:  Manufacturer=Genesys
S:  Product=USB Reader
S:  SerialNumber=000000009407
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=500mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms

Note "Driver=usb-storage". This tells you the device is claimed by the usb-storage driver, and is therefore a USB storage device. Obviously, if usb-storage isn't loaded that won't be there; make sure it's loaded!
If there is more than one such block listed, again, unplug other devices from the system, or failing that, try a different computer. Note that you will have to close and re-open the file to see any changes.

Another way to do this in linux:
$ lsusb 

Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0951:1603 Kingston Technology Data Traveler 1GB/2GB Pen Drive

The first number is Vendor ID and the second Product ID

Mac: Insert the USB device into your Mac running MacOS 12.4 Monterey or similar. Wait about 8-10 seconds, to make sure it's detected, and start the System Information app. On the left hand column, under the Hardware heading, find USB. On the top right pane, find and click on the device you are checking (check under the names USB Reader, Mass Storage Device, Generic Storage, Volume, etc.), and more information should appear to the bottom of this pane (now the bottom right). In this area, search for the following information: 

 USB Reader:
   Capacity:	1.88 GB
   Removable Media:	Yes
   Detachable Drive:	Yes
   BSD Name:	disk3
   Product ID:	0x0715
   Vendor ID:	0x05e3  (Genesys Logic, Inc.)
   Version:	94.07
   Serial Number:	000000009407
   Speed:	Up to 480 Mb/sec

GeeXboX:

  1. Check if Device is formated as FAT, FAT32 or NTFS
  2. Make a Backup. There's a very small Chance that the Stick will get corrupted.
  3. Load GeeXboX
  4. Plug your Device in
  5. See if it shows directories.

Non-Linux based Homebrew:

  1. Grab your USB-Device
  2. Check if it's formated as FAT/FAT32, Windows XP doesn't let you format big drives (AFIAK over 40GB) as FAT32, you need to use FAT32Format or a Linux live CD/DVD or a GParted Live CD/DVD.
  3. Make a Backup. There's a very small Chance that the Stick will get corrupted.
  4. Go to HBC, plug your Device in.
  5. Load USB mass storage device tester

USB Loader

  1. Create a WBFS, NTFS or FAT32 partition on the device, and load a game that is known to work onto the device.
  2. Connect the device before turning your Wii on, to be safe. Enable any relevant "Disk mode", "USB storage mode" etc. beforehand.
  3. Boot the game you recorded earlier.
  4. Play the game for at least one hour before reporting back. Many devices appear to work at first, but have crippling stability issues.

If Problems occur:

  1. Try to plug the Device at the other USB-Port.
  2. Try to plug the Device in before entering/in Homebrewchannel. Then load App.
  3. Try to plug in the Device and then power on Wii.

If the Device does not work

  1. Try to find a spare Device that will show up.
  2. Use this to boot the loader.
  3. Once you have the "No partition found" screen, switch to the original Device.
  4. Press A. Hopefully, the device will show up on the screen to be formatted.
  5. If it works, on following loads, you will still need to swap. Instead of formatting every time, press A, then B to go back.

If the Device automatically spins down due to inactivity

Some drives are configured from the factory to automatically spindown after a set number of minutes of inactivity, which could cause issues. Configuration software is usually available to configure such devices to disable this feature.

Compatibility Legend Class (?)
Works (near) perfectly. ct-works
Games that work almost 100% and are playable but have some issues like missing textures or crashes after doing certain in-game action not supposed to be done (a intentional bug for example). ct-minor
Some issues, but still works. ct-issues
Doesn't work/crashes. ct-broken
Not tested. ct-noresult

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
CN Memory MicroX Works Works Not Tested Only works if it is plugged into the Wii before powering the Wii on. 1
Imation Flash 1GB USB Unknown Not Tested Not tested Works The device works pefectly with USB Loader 1.5 0
Integral 1GB Flash Stick Not Tested Not Tested Works Insert whilst the Wii is off to get passed the ret=-1 error. 0
Kingston 1GB DataTraveler 13FE 1D00 Works Works Works Tested in ScummVM,YaWnD,GeeXboX by playing a movie, and in USB Loader GX by playing Monopoly. Everything works perfectly. 1
Kingston 1GB DataTraveler Works Works Issues Works in most of homebrew applications, but it can't load games for USB Loader. 0
Lexar Firefly Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great with USB Loader GX, not too many games under 1GB but all i found worked perfectly. 0
Nextar 1GB MP3 Player/ Flash Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Insert while the Wii is off. Tested Animal Crossing City Folk on USB Loader GX with no problems. 0
PNY Attaché 1GB Not Tested Not Tested Works 0
PNY 1GB Not Testing Not tested Works 0
SANDISK CRUZER 1.0GB MICRO Not Tested Not Tested Issues USB Loader launches, and the black rectangular section contains no text, required to power down the wii (This is a bug)(works if you remove launchpad from the unit) 0

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
Alcor Micro Corp 058f 6387 Works Not Tested Works 2
A-DATA USB Flash Drive 2GB 125F C82A Not Tested Not Tested Works 0
Corsair 2GB Flash Voyager Works Not Tested Not Tested 1
Creative MuVo V100 MP3 Player Works Not Tested Doesn't Work Attempted with USB Loader v1.1 and WBFS Windows GUI v2 by Maximillion. Won't format. 0
PEAK MLC 2GB Works Not Tested Works 7
Creative Zen V Plus MP3 Player Not Tested Doesn't Work Works Must be in "Removable Disk" mode. 0
Dane-elec 2GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted/added game with WBFS Manager 3.0, works quickly and perfectly (tested mainly with DDR HP 2) 1
Emprex 2GB 1307 0163 Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested Worked fine with NeoGamma formatted to WBFS 0
HP v120w USB Device 2GB Not Tested Not Tested Works 0
Integral 2GB Flash Stick Not Tested Not Tested Works Inserting whilst Wii is off will fix the ret neg 1 error. 0
Kingston 2GB DataTraveler 0930 6544 Works Works Works 7
Lexar 2Gb Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Works Doesn't Work, I have much problems with that stick Too.

I have a lexar 2 gb and works great with usb loader, wiiflow

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Panasonic Class4 2GB Works Not Tested Works 3
Panasonic Class2 2GB Issues Not Tested Issues 0
PNY 2GB Attaché Not Tested Works Works 0
SanDisk 2GB Cruzer Micro 0781 5406 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Remove U3 and use WBFS to format it. (CM): Works fine for most people, but I tried this and no USB loader recognises my flash drive. It's formatted to WBFS with New Super Mario Bros on it and all loaders hang when trying to read from USB 2
Sony 2GB MicroVault Not Tested Not Tested Works All Sony MicroVault works except 007 edition. if it doesn't work for you get USB Loader v1.5 and put in your usb before your Wii is on and get the latest CIOS patch. 2
Transcend JF T3 2GB Not Tested Not Tested Works 0
Transcend JFV30 2GB Not Tested Works Works 1

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
A-DATA My Flash 4GB Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Instant error upon boot-up into USB Loader 1.0 and 1.1 (both USB ports tested) 0
Apple Ipod Mini 1st gen Not Tested Not Tested Works using Waninoko's usb v1.1 & connected via traditonal Apple USB 1
Apple Ipod Nano 3rd Gen Not Tested Works Doesn't Work using Waninoko's usb v1.1 & connected via traditonal Apple USB 0
Corsair flash Voyager Mini 4GB 1b1c:0b29 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work ret -1 error in USB loader. (If you get "-1" error, plug in before turning on, if issue still persists, format with FAT32 and plug in before boot again).
Corsair flash Voyager 4GB Works Not Tested Works Drive unreconize by usbloader. Maybe different versions?

Works fine for me! Works like a dream!

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Crucial 4GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works with NeoGamma r9 beta47, Cios36 r10 0
Dane-Elec 4GB 1970 2606 Works Works Works If you get "-1" error, Format with FAT32 and plug in before boot. 2
DataWrite 4gb "hi-speed" silver case Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work using Waninoko's usb v1.1 0
Emtec C250 4GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Using Waninolo's usb v1.1 1
Emtec Flash Drive USB 2.0 4GB Not Tested Not Tested Works 0
Emprex 4 GB Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Is recognized, but cannot load games; loads only a black screen 0
HP 4GB v115w (115 Series) Not Tested Not Tested Works Played Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Mario Kart Wii for a few hours. Worked great. 0
HP 4GB v125w (125 Series) Not Tested Not Tested Works Played We Cheer and Tournament of Legends with USB loader 0
HP 4GB v165w (165 Series) Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Won't even load into Usb Loader GX v2.1. Using cios 249 rev 21 on 4.1U system. 0
Imation 4 GB Nano Flash Drive Works Not Tested Works 1
Intenso 4GB Works Not Tested Issues It works fine with Homebrew but when start a game in USB Loader GX or CFG Loader it freezes on black screen. A game runs sometimes when you restart the wii and start the game again. 1
Kingston 4GB DataTraveler 0930 6545 Works Works Works Tried the 4GB-DT100 and works Fine with USB-Loader 6
Kingston 4GB DataTraveler DTI 0951 1603 Not Tested Not Tested Works works fine 0
Kingston 4GB DataTraveler 101 Generation 01 Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted WBFS, tested with cIOS38 rev14, 3.3U, USBLoader GX with Mario Kart 0
Kingston 4GB DataTraveler 101 Limited Edition Bold Colors (Black Jack) 0951 1642 Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted WBFS, tested with cfg loaged and a few games in their standard configuration. Worked perfectly. 0
Kodak Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work 0
Lexar JD Firefly 4GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Work fine with USB Loader GX r935 0
Micro Center 4GB USB Flash Drive 090c 1000 Works Works Works Everything works perfectly. Played No More Heroes 1 & 2 from beginning to end without any issues. Very fast, no lag during gameplay or media playback with GeeXboX. 0
Patriot Razzo 4GB Works Not Tested Not Tested 0
Patriot Xporter XT 4GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted with WBFS 2.5 Before Loading 0
PNY 4GB Attaché 0930 6544 Works Not Tested Works Formatted with WBFS 3.0, using Waninoko's usb v1.0 & v1.1 1
Sandisk Cruzer Micro 4GB 0781 5151 Works Not Tested Works Works fine under Fat32 with partition in GX loader - by 2PS.

Delete Launchpad partition. This should allow ALL cruzer micros to work.

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Sony MicroVault 4GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Using Waninolo's usb v1.1 0
Sony 4GB 054C 0439 Not Tested Not Tested Works 0
Transcend Jetflash V10 4GB Doesn't Work Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with FAT and FAT32 0
Transcend Jetflash V30 4GB Works Works Works Worked fine on softmod 4.2U w/ USB Loader 1
Trekstor USB Stick ME 4GB Not Testes Not tested Works Formatted with WBFS Manager, tested with cIOS rev9 and USB loader 1.5 ultimate 7.3 0
Verbatim Store N Go Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted with WBFS manager 2.5, tested with cIOS rev9 and rev10 + USB loader GX 1.0 1

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
ADATA C906 8 GB Children's Miracle USB Flash Drive (Black) VID 125F PID C96A Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great. Tested on USB Loader GX with Wii Backup Manager 0
A-DATA PD8 flash drive 8GB Works Not Tested Works 2
ADATA flash drive classic C003 8GB USB 2.0 Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested 0
BestBuy Geek Squad 8GB 154B 0027 Not Tested Not Tested Issues USB Loader GX 3.0 completely fails to identify the drive when formatted as WBFS, and when formatted as NTFS it hangs forever at "initialize usb device". Fails in Wiiflow. It does work with cfg-loader v70, however. 0
CnMemory Spaceloop XL 8GB USB 2.0 Works Not Tested Works using newest usb loader , Format Fat32 0
Corsair Survivor 8GB USB Stick Not Tested Not Tested Works If it doesn't work, shut down and turn the Wii on again with it plugged. 2
Corsair Flash Voyager 8GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly for me (USBLoader 1.5 and USBLoaderGX). I played hours before reporting. 0
Dane-Elec 8GB USB Stick 0930 6545 Works Works Works If you get backup loader -1 error, format stick to FAT32 & plug in before boot. 2
[Dane-Elec 8GB USB Stick] 13fe 3e00 Not Tested Not Tested Works Formated as WBFS 0
Duracell 8GB USB Flash Drive Works Not Tested Works 0
EMTEC flash drive USB2.0 C400 13fe 3600 Not Tested Not Tested Works 1
EMTEC 8GB USB Stick 090C 1000 Rev 1100 Works Works Works You have to shutdown the Wii before using the Stick. 0
HP flash drive 8GB Not Tested Not Tested Works 2
Imation Nano Pro USB 2.0 8GB 0718 0639 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works in FAT32 with .wbfs games added manually. 0
Intenso Flash Memory 8GB not tested not tested Issues Does not work in NTFS / FAT32 with USB Loader. in WBFS works fine! 0
Joy-it USB2.0 8GB Works Works Works 0
Kingston 8GB DataTraveler 120 Works Not Tested Works rev10 and USB Loader 1.4, Ultimate version. Formatted via USB Loader. 0
Kingston 8GB DataTraveler 100 Works Not Tested Works Tested with cIOS d2x v6 and CFG USB Loader v70r27 2
Kingston 8GB DataTraveler 101 Not Tested Not Tested Works Generation 1. Works great ;). 0
Kingston 8GB DataTraveler 101 II 930 6545 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Tested with cIOS36_v17 and Customisable USB Loader. Doesn't mount, if plugged in while waiting for slow drives it freezes the system.

It works for me using USB Loader GX. I have "Kingston DT101C/8GB Flash Memory 8GB DataTraveler 101 with Secure Traveler (Cyan)"(PS. make sure you are putting it in correct slot).

"Kingston DT101 G2" (Red) freezes with both CFG USB Loader v62 and USB Loader GX, tested with cIOS249_v17 and CIOS249_v20

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Kingston 8GB DataTraveler 101 G2 Not Tested Not Tested Works Fat32 in CFG USB loader v70r49 Auto ios 249base:57 rev19 Works perfectly tested by kingboolosus, Photo [1] 1
Kingston 8GB DataTraveler Works Not Tested Works For USB loader DTI Version Works, Photo [http/www.kingston.com/flash/datatraveler.asp] 4
Kingston 8GB DataTraveler G2 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great!!! BTW PS2's USBAdvance and uLaunch also works :) ; DTIG2 Version works with USBLoader 5
Kingston 8GB DataTraveler SE3 yellow Not Tested Not Tested Works Fat32 in CFG USB loader v70r49 Auto ios 249base:57 rev19 Works perfectly tested by kingboolosus, Photo [2] 1
Kingston 8GB USB DataTraveler Mini Slim 8086 293A Not Tested Not Tested Works Hotswapping is the only way. if not, -1 error 0
Kingston 8GB DataTraveler I G3 Flash Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Works amazingly. FAT 32 and WBFS work perfectly on this. No problems in terms of lag, or connection issues. Have tested and successfully loaded through NeoGamma, wiiflow and cfg usb loader. 1
KODAK USB flash drive 8GB Not Tested Not Tested Issues I have the cIOS of Hermes rev4... This drive doesn't work with newest loader (configurable usb loader, usb loader gx, neogamma), only with an old version of usb loader gx (r866) 1
LASER 8GB Blue Flash drive usb (FLS-8GBlue) Works Not Tested Works works good no issues at all using wiiflow and neo gama and uloader
Lexar 8Gb Not Tested Not Tested Works Works after formatted to FAT32 and renamed image directory to "wbfs" 1
Lexar 8GB JumpDrive VE 05dc a768 Works Not Tested Works Works flawlessly formatted to WBFS 1
MediaRange 8GB USB Flexi-Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested on cIOS rev19[38], running USB Loaders on IOS249, all working when WBFS Partition is used (FAT32 not tested). Crashed on WBFS Formatting with USB Loader GX, formatted with cfg USB Loader, then worked like a charm. When using WBFS, it is possible that it will not show up on Windows as Drive, fire up the Drive Management and then use your Backup Manager to organize your Backups. 0
Micro Center 8GB USB Flash Drive Works Works Works 2
OCZ Rally 8GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Has played every game I've thrown at it 0
OCZ Rally 2 Flash Drive 0325 AC02 Not Tested Doesn't Work Works Tested on NeoGamma and a USB Loader based on Wanikoko 1.5 1
OnMemory-BlueIce 8GB Doesn´t Work Not Tested Doesn´t Work crapy tool 0
Patriot Xporter X50 Signature Flash 8GB USB Drive (PSF8GUSB) Vid-13FE Pid-3600 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested using USB Loader XG. Tested with Wii Backup Manager formatted as WBFS. 0
Patriot XPorter XT 8GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted in Loader, Works perfectly -- Update: Confirmed working with 1.5 1
Pleomax 8 GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great with usb loader 1.1 1
PNY Attache Optima Pro 8GB 0930 6545 Not Tested Not Tested Works 1
PNY Attache Prénium 8GB vid_090c Pid_1000 Rev_0403 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works with cIOS36 rev9 fine on 3.2u 2
Ryval 8GB Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work WBFS Manager sees it correctly but won't be recognised as WBFS in USB Loader. 0
Samsung Flash Memory - Mobile Storage 8GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works without problems. 0
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 0781 5567 Not Tested Not Tested Works 3
SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 8GB 0781 5406 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested using cfg usb loader v70 + formatted as wbfs with wbfs manager. Does not work with USB Loader GX regardless of the format used 0
Sandisk Cruzer Micro 8GB Works Works Works ordered via link works great in neogamma R7 14
SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB Vid-0781 Pid-5406 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested using CFG USB Loader 56 and 56-222. Tested with WBFS Manager formatted as WBFS and Wii Backup Manager formatted as FAT32. Works perfectly! 0
SanDisk Cruzer 0781:5530 Works Not Tested Not Tested Works formetted as WBFS. Loader: NeoGamma R9. 0
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB VID-0781 PID-5575 Works Not Tested Works Works with GX (latest revision), CFG MOD (latest revision), and WiiFlow 4.2 with Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom 0
SanDisk-SDSDHV-008G-A15-8GB-Video-SDHC Works Not Tested Works Formatted Fat and Fat32, works with newest loader configurable usb loader, usb loader gx, neogamma 0
Sony Micro Vault 8GB 054C 0243 Not Tested Not Tested Works works only if plugged in after the loading of the usb loader v1.5 . 1
Sony Micro Vault 007-Edition Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Formatted as FAT32 and as NTFS. Won't work. 1
Super Talent Pico C Unlisted Not Tested Not Tested Works cIOS36 rev14, USB Loader GX v1.0, Wii 4.2u, neogamma 1
Super*Talent FLASH Drive AU_USB20 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work ret -1 error in USB loader (If you get "-1" error, plug in before turning on, if issue still persists, format to FAT32 and plug in before boot again). 0
takeMS 8GB USB Flash Drive MEM-Drive Colorline Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work I tested various formats and usb loaders. 0
TDK 8GB Trans-it Not Tested Not Tested Works Works flawlessly formatted to WBFS 2
Tevion 8GB USB Stick 1307 0165 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works no problems for me 2
Toshiba TransMemory 8GB Not Tested Not Tested Works 1
Transcend Jetflash V30 8GB Not Tested Works Doesn't Work ret -1 error in USB loader (If you get "-1" error, plug in before turning on, if issue still persists, format to FAT32 and plug in before boot again). 0
Transcend Jetflash T3 8GB Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work freeze in USB loader 0
Trekstor 8GB USB Stick Not Tested Not Tested Works works perfectly 0
USBest Technology USB Mass Storage Device 7614 1000 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Won't format in USB Loader (shows several partitions with unrealistic sizes, e.g. 80GB), trying to copy a game disc to USB device crashes Wii. Formatting with WBFS manager and transferring ISOs works. 0
USB Mass Storage Device 1043 8012 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Reads that there is a game but black screen upon loading in USB Loader 1.1 1
Verbatim Store'n'Go USB Flash Drive 8GB Doesn't Work Not Tested Works Tested using USB Loader GX. Formatted as WBFS with wii Backup Manager 0.3.4. I haven't been able to format it with WBFS Manager 3.0.1 nor USB Loader 2.5. UPDATE: Format through WBFS Manager working OK (Windows XP) 1

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
ADATA Classic C906 16GB Not Tested Not Tested Works 2
ADATA Nobility 005 Issues Not Tested Doesn't Work Games are freezing, tested with USB loader GX, cfg, neogamma. Homebrew should work, but I expirenced a lag with WiiMC 0
APACER 16GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works only FAT32, not work on NTFS! 0
Apacer AH325 8GB Handy Steno Rectractable USB 2.0 Flash Drive VID 1005 PID B113 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested on FAT32 with Wii Back Manager and WiiFlow and USB Loader GX. Works perfectly 0
Bion 16GB USB 2.0 Not Tested Not Tested Works Turn off Wii all the way (Red LED) before connecting. 0
Centon DSP16GB-009 Data Stick Pro Flash Drive Works Not Tested Works 1
Cibox 16GB Not Tested Not Tested Works works with USB Loader/luncher, Very good No lags 1
Sandisk Cruzer Glide 16GB Works Not Tested Works works with USB Loader/luncher, Very good No lags 1
Corsair 16GB Voyager Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested in the rightside port on the back. Formats inside the USB Loader successfully. Haven't tried any playing/installing games yet. 1
Corsair 16GB Voyager GT Not Tested Not Tested Works Just works in one of the usb ports, had to format it with wbfs before inserting 4
Duracell 16GB Not Tested Not Tested Works works great. 0
EMTEC Datatraveler 16GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Nothing to say 1
EMTEC Flash Drive 16GB Not Tested Not Tested Issues Freeze after some time, while playing, formatted with WBSF. Thought first of SD card issues, tested with another USB key is OK.

For me works perfectly played more than 3 or 4 hours without any problem formatted with WBSF, Soft: USBLOADER GX and COMFIGURABLE USBLOADER + cIOS rev19 and Hermes's cIOS222 223 224

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HP v135w USB Device 03f0 3407 Not Tested Not Tested Works Formated with WBFS Manager 3.0 first try and works great with CFG USB Loader and NeoGamma! 0
HP v165w USB Device 5307 Works Not Tested Works Worked fine for me in both loaders of CFG and GX formatted as Fat32 with partition. Also worked fine as a formatted WBFS drive - By 2PS.

Formatted FAT, FAT32, NTFS, WBFS; none were sucessful. Did get the drive to work as a path for homebrew aps, but CFG loader, USB loader GX and uLoader all failed to recognize drive.

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Imation Nano Pro 16GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0.
KODAK USB flash drive 16GB Not Tested Not Tested Works 1
Kingston 16GB DTSE9 Not Tested Not Tested Works WBSF format works 0
Kingston 16GB DataTraveler 0951:1607 Works Works Works FAT, FAT32, NTFS-all work. Mplayer only FAT, FAT32; wbsfs format works 3
Kingston 16GB DataTraveler 100 Not Tested Works Works Works on USB Loader 1.5, format with WBSF manager, use left USB port on Wii. For me it works perfectly on the right USB port (viewed from the back) formated to WBSF and using Configurable USB Loader 2.54. 1
Kingston 16GB DataTraveler 108 0951:1667 Works Not Tested Works Works fine in every format, played for hours, runs smoothly, no glitches found. 1
Kingston 16GB DataTraveler 400 (DT400/16GB) Not Tested Not Tested Works Just works in one of the usb ports. 0
Kingston 16GB DataTraveler G2 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works if plugged in AFTER loading the USB Loader. Like the DT 100, seems to prefer the left USB port. 4
Kingston 16GB DataTraveler 101 G2 0951:1665 Not Tested Not Tested Works Fat32 in CFG USB loader v70r49 Auto ios 249base:57 rev19 Works perfectly tested by KingBoolosus, Photo [3] 1
Kingston 16GB DataTraveler G3 0951:1643 Not Tested Not Tested Works Uninstall UrDrive Software then quick format to FAT32 8192 bytes. Plug in the device after starting USB Loader GX i.e when the countdown starts 2
Kingston 16GB DataTraveler G3 0951:1643 Not Tested Not Tested Works Uninstall UrDrive Software then quick format to FAT32 8192 bytes. Plug in the device after starting USB Loader GX i.e when the countdown starts 2
Kingston 16GB 3.0 V3 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works better in the second USB port. 2
Kingston 16GB DataTraveler microDuo 2.0 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested in FAT32 using Wii Backup Manager 1
Lexar Jumpdrive V10 16GB Works Not Tested Issues Work only on Fat32 formatted on 8ko. Sometimes don't work 0
Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 Flash Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Multiple games. Works perfectly if formatted to fat32 with 32k 0
Micro Center 16GB USB Flash Drive 1307:0165 Not Tested Not Tested Works Formats to 15.08GB, Playback FAST no lag, Installed from disc and pc a bit slower then a hd but faster then burning a disc. Great buy 0
Nexxtech Jelly Drive 16GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted two of these things in WBFS format with Wii Backup Manager. They both work great in USBLoaderGX and WiiFlow. In Fat32, however, the drive is recognized but I was unable to load games from it. 0
Patriot Xporter XT 16GB 13FE:3100 Not Tested Not Tested Works Had to format first in NTFS, then use WBFS Manager 3.0 to format to WBFS. Tested several games, worked beautifully. 1
PNY 16GB attaché Works Not Tested Works It doesnt say premium on it but works. Got it off ebay for like 30 bucks works great. 2
PNY 16GB attaché mini Works Not Tested Works I formatted the drive with WBFS manager 3.0, no problem. A past user reported wiiflow not working, I tested with CFG Loader and Neogamma, both worked perfectly. 2
PNY 16GB attaché premium Not Tested Not Tested Works 0
SanDisk Cruzer micro 16GB Works Works Works works really great with USB-Loader 1.1, had no problems yet. 10
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB Works Not Tested Works Works with multiple USB loaders, Wii and GC backups. Perfect size for permanent storage. 1
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Had to reformat it as NTFS before could format as WBFS, issue occurred under Windows 7 0
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB VID 0781 PID 5575 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine out of the package with USB Loader GX r1271 and Wii MC 1.3.4. Both GC and Wii backups (added with WiiBackupManager Build 78) worked fine under FAT32. 0
SanDisk Ultra Backup 16GB Works Not Tested Works Worked flawlessly. Had to use BootIt to swap the bit for formatting. Did a full WBFS, copied ISOs with no problems, Wii reads it instantly. Games play fast, no errors! 0
SanDisk Ultra Cruzer Titanium 16 GB Works Not tested Works First formatted with WBFS Manager, worked like a charm. Now using FAT32 and there isn't any problem. 0
SanDisk Ultra Flair 16GB VID 0781 PID 5591 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine out of the package with USB Loader GX r1271 and Wii MC 1.3.4. Both GC and Wii backups (added with WiiBackupManager Build 78) worked fine under FAT32. 0
SONY 16GB MICRO VAULT CLICK Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great in first Wii USB slot, formatted to WFSB in WBFS Manager 3.0.
Super Talent Pico_C 16GB Not Tested Not Tested Works works great with USB Loader GX, If the USB stick doesn't load try the other USB port, once loaded and if you can't load the games on the USB, disable quick boot 0
takeMS 16GB USB Flash Drive MEM-Drive Colorline Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work I tried every wbfs partion software, and even with the usb loader v 1.5, but this isn't recognized. It's a shame 0
TDK 16GB Trans-it Not Tested Not Tested Works Works with wbfs flawlessly. 0
Transcend 16GB JF V60 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works well with USB Loader GX r576, formated and added games in GNU/Linux by command line WBFS tool 0
Transcend 16GB JF350 (TS16GJF350) Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine with both CFG and USB Loaders in Fat32 with partition as well as a formatted WBFS drive. - By 2PS 0
Transcend 16GB JF600 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great with CFG USB Loader v70 and WiiFlow 2.2rc1, formated to FAT32 0
Transcend 16GB JF700 (TS16GJF700) (USB 3.0) Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine in Fat32 with partition with CFG and USB Loaders - By 2PS.

Doesn't Work with CFG USB Loader v70, 1 Partition NTFS 16GB. It hangs when the Loader started. On USB Loader GX v.2.3 it says 4 Partitionen (3x 3TB and 1x 1GB) (but I have 1x NTFS) and it founds no Games.

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Verbatim Store N'Go 16GB Flash Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Formated with WBFS Manager 3.0 first try and worked. 1

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
ADATA DashDrive Series UV128 32GB 3.0 Flash Drive Works Not Tested Works Formatted with Wii Backup Manager 0
Centon DSP32GB-001 Data Stick Pro Flash Drive Works Not Tested Works Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0 0
CnMemory Spaceloop XL 32GB USB 2.0 Works Not Tested Works using newest usb loader , unformated and without games in Wii , usb loader start than Formated withim in wbsf 0
Corsair Flash Voyager 32GB Flash Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0 2
Garrulax USB 2.0 32GB (Black Cat) VID 346D / PID 5678 Not Tested Not Tested Works Doesn't work with FAT32, but works with WBFS. Tested on Wii and vWii. 0
Hewlet Packard HP v165w Works Not Tested Works Formatted with WiiBackupManager Win64 0.4.5 Build 78 0
ICDIDU 32GB SI-707215 Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0 1
JetFlash Transcend 32GB (TS32GJF500) Works Not Tested Works Works only if format in WBFS with formatted WBFS Manager 4 and launcher CFG Loader. Also, only NTFS works for wiiflow and USB loader GX, fat32 and wbfs don't work 5
Kingston 32GB DTSE9 Not Tested Not Tested Works WBFS format works as well as Fat32 with partition - by 2PS. Issues with FAT32 for me, but works fine in WFBS - phanco. FAT32 when empty displayed 65535ish GB of free space in usbloaderGX, but was correct after loading a game on - echo 4
Kingston DataTraveler C10 Works Not Tested Works Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0.1 2
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G2 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly after format with WBM. 0
Kingston DataTraveler 101 G2 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine in Fat32 with partition, no issues via GX loader - by 2PS.

NTFS -> ERROR: sector size: 337776930

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Kingston DataTraveler 101 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly after format with WBFS Manager. 1
Kingston DataTraveler 150 Doesn't Work Works Works FAT, FAT32, NTFS-all work. Mplayer only FAT, FAT32 4
Kingston DataTraveler 200 Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0.1 1
Kingston DataTraveler I Gen 3 32GB Not Tested Not Tested Issues Works but you have to plug in USB after getting into Wii Menu. Otherwise it freezes at white PriiLoader screen. While it plays games in USB Loader GX it takes an extra 5 seconds for USB Loader to both read games on USB and to start them. On ULoader 4.9 and up, works flawlessly after format in WBFS 3.0 plug it whenever you want, and it will work 1
LaCie Little Disk 30 Go design by Sam Hecht Not Tested Not Tested Works Works Like a charm with WBFS Format 1
Micro Center 32GB USB Flash Drive 13FE 3600 Not Tested Not Tested Works Formats to 29.94GB. Works flawlessly with WBFS Manager 3.0. 0
Patriot Xporter Xt 32GB Flash Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Formated with WBFS Manager 3.0 first try and worked. Works also with WIIFLOW 2
PNY Attaché 32GB works Not Tested Works no problems Formatted with WBFS Manager 4
PNY Classic 32GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works as a WBFS drive in both CFG and GX loaders as well as working fine in Fat32 with partition - by 2PS. 1
SanDisk 32GB Class 4 Micro SDHC Card w/ USB Adapter 0BDA 0119 Works Not Tested Works Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0 works with USB Loader GX, WiiFlow, CFG USB Loader. 0
Sandisk Cruzer Blade 32GB Works Not Tested Works Formatted as FAT32, tested with USB Loader GX and various Homebrew apps 0
Sandisk Cruzer Edge 32GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted as FAT32 and tested with CFG USB Loader 0
Sandisk Cruzer Glide 32GB Works Not Tested Works Formatted as FAT32 and tested with CFG USB Loader, USB Loader GX, and various Homebrew games. Freezes while installing backups from disc. 3
Sandisk Cruzer Switch 32GB Works Not Tested Works Formatted as NTFS, tested with Wii Backup Manager 1
Sandisk Extreme Cruzer Contour U3 32GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works with WBFS 0
Sandisk Ultra Backup 32GB Works Not Tested Works Formatted as FAT 32 with 32 bit cluster size and tested with USB Loader GX r1204. Also tested and working with latest modded CFG Loader and Dios Mios Booter r30 with Dios Mios v2.5. 0
Sandisk Ultra Flair 32GB 0781:5591 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Formatted as FAT 32 with 32 bit cluster size. Takes from ten minutes to more than a full hour to load games from USB Loader GX 0
SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB VID 0781 PID 5583 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Displayed games for selection in USB Loader GX, but always went to black screen after choosing 'Start Game' for Wii and GC backups. Formatted in FAT32 and Wii backups transferred with WiiBackupManager Build 78. 0
Verbatim Store'n'Go PinStripe 32 Go & Verbatim Store'n'Go Mini USB Drive 32 Go 18A5 0302 Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted with Wii Backup Manager 0.4.5 build 78 (29,94 Go usable), tested with Wiiflow R416 (cIOS249[56]-d2x-v7).

Formatted as FAT32 and tested with CFG USB Loader v70 222-mload(v5.1)

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Nexxtech 32GB USB Thumb Drive Works Not Tested Works Formated with FAT32, works in CFG and USB Loader GX flawlessly 1

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
Alcor Micro Corp. Flash Drive 64GB usb2.0
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Disk2go.com passion 		058f:6387 Doesn't Work Not Tested Issues You have to format it (original format is jerky) to ntfs with windows or fat32 with linux (extFat dosen't work), WBFS Manager do acces the datas but writing doesn't work, the hbc or other prg on the stick make a stack error... you need to instal all prgs in a sd(hc) card and transfer de wbs file to the stick some games make a short 'disk loading' interruption! i don't us it anymore because if one write is performed the partition is jamed ! 0
Centon datastick sport 64gb Doesn't Work Not Tested Works USB loaderGX can read and use it but when loading homebrew and nintendont the usb turns off 0
CnMemory Spaceloop XL 64GB Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work FAT 32, NTFS, WBFS, formatted by RMPrepUSB, WBFS Manager, done everything but my wii dont want to recognize it... 0
Generic 64GB USB Works Not Tested Doesn't Work Freezes when loading games via USB Loader Device: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400566355350 0
Goodram Twister 3.0 64GB Not Tested Not Tested Works WBFS, formatted by Wii Backup Manager 0
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 64GB 0591:1666 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work

Can't play games reliably, but there may be hope (read below; the part about WiiMC). Tried USB Loader GX, which hangs often, sometimes kind of works if you're very lucky. Tried WiiFlow, which hangs at initialization. Tried different cIOSes (v8-final, v10-beta52, v10-beta53-alt), but that didn't help. Tried cIOS with base 58 (rather than 56 and 57) but that didn't help. I tried a WBFS partition, but also an NTFS partition. To be sure, I tried other USB flash drives by formatting them and setting them up in exactly the same way, but those drives did work but the Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 64GB did not. But there's hope: The drive does work with the WiiMC (media center) homebrew app (it played mp3 files just fine), so maybe it is possible to write a patch for cIOS to make this drive work with USB Loader GX and WiiFlow as well.

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Kingston 64GB DataTraveler 200 Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0 2
Kingston 64GB DataTraveler SE9 G2 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly with the NTFS partition 0
Kingston 64GB DataTraveler 101 G3 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly with the NTFS partition 1
Lexar JumpDrive E21 64GB Works Not Tested Works Tested with USB Loader GX v3.0 rev 1272 and Nintendon't 5.485. For Wii games I use WBFS Manager 4.0 (first formatted in NTFS with windows, then in wbfs). For GC, formatted in FAT32 with AOMEI Partition Assistant 9.6.1
@Binski48 : Tested and works fine using FAT32 with Wii games, GC games and emuNAND. 		0
Lexar JumpDrive TwistTurn 64GB Works Not Tested Works FAT 32 formatted by RMPrepUSB. *Couldn't get this one to work with GX 3.0 or 2.2 -1
Lexar v10 64GB Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work fat32, ntfs, wbfs and exfat all hung at 'usb initialization' on usbloader v3. The USB LED did not flash at all on either of the two I tried, so it probably doesn't work at all with the wii. 0
Lexar 64GB Jumpdrive S25 USB 3.0 Works Not Tested Works FAT 32 formatted with FAT32 GUI Formatter. 0
Lexar 64GB Jumpdrive S70 USB 2.0 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Every game will freeze before starting, same for gc games. (Edit by RealMuffinCat: Starting a game does freeze the Wii, but next time you boot your Wii, try to get into the game fast enough, then it'll boot the game normally.) 1
Patriot XPorter Jibe USB 2.0 64GB Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work No luck with either loader GX & wiiXplorer, using both FAT32 & NTFS formats 0
PNY Classic Attaché 64GB Not Tested Not Tested Works It was exFAT and windows is no help formatting it. Used portable version of Verbatim FAT32 Tool program to format it into FAT32 in 15 minutes. After that with WBFS Manager 3.0 loaded my backup games and bingo USB Loader GX 3.0 worked flawlessly. Mind you though, stick USB into Wii before you power up the console, and first USBLGX may take sometime to recognize the USB, but will do the rest. 0
PNY Metal Attaché 64GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0. Did not work as NTFS. 0
Samsung 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Fit (MUF-64BB/AM) 090C_1000 Doesn't Work Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested FAT32 with 32K cluster, not recognized by USB Loader GX or WiiXplorer and LED does not blink 0
Sandisk Cruzer Fit 64GB 0781_5571 Works Works Issues FAT 32 Format w/32k clusters, Works with Nintendon't only for Gamecube games (put in games folder). Don't use Dios Mios

Can read but not write, Wii will hardlock when the drive it written to (I tried 7 times total to download cover arts & update USB Loader GX; I was never able to complete either operation although each time a few cover arts were successfully written to the drive before the Wii hardlocked). Tested FAT32 & NTFS on 2 different Wii consoles. Played 2 games for 4 hours total to verify read stability. I successfully used a known working drive immediately before and after to eliminate the possibility of other things causing the problem.

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Sandisk Glider 64GB Not Tested Not Tested Works FAT 32 Format, Recommended For Gamecube Isos Only Nothing Else Works... 1


Sandisk Cruzer Blade 64GB Not Tested Not Tested Works WBFS, Read and Write worked for me. 1
Toshiba 64GB Transmemory™ (White) - Model# UHYBS-064GH Not Tested Not Tested Issues Fat32 formatted for use with Wii and Gamecube games with Wii Game Manager for Wii and Discex for Gamecube, both show in CFG and USB Loader GX.

Added info by a different user Aug 2012: All games show up in usb gx but I can only ever get 4 games to work, in Wii flow I can only ever see 4 games, even if there are supposed to be 10 games on it, same thing in cfg Usb loader.....any more than 4 games and it will just keep resetting back to wii menu after you select any game transferred to it after the first 4, I have tried many things, fat32, ntfs, wbfs drive, reformatting several times and still it will just not read more than 4 games, I know the games work fine as I just finished loading them, about 15 game onto a western digital my book essentials and they work perfectly, Don't buy this, works fine for pc/windows, but for the wii it has some serious issues, if anyone knows how to fix them please post.

New post - this is the same person posting that only 4 games work, after much more testing it seems as though the Wii will only recognize 8 gigs of the 64 gig thumb stick, which is why only 4 games usually work as the 4 games I was using added up to close to 8 gigs, I can use all 64 gigs on windows/pc just fine, the wii itself seems to only want to recognize 8 gigs, PLEASE post if anyone can confirm they can actually get the full 64 gigs to work with the Wii, as for now I would say avoid this thumbdrive until more people can confirm.

Hi. Im from Chile and I tested the Toshiba USB 64 gb. I have the same problem with the recognition. The wii recognizes only 8 gb and when I have more than 8 gb, the wii resets and return to the main menu. I don´t have a solution for this.

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Transcend JetFlash 500 64GB,(TS64GJF500) Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work FAT 32, NTFS, WBFS, formatted by RMPrepUSB, WBFS Manager, done everything but my wii dont want to recognize it... 0
Transcend JetFlash 530 (TS64GJF530) 8564_1000 Not Tested Not Tested Works FAT32 w/32k clusters using guiformat. Works with cfg70_r37_beta10 on d2x-v9-beta(r49)FIX installed at 56/248, 57/247. White casing with blue LED. 1
Transcend JetFlash 760 64GB Not Tested Not Tested Works FAT 32 8
Kingston DataTraveler Exodia DTX/64GB Flash Drive USB 3.2 Gen 1 DTX/64GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted with Witgui. Works Smoothly. Transfer of games is incredibly slow from PC to USB stick. Loads slowly in USB Loader GX, but games run smoothly. 2

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
Acomdata 80gb model #HDxxxUPE5-72 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great with USB LOADER GX/ Uniloader and WBFS Manager 2.5 0
Fantom Drives 80GB External Drive 0c0b 2832 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great with USB Loader 1.5 and WBFS Manager 2.5 0
Freecom 2.5" Mobile Drive 80 GB USB 2.0 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great with USB Loader 1.5 and WBFS Manager 3.0 0
Freecom 2.5" Mobile Drive 80 GB USB 2.0 (PHGABA) 07AB & FCC7 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Formats ok with WBFS 3.0 but black screen on USBLoaderGX_1.0 2
Hitachi ATA/IDE internal drive with external usb 2.0 enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly with usb loader 1.5 ande WBFS Manager 3.0 pulled from a Toshiba Laptop 2
HP Pocket Media Drive 80GB - USB 03f0 110c Not Tested Not tested Works No problem with SD/USB Loader 1.5/GX and WBFS Manager 2.5 2
LaCie Mobile Disk Doesn't Work Works Doesn't Work Works as FAT32 and NTFS on GeeXboX. Homebrew fails. 1
LaCie HDD 80GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great with USB LOADER GX and WBFS Manager 3 1
Maxtor 80 Works Works Works Pulled from old TIVO. Had to mess with CIOS and baker_au USBloader - only one that worked for me. Formatted to FAT32 then WBFS. Would not load any games, just got black screen. Reformatted MacOS Extended then WBFS and it worked! 0
Maxtor 80 Diamond Plus 9 ATA in an ICY-Box Not tested Not Tested Works Formatted FAT32 used WiiBackupManager-0.3.8Build61 works perfectly with usbloader_cfg !! 0
Maxtor OneTouch III Mini 80GB Not Tested Works Works 2 partitions - 52GB WBFS+20GB FAT32. Works great with WBFS Manager and Loadstructor 0
Memorex Ultra TD v1.0 USB Device Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great with uLoader, Configurable USB Loader and WBFS Manager 2.5 0
Philips SPD5210CC 2.5" 80GB Works Not Tested Issues Doesn't work with CIOS 14,15,222. With 13 or lower works almost perfectly. If you have played one game, you have to shutdown and put on again the Wii to play another. 0
Seagate ATA/IDE internal drive with external usb 2.0 enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great with usb loader GX and WBFS Manager 3.0 (not 3.01). Taken out of Desktop PC (3.5") 1
SmartDisk FireLite 0917 0207 Not Tested Not Tested Works No problems with USB loader 0
Thermaltake Max4 80Go Not Tested Not Tested Works Works Great with Usb Loader 1
Toshiba 80Go 2.5 (HDD2D38) 0928 & 000a Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great with Configurable USB Loader and WBFS Manager 3.0 0
Western Digital Passport Not Tested Not Tested Works Using Wii Backup Manager I managed to format and partition the entire drive to cISO 3
Western Digital 80GB Series II USB External Drive 1058 0300 Not Tested Not Tested Works No problem with SD/USB Loader 1.5 and WBFS Manager 2.5 0

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
Hitachi ATA/IDE internal drive with external usb 2.0 enclosure 2HIX NA Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly with usb loader 1.5 and WBFS Manager 3.0 pulled from a Acer laptop 1
Hitachi HTS54101 NA Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work It freezes the Wii 1
IOMEGA LPHD100-U 059B 007D Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Configurable USB Loader takes a long time to get beyond the initial splash screen and then the count takes a very long time before it reports a failure 3

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
Maxtor OneTouch III Mini 120 GB 0d49 7250 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine with CFG USB Loader v70 0
Maxtor OneTouch 120 GB 0d49 7350 Works Not Tested Works Works fine with USB Loader GX 1.0 r713 and NeoGamma R8 Beta15 0
Maxtor OneTouch 120 GB 0D49 7010 Works Not Tested Works I've been using this since the usb loader first came out it works like a charm 2
Medion Pocket'n'Go Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work It won't format into WBFS (GeeXboX&Homebrew not tested) 1
SAMSUNG HD103UJ 120 GB 04FC 8818 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work 2,5 inch HDD boxed into an external aluminium box like this: http://www.2pt-inf.com/images/box%20hd%20ide-usb.jpg 1
Samsung S1 Mini 120 GB Doesn't Work Not Tested Works Hard to format. Tried Win7 format (only NTFS), Win7 command line, Paragon Partition Manager 9 with no luck. BUT with Wii Backup Manager v0.3.6 i finaly got it to format as FAT32 and now it works like a charm. /Skrubba 2011/01/25 As Skrubba said, format as FAT32 and it works as need (sorry for my bad english) /Stozk 2016/07/19 1


Seagate FreeAgent go 120 GB 0BC2 2000 Works Not Tested Works You have to disable standby (set idle time to Never) with Seagate Manager before you format it! (Confirmed that "strange things" happen otherwise!)Confirmed with homebrew. 5
Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB Works Works Works No problems found on gamecube isos, wii isos and homebrew. 5
SimpleTech Mini USB 2.0 120GB (Expresso "flavor") Portable Hard Drive (FSU25120E) Not Tested Not Tested Works There are 2 plugs on the HDD (one for additional power the other for data transfer). Pretend your Wii is sitting flat with the disk drive above the buttons, insert the main USB plug into the bottom port. It's optional to attach the 2nd plug. Everything is working with 2 partitions made (WFBS/NTFS) 0
Western Digital Passport 120 GB Not Tested Not Tested Works 2'5 inch HDD, Works with NeoGamma R8 B12, will be testing others

Unsupported by EASEUS Partition Master, It doesn't let to be formatted by WBFS Mng 3, USBLoader and WiiFlow send Exception (ISI) error when tries to load it.

Doesn't work with any Usbloader (GX, CFG, Wiiflow), after few seconds usb loaders freeze or crash.. HBC freezes instantly with all filesystem type (FAT32, NTFS, WBFS)

Works with USB Loader GX v2.3 and cIOS d2x v9 beta(r49) [IOS Base 58] HDD formated with Wii Backup Manager v0.4.5 Build 78

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
PNY 128GB USB 3.0 154B FA05 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with CFG USB Loader v70, Wiiflow 4.1 and USB Loader GX 3.0 1
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 128GB USB 2.0 0781 5575 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Tested with CleanRip, CFG USB Loader v70, Wiiflow 4.1 and USB Loader GX 5.1; Formatted as FAT32, NTFS, and even WBFS, unable to write. Reading does work where applicable. 0
SanDisk 128GB Ultra Fit USB 3.2 Gen 1 Flash Drive 0781 5583 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Formatted in WBFS using Wii Backup Manager Build 78, only displays up to 4 games in USB Loader GX. These few games work. No further testing done, FAT32 incompatible unless partitioned. 0
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0-Flashdrive 128 GB (130 MB/s) SDCZ48-128G-U46 Not Tested Not Tested Works Displays all games in USB Loader GX. Almost all the games work flawlessly. Rhythm Heaven sometimes has minor short lag spikes that last for a few frames (less than a second). This doesn't render the game unplayable. WBFS formatted by Witgui for Mac, transfers games very quickly onto the USB. 2

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
FREECOM 2.5" Mobile Drive XXS 160 GB USB 2.0 07AB FC88 Not tested Not Tested Works Tested with usbloader gx rev713 and Cios 38 rev 14 by Waninkoko. sometimes a little slow to detect, but al games work fine. Tested 40+ hours; had some issues with the drive to get recognized in the beginning, now it's working mostly 4
FREECOM Classic SL Network Drive 160 GB USB 2.0 Not tested Not Tested Works Had the 50GB partition formatted in NTFS, USB Loader reformatted it, installed Mario Galaxy on it and played. Win XP could not recognize the partition afterwards 0
FREECOM Classic HD 160GB 07AB FCCD Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work Just shows a black screen, no further input possible. 1
Freecom 160GB 07AB FCD6 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with USB Loader GX 1
Fujitsu HandyDrive 2.5" MMF2610UB 160GB Works Works Works No Problems 3
Hitachi 2.5" HTS543216L9A300 160GB Works Works Works Tested with USB Loader GX and a Satellite 3.5" AX-323 Enclosure. 1
Hitachi 3.5" HDS722516VLSA80 160GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Configurable USB Loader (cfg v57 release), ATA HDD with 2 NTFS partitions, connected with DIGITUS USB 2.0 to IDE & SATA Adapter Cable. Works like a charm but only with cIOS 222. With cIOS 249 it freezes on the splash screen of loader with HDD connected. Tested with 2 games (.ISOs) and to play video file on HDD in MPlayer CE v0.77. 0
HP Personal Media Drive 160GB Not tested Not Tested Works Tested with USB Loader GX cIOS REV14. Also works with the following setup. Neogamma R7 and WiiFlow with cIOS 249 Rev 14. Loaded some Back-Ups on my HP HDD 160 with WBFS Manager 2.5 (It works best with this version I'm not sure why) played it on Neogamma R7 and then tried WiiFlow works like a charm and hold tons of games. 2
Imation Apollo 2.5 160 GB Works Works Works USB loader working fine so far ;) 2
Iomega eGo 2.5" 160GB (RPHD-U) WD25 Not tested Not tested Works No problems with wiiflow and usb loader v1.1 0
LaCie rugged 160GB 059F 100D Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work 1
LaCie 2.5" 160GB Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Doesn't Work TOSHIBA mk1646gsx , MK1637GSX , works with another enclosure 5
LaCie 2.5" 160GB Mobile Drive Not tested Not Tested Works Mfr Part #: 301186US 0
Maxtor One Touch 160GB Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work Tested on USB Loader v1.1 2
Maxtor 3200 160GB Not tested Not tested Works No problems with CFG USB. Formatted to FAT32 0
Maxtor One Touch 160GB 0D49 7000 Not tested Works Doesn't Work Tested with GeeXBoX and USB Loader GX 1.0 r818, SD/USB Loader 1.5 and NeoGamma R7. Wiped HD for nothing.  :( 2
Maxtor 5000DV Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work Tested with USB Loader GX 1.0 r850 and NeoGamma R7 2
Toshiba 160GB HDDR160E03X 0930 A002 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with USB Loader 1.1 with multiple games for about 4+ hours 5
Samsung 2.5" 160GB Not tested Not tested Works Works nicely with USB loader. 1
Samsung 2.5" - HM160HC (IDE) Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work No detected Timeout expire 1
Samsung 1.8" S1 Mini 160GB 04e8 2f04 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with USB Loader 1.5. cfg usb loader v50c freeze in game 2
Seagate Barracuda 4200.9 160GB IDE Not tested Not Tested Works Formated with FAT32, worked after the first try. Used the latest USB Loader GX. Did not test it with a NTFS partition yet. To be honest, I've used it for a few months without a single issue. 1
Seagate FreeAgent Go USB 2.0 160GB Not tested Not tested Works Works perfectly with USB Loader v1.1. When used with other loaders you may experience a code dump when formatting or installing. The solution is to format and install at least one game through a PC first, then it's smooth sailing. 4
Seagate ST90000U2 160GB Not tested Not tested Works Runs games perfectly with USB Loader GX, however you cannot use it to format WBFS partition. WBFS partition must be created with WBFS Manager v3. Does NOT work with WBFS Intelligent at all. 1
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB Not tested Not tested Works Runs games perfectly WBFS partition. Created with WBFS Manager v3. 0
Seagate Portable Drive 160GB Not tested Not tested Works Nice performance using cIOS rev15 and Cfg Loader. Also works good as WBFS partition, using WBFSSync. 1
Toshiba 160GB MK1646GSX Not tested Works Not tested Works with GeexBox, but NTFS partitions seem to lock up after too much music. 0
Toshiba 160GB PX1270E-1G16 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with USB Loader 1.1 with multiple games for about 2 hours 0
Trekstore DataStation pocket g.u 160GB Works Not Tested Works Tested with USB Loader GX rev919 2
Verbatim 2.5" Portable Hard Drive USB 2.0 160GB Works Works Works Works perfect with USB Loader v1.1 & v1.5! Works with FAT32 formatting under GeeXbox (Not tested NTFS) When a WBFS partition is created Mplayer doesn't seems to work. 3
Western Digital 160 Gb Scorpio Blue WD1600BEVT SATA 0000 0000 Not tested Not Tested Works All OK, tested with Box HD 2.5 Captiva (look in the paragraf of the enclosers) 1
Western Digital 160 GB WD1600AAJS Caviar Works Works Works Takes some time for GeeXboX to recognize it. Works with FAT32 formatting. USB Launcher Works. Tested 3
Western Digital MyPassport Essential 160 GB Works Works Works USB loader works great. Note: (Person 10): Only works on FAT32/NTFS. WBFS does not work at all. Must have 222 or 223 installed to play. When using CFG loader, press 1 for options and change the IOS to 222 -m load and all will be good. 10

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Fujitsu MHY2200BH (in enclosure) 200gb Not tested Not tested Works Tested With Configurable USB loader and USB Loader GX both works. Tested for around 1-1.5 hrs no problems as far as i can tell. *NOTE (IMPORTANT!!!):To play DL games u gotta install hermes cIOS and set it to use that!* 2
Maxtor Personal Storage 3100 200GB 0d49 3100 Works Works Works Tested multiple games for several hours with Configurable USB Loader v33 and v34b. 1
Maxtor OneTouch II 200GB Not tested Not tested Works Tested With USB Loader GX.(Update) Tested with 4.2u update & usb loader GX v929, games play fine but freezing occurs 5-20 minutes later no matter what game/setting. 2
Maxtor 6L2OOMO 200GB SATA 150 Not tested Not tested Works So good. Multiple USB loaders and CIOSs. 0
MSI Starbox SATA 200 GB Works Not tested Works Tested multiple games for several hours with USB Loader GX 1
Samsung S1 Mini 200GB Model:SU020BA/G4 Not tested Not tested Issues Tested with CFG USB Loader and New Super Mario Bros; hangs after a few levels (black screen) 0
Seagate Barracuda 200GB Model:ST3200822a in Cintre Z Disc External Storage USB case 067B 2507 Works Not Tested Works Several games tested with Configurable USB Loader v70, Forwarder channel would only work with version: USBLoaderCFG - UCXF - IOS58 v12, older versions only worked going through the homebrew channel 1st! 1
Trekstor datastation pocket x.u 200GB Not tested Not tested Works Good.Tested with USB Loader GX and wiiflow. It only works with the cable with two USB connectors (data and aux power), both plugged into Wii usb ports 0

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ADATA SV620 Not tested Not tested Works Formatted with FAT32, used Wii Backup Manager to transfer WBFS images, no issues. 0

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Bipra 250GB External USB 3.0/2.0 Hard Drive Works Works Works No issues, works on USB Loader GX, Homebrew and just about everything. 1
Buffallo Slimdesign Lightweight 250GB HDD Not Tested Not Tested Works 0
Buffalo MiniStation Lite 250GB HDD (BUFFALO HD-PEU2 USB Device) 0411 0157 Not Tested Not Tested Works I think this is the same as "Buffallo Slimdesign Lightweight 250GB HDD" posted above. 1
Buffalo MiniStation Turbo USB 250GB (HD-PFU2) Not tested Issues Works UsbLoader needs to run before execute GeeXboX, so GeeXboX can detect it 0
Cavalry Storage CAUE Series USB External Hard Drive Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Not recognized in Coverfloader and USB Loader GX 1.0 0
CompUSA 2.0 External Model CUSA250U Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted as FAT32 then WBFS via the PC. Works without issue. 0
Freecom Classic SL 250 GB Ethernet/USB 2.0 Not tested Not tested Works 0
Freecom Mobile Drive XXS 2.5" 250 GB/USB 2.0 Works Works Works Was a bit of a problem to get the drive formatted to WBFS. First thing: Format to FAT32 (with a tool like HP USB DISK Storage Format Tool). Then connect to your Wii and start USB loader or a tool like that and let your Wii format it to WBFS. Then you need a modded version of WBFS GUI Tool 0
Hammer Storage 250 GB External Hard Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Worked with no major tweeking needed, I didn't even install hermes. Great External Hard Drive, no spindown issues 1
Hitachi Simpledrive Mini Not Tested Not Tested Works Works with USB Loader, Works with WBFS manager 3.0. 2
Hitachi 2.5" Life Studio Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Not recognized in USB Loader GX and can't be partitioned in Customizable USB Loader 0
Hitachi X-Series 2.5" Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great with USB Loader GX, running with both USB ports plugged-in. 1
IcyBox IB-351UE-BL with Samsung SP2514N Not Tested Works Works Two Primary Partitions. 1st WBFS, 2nd FAT32. Both USB Ports successfull tested. 0
Imation Apollo 250GB Portable Hard Drive Works Not tested Issues Mplayer_CE needs plug after start the player. USBloader works great. 1
iomega Prestige Portable Hard Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Worked right out of the box, Worked with WBFS manager 2.5. 1
iomega Select Portable Hard Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfect with USB Loader, Works with WBFS manager 3.0. 4
Iomega Desktop Hard Drive Silver Series Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfect with USB Loader, Works with WBFS manager 3.0. 1
Iomega eGo 250GB 2.5" (SAMSUNG HM250JI USB Device) Works Not Tested Works Works with USB Loader GX (WBFS, FAT32 and NTFS Support (r867 and up)), Works with WBFS manager 3.0.x, 2
LaCie rugged 250GB 059F 100D Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work 0
LaCie Hard Drive 250GB, Design by F.A. Porsche http://www.lacie.com/download/datasheet/porsche_hd_usb_en.pdf 059F 0651 Not Tested Not Tested Works Had to replace the USB cable. Got a black screen when loading games, a better/thicker cable solved that issue. HD is WBFS formatted on a primary partition and works well with USB Loader GX 2.0 rev21. Also tested with configurable USB loader, FAT32 partition. 2
LaCie Rikiki 250GB Not Tested Not Tested Works 0
LaCie 250 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Works Works Works DID NOT work for me with USB Loader 1.5/Works Perfectly for me with USBLoader 1.5 & USBLoader GX 1.0/Works perfectly for met with the las USB loader 3
LaCie Little Disk, Design by Sam Hecht Hi-Speed USB 2.0 - 250Go Not Tested Doesn't Work Issues Works ok for me (one game than have to reboot) wiith 1.5 based loaders, you have to remove all fat32 partitions and reallocate the space then reformat in WBFS // FAT 32 formated , WBSF init tested with PC and Wii (USB loader 1.1) but Black screen // HD detected but no partitions to be found//works sometimes, if have you have issues reboot wii 2
LG HXD1C25PW XD1 2.5-Inch 250GB HDD White USB & e-SATA 043E 70F2 Works Doesn't Work Works Formatted first as NTFS (factory preset) then formatted to WBFS by WBFS Manager 2.5 x86 version. Tested with 3.2E firmware, USB Loader 1.5, all working correctly, no issues whatsoever. 0
LG HXD1U25GR HDD Red Wine 250 GB external HDD 2.5" 043e 70f1 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly with Wiiflow 2.2 RC1 r414 formatted to FAT32 with d2x v6, no lag, same speed as a 3.5" HDD, just an inconvenience, it use the two USB port of the Wii. 0
Maxtor Basics Portable 250 GB external HDD Works Works Works works with usb loader. sometimes, usb loader needs to run, before you plug the hd to usb 5
Maxtor DiamondMax 23 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works good with Usb Loader Gx 2
Maxtor DiamondMax 21 STM3250310AS internal HDD with a Conceptronic 3.5 enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Works good with Usb Loader Gx, uLoader, Wiiflow not tested. Game cube loads sometimes fails and shutdown the console 0
Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini Works Works Works 2
Maxtor One Touch 250GB Works Not tested Doesn't Work 3
Memorex 250GB SlimDrive CZ30392A519 Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted entire drive as WBFS and all games are working with CFG USB Loader. 1
Memorex Essential TravelDrive 250GB 2.5" Usb 2.0 - Cool Silver Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted as FAT32 then USB loader detects and format. Works without issue. Worked with WBFS manager 3.0. 1
Memup Kiosk 250GB Not tested Not Tested Works 0
Platinum MyDrive 250GB Not Tested Not Tested Works WiiFlow crashes when both USB connectors are connected. If just one (regardless which) is connected, WiiFlow doesn't find it. Use a cable with a single USB connector and WiiFlow works just fine.

Works with cfg USB loader with both usb connectors connected (order matters, switch them around if it fails the first time)

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Samsung S2 Portable 250GB HXMU 025DA/AA2 Not Tested Not Tested Issues I experienced issues with the pointer, it hiccups sometimes, still playable but a bit annoying. I can confirm this was caused by this usb device, i tried Resident Evil 4 and Mario Galaxy 2 using waninkoko's rev20b on a pendrive and it worked perfectly, then tried them on this one and the hiccups where there. 0
Samsung S2 Portable 250GB HXMU 025DA/G22 Not Tested Not Tested Issues

I had big problems - loading of games took very long - sometimes over 1min (black screen) - often it crashed at the end of game and not loaded the next screen - now I changed to my old 80GB ATA Maxtor Diamond Max Plus 9 (with ICY-Box) and it is works really great and fast !

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Samsung S2 Portable 250GB HXMU 025DA/G32 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't work

Not working at all. Generate an ISI Exception all the time. When I changed the disk with exactly the same software worked. Partitioned to 250GB or 160 GB make no difference. The ISI error is before any menu show up. I will return this disk.

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Samsung S2 Portable 250GB HXMU 025DA/G42 Not tested Not tested Works It may works if you have PARTITIONED to smaller size, like 160GB. If you try it in one partition with 250GB, it doesn't work. So, not enjoy.

Hm, I added this Samsung Really Long long time ago, and i putted "Enjoy :D" because really works..but i think some stupid guy with nothing to do changed to doesnt work..so...now i change it back to works..because really works, I have over 45 Games and i made a Partition, Half/Half and worked great. Propably you're not the "clever"....

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Seagate Barracuda ES ST3250620NS Internal SATA 3.5" 250Gb 9BL14E-039 06E1 D804 Works Not Tested Works JM20330 SATA to IDE adapter, CYP622027 IDE to USB Enclosure, Formatted WBFS. Works! No Issues. Cheap No-Name eBay adapter and ADS Technologies USBX-804 enclosure used. 1
Seagate FreeAgent Go Portable 250 GB HDD Works Not Tested Works Works perfect with USB Loader, use the bundled software to disable inactive drive spindown (now available on the seagate site); use only one partition otherwise you could have problems 12
Seagate Expansion Portable 250GB Not Tested Works Works (Works with usbloader gx)(Works with cfg usb loader 65)(Works with WBFS manager 3.0)(Works great with geexbox,I used cios rev14)(works great with uloader v5). 5
Seagate Expansion Portable Drive 250Gb unk Not Tested Not Tested Works Took a bit of work to get formatted to FAT32, but once that was done, works great. no spindown issues after 2 hrs of playing Dirt2. Love not having separate power adapter. $50 retail 0
SimpleTech Simple Drive, Model 90000-40479-002 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works with USB Loader, Configurable USB Loader, Works with WBFS manager 3.0. 1
Toshiba Portable 250 GB HDD Not Tested Works Works 2
Toshiba StorE Alu 2 250 GB HDD Not Tested Not Tested Works 1
Transcend StoreJet M25 ID 152d:2329 Not Tested Works Works Works perfectly 1
TrekStor DataStation 250GB maxi classic Doesn't Work Works Works Programs freeze during loading. USB Loader freezes during game install, resumes installation if Device is reconnected. mplayer-ce works 1
TrekStor DataStation 250GB pocket Not Tested Not Tested Issues Sometimes USB Loader does not detect the drive. 0
TrekStor DataStation 250GB maxi t.u Not Tested Not Tested Works no problems so far, USBLoader GX 1.0 0
Verbatim Portable Hard Drive USB 2.0 250GB 0225 Doesn't Work Works Works Works with Mplayer, GeexBox, Homebrew Channel as a FAT32 partition, and with USB Loader as a WBFS partition. It shows as a Samsung HN250i 5
Verbatim premier edition 250 GB Portable Hard Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Works only if replacing the USB cable!. Not recognized by USB Loader GX with the original one 0
Western Digital Dual-Option Combo External Drive WD2500B011 1058 0400 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tried with single, primary WBFS partition created with WBFS Manager 3.0. Failed with USB Loader 1.5 and CoverFlow RC5 on cIOS 13. 1
Western Digital 250 GB book Works Works Works Works with Mplayer and GeeXboX with fat32 formatted. 1
Western Digital 250GB WD2500BEVT SATA Works Not tested Doesn't Work (Works as FAT32) When u open the Usb Loader...The Disc light start flashing..and then it turns off -.-. (NEW TEST: Reformatted as Fat32 and the drive worked seamlessly) 27
Western Digital 250GB WD2500BEKT SATA Works Not tested Works Original 2.5 usb enclosure displayed "waiting for slow usb device by usb loader gx" ( using y usb cable)But then I installed hard drive back into an xbox 360 hdd shell and used a xbox 360 transfer cable and connected to wii that way and it has loaded with every different loader 10 times straight..Drive is formatted wbfs cios 14 -.-. 1
Western Digital 250 GB My Passport Essential 1058 0704 070A Works Works Works Works good with USB Loader GX / NeoGamme, No Spindown issue. But: WiiFlow crashes! 15
Western Digital 250 Caviar IDE WD2500JB in Enclosure Works Not tested Works Only works if roms are put in the primary partition. Must be plugged into usb port on the same side as power/reset/eject buttons. Works with NTFS partition. Wbsf partition is untested. Cfg Usb Loader v70. 0
Western Digital 250GB WD2500XMS SATA 2108A Works Not tested Works HD Formatted via WBFS Manager, Works with CFG-USB-Loader and USB-Loader v1.0. Does not work with USB-LOADER-GX or Gecko or NEO-GAMMA 1
Western Digital 250 GB external HDD Works Works Works Works with Mplayer and GeeXboX with fat32 formatted. 1
Western Digital 250 GB Elements Portable 1058 0175 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Works great with Configurable Usb Loader .54-fat and the whole disk formatted as one Fat32 partition, tested with 4 games and it's flawless, no spindown issues at all!

My WD Elements Portable has a spindown/standby functionality. The hdd is unable to wake up after leaving the game on pause for 10 mins (using ios58). There is a piece of software from WD to control the spindown on windows, but none to change the firmware settings on the hdd itself

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
Lexar JumpDrive S80 256GB USB 3.1 Flash Drive (Model: LJDS080256G-BNBNU) 0x0cd1 0x21c4 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works like a charm with USBLGX 3.0 r1271 and formatted as FAT 32. Wouldn’t work at all with a few previous versions of USBLGX though. I can’t remember which ones exactly but if I do I’ll edit this. Works as of October 2023. Purchased at Staples (not available on their website but this amazon listing appears to be the same). 1
PNY - 256GB Elite-X Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive - 200MB/s 0x6400 0x13fe Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly in the newest version of USB Loader GX formatted as FAT 32. This is an incredibly small flash drive that's the perfect size both physically and storage wise. I highly recommend it. 0

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
HP HD3000S Personal Media Drive 300 GB USB 2.0 Not Tested Not Tested Works I used EASEUS to make a 100GB partition. In my case I had to make sure it was the primary drive and of course choose no format. Then use WBFS Manager for the rest. Loaded it with USB Loader 1.5. GX didn't pick up that it was plugged in, but I can't confirm it won't work for everyone. 2
Maxtor One Toutch 3,5" 300GB Works Not Tested Issues The USB-Drive works good under Vista, games can be put onto the harddrive using WBFS without problems about 152 games fit on the drive, however USB-Loader v1.1 does not recognize the USB-Drive (tryed as NTFS and as Fat32), after testing i found out that if i open the USB-Drive casing, take the harddrive out and then connect the hardrive to the wii using a simple 3rd party IDE-to-USB converter USB-Loader v1.1 does recognize the USB-Drive and games are selectable and playable. I guess the USB-Loader v1.1 is not compatible with the chipset of Maxtors IDE-to-USB converter. Follow the link for a picture of the Maxtor working with a 3rd party IDE-to-USB converter, [digital8] http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2666/dsc03243b.jpg. EDIT1.: Homebrew does work on the Maxtor One Toutch, no need for the 3rd party IDE-2-USB converter there. EDIT2.: Tested with USB-Loader v1.1 till v1.5. EDIT3.: With Waninkoko's cIOS38Rev12 the drive does work as long as you first boot the USB Loader (Till the No USB Drive found message) and then power up the USB Drive (Un\Replugging the USB cable has no effect). Everytime you exit from the USB Loader you have to repeat the procedure. 2
Maxtor Personal Storage 3100 300GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with CFG Loader v70 0
Maxtor 6L300R0 DiamondMax 10 300GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works with NeoGamma 0
Maxtor 6B300S0 DiamondMax 10 300GB Works Not Tested Not Tested 0
Mevis storeX (EH3-SXV3-300IE) Not Tested Not Tested Works works well 0
Toshiba 2,5" 300GB Works Works Works 0

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
ADATA 320GB CH94 2.5" Portable HDD Works Not tested Works Tested with USB Loader GX - Tested in ntfs partition on a "LEH" wii with several issues like black screen but works well on a "LEG" wii careful with this drive .Did not work with cfg usb loaer v65 on fat32 or ntfs 2
Apacer ac202 Issues Not Tested Issues It works, but goes into sleep mode (and hangs up) 0
Buffalo MiniStation TurboUSB 320GB (HD-PF320U2) Not tested Not Tested Works Unable to format drive with USB Loader GX 1.0 r516 (system crash). Formatted with Waninkoko's SD/USB Loader 1.4 instead. After formatting, drive worked fine with USB Loader GX. 0
Buffalo MiniStation Portable USB 2.0 Hard Drive 320GB (HD-PC320U2/BK-EU) Works Not Tested Works Plugged in to PC and ran WiiBackupManager version 0.4.5 build 78 x86 - created wbfs folder for me. Transferred some files to it and plugged in to my 4.3E PAL Wii. Launched USB Loader GX 2.0 from Homebrew Channel 1.0.8 installed via Letterbomb. Everything I have tried works fine - will update if I have any problems in the future. Update : now upgraded using WADManager 1.7 to USBLoader GX 2.3 on IOS250. I now use a forwarder to launch it rather than running it through the Homebrew Channel or using memory having a seperate channel. Very pleased as games load noticeably faster with this version of USBLoader GX. Update - installed Hermes CiOS 222 as USB devices wanted to use the same USB port as the Hard Drive - in USBLoader GX change options for that game to use CiOS 222 instead of Cios 250 and no problems 4
Cirago CST4320 320GB 7200 RPM USB 2.0 External Hard Drive 058 6366 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works in loader gx. 1
CnMemory MegaStore Compact 320GB (TOSHIBA MK3252GSX) 05E3 0718 Not Tested Not Tested Works Using Waninkoko's USB loader 1.5 with cIOS rev10 1
CnMemory CORE 2,5" HDD USB 2.0 320GB (Hitachi HTS543232A7A384) Doesn't work Not tested Works Works very great with USB Loader GX 2.3/3.0(WBFS) and WiiFlow/Used with an USB 2 enclosure. Needs the second USB as port for powering/The games run very smoothly! 37
Freecom Mobile Drive XXS 320GB Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Works loader dont seen the harddisk. 1
Freecom Tough drive USB 320GB Works Untested Works works fine. 0
Freecom Classic Drive II 320GB Works Works Works 35
Fujitsu 320GB Dynadisq III Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work 0
Hitachi Genuine 2.5" 320GB SATA Hard Drive with External USB 2.0 Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Works with all loader and fit in my pocket.[Cool and Cheap!][PS.:Same as Travelstar above] 3
HITACHI Simple Drive Mini 320GB blue and black Works Not Tested Works Only 1 USB. Works Perfect. 8
Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 320 Go - SATA-300 2.5" Not Tested Not Tested Works Used with an USB 2 enclosure. Needs the 2 USB ports for powering 2
Intenso 2,5" Memory House USB 2.0 Plug & Play Works Works Works USBLoaderGX Rev894 1
Iomega Portable Hard Drive Silver Series Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (Model 34229 / LPHD320-U) Not Tested Not Tested Works 1
Iomega Portable Hard Drive (MDHD360-UE) 059B 0277 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Waninkoko's USB Loader 1.5 USBLoader GX cIOS rev.12 0
Iomega Portable Hard Drive Silver Series Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (Model LPHD-UP) Doesn't Work Not Tested Doesn't Work USBLoaderGX Rev560, CIOSrev12 3
Iomega 2.5" Prestige Portable 320GB 34342 059B 0470 Not Tested Not Tested Works Using Waninkoko's USB loader 1.4 with cIOS rev10 - Actually, I have tried this with 4 prestige 320Gb devices... Had problems with TWO of them - one was replaced at the shop and the replacement was good... The other was replaced and still didn't work, so we exchanged for another mfr... 2
iPro Drive 2.5 NBEX320GWS Not Tested Not Tested Works Works well under Wiiflow and Usb Loader GX 3
LaCie F.A. Porsche 320 GB Works Works Works Works with Mplayer (FAT32).Works with GeeXbox(FAT32/NTFS.) 1
LaCie Mobile Disk 320 GB Works Works Doesn't Work USB loader recognizes the drive occasionally. Reboot the Wii and the disk appears. 1
LaCie - Petit - 301894 - Disque dur Externe portable 2,5" - 320 Go - USB 2.0 Works Not Tested Works Sometime sneeds re-insert to get it working 2
Lacie Rikiki 320GB Not tested Not tested Works Works flawlessly with USB Loader GX 1
LaCie Rugged 320GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works with Usb Loader GX on usb port 1 with hermes cIOS(It doesn't load on port 0) 0
LG External 2.5” HDD (XD2) HXD2U32PW 320 GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Usb loader will recognize this HDD ONLY if you use cIOS rev14! Works just fine using USBLoaderGX 1
Maxtor Basics 320 GB 2.5" 0D49 7450 Not Tested Works Works 2
Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini 320 GB 2.5" Not Tested Not Tested Works Ensure data plug connected to lower usb port (closest to edge) and secondary power plug into upper usb port. 2
Maxtor Personal Storage 3200 320 GB 3.5" Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine with cfg USB loader, first formatted with fat 32 formatter, then WBFS with cfg USB loader 1
Medion HDDrive2go 320GB MD90071 Not tested Not tested Works Works flawlessly with USB Loader GX 1
MSI Starbox SATA 320 GB Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Works GeexBox just crashes so I'm not really sure about that. 0
Packard Bell 320GB Silver 0766 0001 Works Works Works 1
Platinum MyDrive 2,5" USB 2.0 white 320 GB l3fd 1840 Works Works Works No Problems with the USB Loader 9
PQI H550 320 GB 2.5" Works Not Tested Works Using USB Loader GX v1.0 - works great 0
Samsung M2 04e8 60b2 Works Works Works Only needs 1 USB port. Part Number HX-M320UAB 0
Samsung S2 Portable 320GB 04e8 1f03 Issues Not Tested Issues DEPENDING ON PROD VERSION ! Works with prodnr 2009.7 and 2010.4. DOES NOT WORK with 2009.11 - 2009.12 - 2010.3 - 2010.4 7
Samsung HM320II 320GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with 2 partitions, first one FAT32 and the second one WBFS (game partition). Used with USB case MAXPOWER MP-STG-SUB2FW. 1
Seagate Barracuda 320 GB (model ST3320820AS) Not tested Not tested Works Tested with a Macron 3.5" External SATA HDD USB 2.0 Enclosure. Works with USB Loader GX and Nintendont. 0
Seagate Barracuda 320 GB (model ST3500320AS) SD1A Works Works Works Works great with USB Loader GX Rev899, cIOS38 Rev17, first patition FAT, second patition WBFS 1
Seagate Expansion Portable 320GB Works Not Tested Works Test with wiiflow and cIOS38 rev14. Needs the short orign. USB-cable to work properly 3
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 IDE 320gb Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Wii cannot read it on all usb loaders, you will get ret-6 error and the ret-1 error or usb loaders just freeze.

Usb loader works good all disk wbfs 140 games

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Seagate External Portable Drive 320 GB (model ST903204EXA101-RK) Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly with CoverFloader and USBLoader. No issues as of yet. I made the entire drive FAT32, then separated it into a WBFS and FAT32 partitions. Ensure that your WBFS partition of the drive is primary and active. 0
Seagate FreeAgent GO 320 GB Works Not Tested Works Works Great! use the bundled software to disable inactive drive spindown (now available on the seagate site); or use cIOS rev14 (spindown fixed); Works great with USB Loader GX & Configurable USB Loader CFG & WiiMC Media Player 12
Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 320 GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works if your partition is formatted in FAT32 before WBFS is installed. In order for the loader to see your partition, hook up the USB but leave the drive unplugged. Boot up the wii and plug in the drive in the HBC. Have only tried Linux/XP - Not Vista! 1
Seagate FreeAgrent PRO 320 GB Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Doesn't Work -1 Error/very bad,it doesn't work any more!
Simpletech 320GB SimpleDrive USB 2.0 External Hard Drive (designed by Pininfarina) Works Works Works Works well with USB Loader v1.1 aslo when connected to Vista PC using any WBFS GUI currently out(4/3/09); Works great with v1.5 also. 3
Storite 320GB Pocket Size Not tested Not tested Works Works alright with USB Loader GX, no issues so far with multiple games 1
Toshiba Stor E alu 320GB 2,5" (PX1276E) Not Tested Works Works 2
Toshiba STOR.E ALU 2 320 G (PX1624E-1HC2) Not tested Not tested Works Formated with Windows wbfs manager, It didn't work under mac wbfs manager. Once formated works on both 1
Toshiba 320 GB (model HDDR320E03X) 0480 A001 Works Works Works Work flawlessly with the USB Loader, no spindown issues. 6
Toshiba Canvio Basics 2.5" 320GB (Model E05A032BAU2XK) 0480 A004 Doesn't Work Not Tested Doesn't Work Frequent freezes on game boot and random locks up after an hour of play. Tested on Wii 4.3U and USB Loader GX 1
Toshiba 320 GB (model HDDR320E04XW) 0480 A003 Not Tested Not Tested Works Frequent freezes on game boot and random locks up. OCZ Rally 8GB Flash works fine with same games tested, i used 2 of these drives successfully they load wii games fine and have been tested with several solid hours of gameplay 3
Transcend 320GB StoreJet 2.5 Classic/Mobile (TS320GSJ25C/TS320GSJ25M) Issues Works Works Fine for loading wii games but will spindown when using emulators. Must unplug and plug in again to have the wii see it again. Emailed support, they said no utility to disable it. A bummer. 7
Verbatim 2,5" HDD 320GB USB2.0 coloured Not Tested Works Works Faster in dumping w/o Preloader Hack "Disc Area Check". 4
Verbatim Store 'n' Go external Harddrive 2,5" 320GB (part #53014) Not Tested Not Tested Works Used a single FAT32 partition as shipped, works fine with CFG USB Loader. Not sure if it was required but I disabled the power saving feature using the supplied Samsung Green button windows software. 2
Verbatim 2,5" HDD 320GB USB2.0 coloured Not Tested Works Works Faster in dumping w/o Preloader Hack "Disc Area Check". 4
Western Digital 320 GB My Passport Essential 1058 0704 Works Works Works GeeXboX 0.1 alpha7 works. Works excellently with USBLoader, no sleep mode issue seen.Works excellently with cfg USBLoader v50c. BE AWARE, NEW DRIVES HAVE HIDDEN VCD THAT CANNOT BE DELETED CAUSING THE DRIVE NOT TO WORK WITH USBLOADER. - On newer drives with the VCD problem, you can use the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool to get rid of the VCD. After this newer drives will also work (This is for all WD drives with the VCD i.e. 1TB MyBook Elite and so on.) 29
Western Digital 320 GB My Passport Essential II Not Tested Not Tested Works It's almost the same version as above only a newer edition. Installed WD SmartWare to disable drive spinoff and did a full format using a HP Tool to get rid of VCD, formatted as WBFS using WBFS manager and installed games using WBFS for Mac OS X, Every Game worked in WiiFlow 1.1 IOS 249) 1
Western Digital 320 GB My Book Essential (WD3200C032-002) Not Tested Not Tested Works Works with WiiFlow IOS 249, USB Loader GX, and NeoGamma r8. 0
Western Digital 320 GB My Passbook Works Works Issues Works with Mplayer with NTFS formatted. GeeXboX needs to be formatted with fat32. Some games freeze with this like ssbb due to hard drive going into sleep mode. 3
Western Digital 320 GB My Passport Elite Issues Works Works Tested with 3 partitions, first one FAT32, second one WBFS and finally NTFS. All but WBFS works with Geexbox. All work with Wiiflow USB loader. Problems with USB loader GX. Homebrew did not load at all. 2
Western Digital 320GB Elements Portable 1058 1010 Works Works Works Works great with USB Loader GX Rev741 cIOS38 Rev14, first patition FAT32, second patition WBFS 14
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 250 GB - First Version with green circle in front Not Tested Not Tested Works (Over 50+ games have worked with Config USB Loader, both PAL AND NTSC)(FAT and WBFS both work and multiple partitions work)(No "spindown" issue experienced). 2

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
Toshiba 400GB Labtop Drive (usb powered) Model #hddr400eo3x Not Tested Not Tested Works No problems works flawless with 1.4 or 1.1 0
Freecom 400GB (PSOAAD) Not Tested Not Tested Works Error -1 occasionally but reboot fixes Turn on after selecting program you want ie usbloader 1
Verbatim 2,5" HDD 400GB USB2.0 part#47570 Not Tested Not Tested Works No problem with usbloader 1.1 - This device works ONLY with usbloader, not with usbloaderGX. Pay Attention! 0
Western Digital Elements Portable WDE1MSBK4000BN 400GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Drive works flawlessly with Sorg's modification of Waninkoko's USB Loader 1.1. The games I tested booted Fine. 4
Storex 385HDRW Not Tested Not Tested Works This device works ONLY with usbloader1.5 0
Samsung HM400LI Not Tested Not Tested Works Works well with USB Loader GX and cloader 1.6 from loadstructor 1.7 0
Iomega 2.5" 34758 Portable HDD (Prestige) Not Tested Not Tested Issues looks like HD spinsdown, only recognized when first mounting another drive 1
FUJITSU MJA2400BH G2 USB Device 152d 2339 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work When trying to mount in CFG USB Loader or NeoGamma, Wii freezes. No way, getting it to work. Tried WBFS, FAT, NTFS 0
Western Digital: My passport essential Works Not Tested Works Works great, no problems at all 0

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
AcomData Executive 2.5 Series PD500USE-BL Not Tested Not Tested Works Works Exactly like a WD Passport Essential 2.5" HDD (my friends drive). Works great at less cost (Canada). 2
AcomData Puredrive 500GB WDC WD5000AAKS-22A7B2 0C0B:B159 Not Tested Works Works Used CFG-USBLoader v50 with cIOS38rev16 4.2U 0
ADATA Superior SH93 500GB Portable HDD
(ASH93-500GU-CBK/Version: 1.60) 		125F:A93A Works Not Tested Works Works perfectly even with multiple partitions.
Tested with: USBLoader GX v2.2 r1100(d2x v6 base56) 		2
ADATA Portable Superior SH02 125F:A02A Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly as a WBFS partition.
Tested with: USBLoader GX and Wiiflow (d2x v7 base57) on 4.3U Wii 		1
Antec MX-1 with Seagate 500GB Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Works Great! 0
Apacer AC202 SATA External Hard Drive 2.5" 500GB Apacer ac202 Works Not Tested Issues Init wbfs ...-1 "You have issues with a slow disc or a difficult disc" 1
BUFFALO MiniStation Stealth 500GB USB 2.0 Black External Hard Drive HD-PCT500U2/B Not Tested Not Tested Works Works (tested WBFS format with USB Loader GX 1
Buffalo DriveStation TurboUSB with Power Saving Mode External Hdd Works Works Works Great drive, backed up 20 discs in 2 hours, formatted extremely fast, spindown problem occurs, do not use this. I can say that I have never had a spindown problem, and I have played games on it for hours. Its perfect for me ~I got this HDD recently, and it works awesomely for USB Loader GX. However, it seems to fail on Waninkoko's cIOS36 revs higher than 9. This might, however, be because of other reasons. -Speedy~ 8
Buffalo MiniStation TurboUSB Not Tested Not Tested Works works perfect with only one usb and looks perfect (white) 1
Buffalo Ministation Turbo USB 500GB HD-PX500U2 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with uLoader v3? Doesn't recognise drive until unplugged and re-plugged again.Has to be done every time uLoader is accessed again. Works in HBC and in USB Loader GX if plugged after HBC is loaded. Works perfectly with Neogamma R8 b7. 1
Buffalo Ministation USB 500GB HD-PC500U2 0411:01D9 Works Not Tested Works 1
Buffalo Just Store Portable Turbo USB 500GB HD-PV500U2 0411:0181 Works Not Tested Works WBFS format works fine. Works great with HBC and USB Loader GX. Tested playing with about 100 games (from 222 on the disk) since 3 months and it never crash or hang up ... finally I bought a second one last week ;) . 3
Cavalry CAUP25500 500GB 04FC:0c25 Not Tested Not Tested Works 0
CnMemory Core 2,5" USB3.0 500GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works Great! 0
CnMemory Spaceloop 3,5" USB2.0 SATA 500GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with USB LOADER GX uploaded 125 games and works perfectly, great 0
CnMemory airy 2,5" USB2.0 SATA 500GB Works Not Tested Works Tested with WiiFlow and USB LOADER GX works perfectly, great 0
CnMemory airy 2,5" USB 3.0 SATA 500GB 174C:55AA Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested USB LOADER GX 0
FREECOM Mobile Drive XXS 500GB USB Works Not Tested Works Tested with USB LOADER GX uploaded 35 games and works perfectly, great 2
Fujitsu Siemens Storagebird XL-E 500 GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with USB Loader GX and WiiFlow. Sometimes when Harddisk is in sleep Mode, doesn`t work. Pull out Plug and put in again, then it works again. Thats it! 1
HP SimpleSave WDBACZ5000ABK Not Tested Not Tested Works Work very well under Wiiflow and USB Loader GX. 4
Hitachi H3500US 1376:3010 Not Tested Works Works Works great! Seems like this works well just like the other Hitachi external drives. 0
Hitachi LifeStudio Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't work Includes a completely unremovable VCD partition, so even if you format the rest of the disk, it will cause your Wii to crash 0
Hitachi SimpleTechnology - SimpleDrive II 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - S500U 4971:CE07 Not Tested Not Tested Works Firmware 4.1U, cIOS38rev14, USB Loader GX r907. Works great. Drive was split into 2: 350GB WBFS, ~120GB NTFS. No problems on DVD-DL or CIOS compressed games. Good speeds on read/write. Bought for $49.99, so good deal all around. 0
Hitachi SDM/500CF SimpleDrive Mini 500GB 4971:CE21 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with USB Loader GX, Multi-Partitions works fine / Works great with USB Loader GX r874 (WBFS or NTFS), works with Configurable USB loader 4
Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro 500GB USB3.0 4971:1012 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested working with USB Loader GX WBFS (haven't tried ISOs), Multi-Partitions works (I have a 450GB NTFS, 50GB WBFS) NOTE: Freezes Wii if it's plugged in when USB Loader GX is loaded, has to be plugged in while USB Loader is searching for HDD! 1
Hitachi X Mobile 500GB Portable Hard Drive 4971:CE21 Works Not Tested Works Works fine. Haven't had any issues with the drive so far. 2
Imation Apollo M100 0718:1905 Doesn't work Not Tested Issues Formatted with WBFS Manager 3.0.1 but NeoGamma R9 nor WiiFlow looks for USB forever. USB Loader Gx waits for HDD forever until it is unplugged. Works well after USB Loader GX finds the partition on the drive.

=====STEPS TO USE DRIVE IN USB LOADER GX:=====

  1. If you are stuck on Waiting for HDD, unplug then replug HDD
  2. Go to Settings (⚙️) → Hard Drive Settings and click on Game/Install Partition
  3. Toggle Multiple Partitions
  4. Switch Mount USB at launch to OFF
  5. Exit out of setting menu (press B twice)
  6. Click on Select loader mode (at the top of the screen)
  7. Select Wii Games and optionally deselect NAND Channels then press OK
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IOMEGA MDHD500-UE 500GB ST3500830AS Doesn't work Not Tested Doesn't work Tested with WiiFlow and USB LOADER GX 0
Iomega 500GB External HDD Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly even with multiple partitions. Newer model 34959 Select Portable 500GB contains Toshiba MK5059GSX and works perfectly with WiiFlow 2.2 cIOS249 formatted as single FAT32 partition. HBC loads fine. 2
Iomega (Platinum) Prestige Portable Hard Drive 500GB 059B:0470 Works Works Works Works flawlessly with cIOS rev14 and rev15. Lot of issues with older versions. 6
Iomega Select Desktop Hard Drive 500GB Works Works Works Works Very Well, If u want to partition so you can use it for the computer as well u need the wii partition to be primary and comp partition to be logical use The Easeus partition maker worked perfectly. Tested with mario kart for 4 hours and then NSMB for 5 No problems and Very Stable no crashes yet 7
Iomega Select Portable Hard Drive 500GB Not Tested Not Tested Works 0
Iomega eGo Helium Portable Hard Drive 2.5" 500GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine. Tested with CFG USB LOADER V56 and NeoGamma R8 RC1. More than 3 hours Mario Kart Wii and more than 5 hours Resident Evil 4 0
iPro Drive HDE5500G 500 GB Works Works Works Tested on 3 drives using USB loader with 180 + games, played all games for hours. No problems at all so far. Amazing deal for the price 5
JMicron USA Technology Corp. 465GB 152d:2339 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't work When trying to mount in Loader, USB loader freezes. No way, getting it to work. Tried WBFS and NTFS/FAT32. WBFS from PC worked fine, so did loading ISOs. 0
LaCie Rikiki Go 500GB Works Not Tested Works I tested 3 Rikiki Go.WBFS-FAT work fine. Tested with cios rev21,wiiflow 2.x,NeoGamma R9 r47 // works without problem on my wii with Wiiflow (HBC1.0.8, WF 1.1, Wii 4.3e 4
LaCie Little Disk, Design by Sam Hecht 2,5" Works Not Tested Works Works perfect with Homebrew andWODE, Tested with USB LOADER GX 1
LaCie 500GB External USB 2.0 (design by Porsche) Works Works Works I tested every cIOS, i also tried to turn it on before and after the Wii, nothing works Edit: Work fine with the herme's cios 222v52. EDIT: I needed to turn the drive on after launching Cfg USB Loader, using hermes cios 222v5 too. Update: hermes cios 224 latest version works consistently even when you power the device on before starting cfg. Cios 249 will freeze usb loader with this device!! Repeat MUST USE Hermes 224 EDIT: Geexbox and wiimc work both well 5
LaCie 500GB External USB 2.0 (design by Neil Poulton) Works Works Issues USB loader recognizes the drive occasionally. Might be fixed on the next version of USB Loader. Edit: Works with this setup:1st partition Fat32 40GB, 2nd partition NTFS 385GB, 3rd partition WBFS 40GB. Plug a usb flash drive into the first usb and plug hdd into second usb to make it detect instantly.

EDIT AGAIN: Does not work with the suggested setup. Completely non-working on all loaders and with all cIOS revisions. EDIT: Confirmed doesn't work. EDIT: Works when using Hermes' cIOS 222/223, but not with Waninkoko's cIOS 249.

EDIT: Works with cIOS 249, created 2 partitions, both FAT 32. Formatted the first one twice in a row with ncWBFSTool and then I stopped having the "this is not a wii disc" error when loading games. ---- Had constant compatibility issues. Would not work at all with several loaders, attempted with several CIOS inc Hermes. Began working with USB Loader GX then ceased working with that too despite not making any changes. Tried non-partitioned/partitioned, recommended ideas etc. Gave up, bought Iomega 1TB Prestige Desktop Hard Drive USB 2.0 which works without any issues at all with all loaders. Wouldn't recommend this Lacie drive at all for use with Wii.

EDIT: Works Hermes; cIOS 222/223 and uLoader 3.1 or config.player 48, and as 1 parition 500Gb

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LaCie d2 Quadro 500gb USB2.0/FW800/400 w/ Seagate Barracuda Works Works Works Enclosure free demo model from LaCie(was empty) put in Seagate 500gb works great. 0
LaCie Mobile Disk Not Tested Not Tested Works I tried to format it with its pre-installed software but didn't work (in Windows 7). Totally re-formatted in FAT32 with my Mac. Now works fine! 0
LG XD2 2,5" USB2.0 500GB Works Not Tested Works Tested with USB LOADER GX - Tested on many different wii and always work on usb loader gx (ntfs partitions and wbfs partitions and Two partitions works fine.) enjoy :) 1
Matsunichi (Innostor) External USB3.0 500GB Issues Not Tested Issues Purchased at Microcenter in April 2014. Tested with Wiiflow. The HD was only used to store the games. Emulators & Wiiflow ran off of SD. Hard drive was recognized. Formatted as FAT32 & set as primary. Played many emulators. However, could not get Neo Geo (fba_neo), Gamecube or Wii games to work. Confirmed that everything worked with another (Toshiba) drive that was a mirror of this one...same configuration, content, etc. 2
Maxtor Basics 500GB External HDD 0D49:7410 0D49:7450 Works Works Works Goes into sleep mode after 15 minutes by default if no loading is done. Use Maxtor Manager to turn this off, it can be found on seagate website. 6
Maxtor OneTouch 4 500 GB Mini External USB 2.0 Works Not Tested Works 2
Maxtor OneTouch 4 500 GB External USB 2.0 Works Not Tested Works Times out/sleeps and needs power cycled 3
Maxtor OneTouch III 500 GB External USB 2.0 Works Not Tested Works Works if formatted as WBFS through uLoader (and not if formatted through WBFS Manager). Then also works with Loadstructor. Disc is recognized by USB Loader GX, but no games are detected. 1
Medion HDDrive-n-go 500GB External USB 3.0 compatible USB 2.0 Not tested Not tested Works Works perfectly. 1
Noontec S3352 Gigasave Not Tested Not Tested Works Works Perfectly with entire hard drive formatted WBFS. Works with partition 2
NoTouch NT3500 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works Perfectly 1
Packard Bell Store & Save 3500 Works Not Tested Works 0
Philips SDE3275 500GB Works Not Tested Works Works fine. Tested with homebrew and configurable usb loader v52 0
Platinum "MyDrive" (Model No. 123827) Works Works Works 0
Platinum "MyDrive" (Model No. 124401) Works Not Tested Works works perfectly, tested with USB Loader GX (ios222) and mplayer_ce (ios202) 0
Platinum "MyDrive" Black (Model No. 124451) Works Not Tested Works works after installing cIOS38r17 no glitches found after hours of playing different games so far (doesnt work with cIOS38r15 or older 38r16 untested) 0
Platinum "MyDrive" Black (Model No. 124440) Not Tested Not Tested Works tested with cIOS38r17, doesn't work with preformated NTFS (worked after formatting with WFBS) 0
Samsung G2 500GB Works Not Tested Works Works out of the box. Tested both WBFS and FAT32 partition. 0
Samsung M2 500GB 04e8:60b3 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with whole disk WBFS partition. 0
Samsung P3 Portable 500GB HXMT 050DF/G2 Not Tested Not Tested Works It works correctly. 0
Samsung S2 Portable 500GB HXMU 0500A/G52 04E8:1F05 Works Works Works Worked Fine with USBLOADER GX with cIOS Rev 14 IOS249 and New Super Mario Bros Wii)Works ok, but does suffer with spin down issues no known software from Samsung to adjust this. 2
Satellite int AX-222 SATA 2.5" Enclosure Doesn't Work Works Doesn't Work By now, only geexbox recognizes. I'm using with 2 partitions (NTFS and WBFS) USB Loader says that partition is not formatted in WBFS and if you try, error -6. 0
SEAGATE External Desktop Drive 500GB 7200RPM USB2.0 Works Not Tested Works Created partitions and let the USB loader format. Played for over an hour and let sit for over 20 minutes and auto-off did not effect gameplay. Quick loading time and drive will turn itself back on when you turn on the WII. 4
SEAGATE FreeAgent Desktop 500GB 7200RPM USB2.0 Silver External Hard Drive Not Tested Works Works All issues resolved with the new cIOS38rev14. No need to wait for Wii to be turned on before plugging the drive in. Be sure to install included software w/ drive and disable power save features before reformatting in WBFS. ---- Multiple partitions work fine. Did experience lockup twice at various times running Animal Crossing City Folk but it could have been tied to power save feature of drive. / I had problems installing games via USB Loader GX with this drive. It would freeze every time. Installing via WBFS manager worked however. 4
SEAGATE FreeAgent Drive 500GB USB2.0 ST305004EXA101-RK Works Not Tested Works Softmodded wii - Previously when wii was cIOS36rev10, drive was not recognised by the usb loader and just did not boot up. Updated to cIOS38rev14, drive works perfect; drive boots up when wii boots up and switches off when wii is switched off, usbloaders recognise drive, games boot up perfect. / Was having trouble on USBLoader GX with progress frozen but after replacing the USB cable everything works perfectly 5
SEAGATE FreeAgent Desktop 500GB 7200RPM USB2.0 Black External Hard Drive Not Tested Not tested Works Didn't work with cIOS38rev15/USB Loader GX crashed on loading with dsi exception, but worked fine via IOS222 by Hermes using uLoader 4
SEAGATE FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB USB2.0 3.0 Black External Hard Drive STAA500105 Not Tested Not tested Works USB Loader GX, Drive Formatted to WBFS. Disabled spindown before formatting to WBFS. If it doesn't recognize during boot up of USB Loader unplug and plug in during countdown 1
SEAGATE FreeAgent GO 500GB Not Tested Works Works Works perfectly even with multiple partitions.

✔ CFG USB Loader

✔ Coverfloader

✔ USBLoader GX 3.0 with NTFS-Partition

✔ WiiMC Video/Music

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SEAGATE FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB External HDD. STAA50020x 0BC2:5021 Works Not Tested Works Tryed with LoaderGX 2.1 and HomeBrew 1.0.8 all ok, tested with many games on FAT32 (wbfs images). 1
SEAGATE 500GB Expansion 2.5" Portable 0BC2:2300 Works Not Tested Works Works great with USB Loader GX Rev828 cIOS38 Rev14 Works also with Configurable USB loader ) i find it working good it is acualy faster than my flash drive it works for me with CIOS rev20 and USBloader gx rev 938.Works perfect with homebrew,games,progs.Very faster and no sleep mode 6
Seagate STBX500200 500GB Expansion USB 3.0 [4] Works Not Tested Works Works right out the box, pre formatted to NTFS, powers up & down with the wii, Can be used as single partition, No spindown or lag even after being left for over an hour. (Gamecube Isos Do not work with Hdd)

✔ CFG USB Loader

✔ Coverfloader

✔ USBLoader GX 3.0

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Silicon Power 500 GB USB 3.0 2.5" SP500GBPHDD05S3T Works Not Tested Doesn't Work Drive was formatted FAT32. Tried USB Loader GX, WiiFlow and CFG USB Loader. In all cases game freezes almost immediately. Same Wii with WD Elements USB HDD works great. 0
Silicon Power 500 GB USB 3.0 2.5" SP010TBPHDS10S3N(SP Stream S10) Not tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Same as previous drive(bought Agestar enclosure,and now my drive works in Wiiflow!). 0
SimpleTech 500GB USB2.0 External Hard Drive (model-FV-U35/500) Works Not Tested Works Bought at Fry's Electronics, 1st one failed after 1 day, 2nd one has been solid 2
Storex StoryDisk HD Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with USB LOADER GX and NeoGamma R8 final 0
Toshiba Stor.E ALU 2S 500GB USB 3.0 & 2.0
Model: PA4262E-1HE0 		0930:0b1a Works Not Tested Works Tested with Fat32, Needs at least cios d2x-v6, tested with new games and microphone d2x-v10-beta53-alt, USB Loader GX and configurable usb loader 0
Toshiba StorE alu 500GB USB 2.0
(P1399E-2G20 or PX1394U-3G50) 		Works Not Tested Works 3
Toshiba Canvio plus 500GB USB 3.0
Model: DTP105 		0480:a00c Works Not Tested Works Tested with vfat partition, Needs at least cios d2x-v6, for new games with microphone d2x-v10-beta53-alt, USB Loader GX and configurable usb loader v70 0
Toshiba 500GB USB 2.0 Black Portable Hard Drive HDDR500E04XK Works Not Tested Works Tested with USBLoader. Great! Many hours of play without freeze. Works swimmingly with Wiiflow as well as of Wiiflow version 4.2.2 3
Toshiba 500GB USB 3.0 Canvio Portable Hard Drive (hdtc605xk3a1) Doesn't Work Not Tested Doesn't Work Causes CFG Loader to freeze on startup. If plugged in after CFG is started up then the games will show up but when a game is loaded it freezes. 5
Toshiba 500GB USB 3.0/2.0 Automatic Backup Hard Drive Blue Edition (Part#PH2050U-1EWL) (Serial# 32UAP058TRE8) Works Not Tested Works I got this drive at RadioShack. Tested 4 different games and they all worked fine. Using USB Loader 3.0. Have it formatted NTFS with wbfs folder for games. Drive booted up fine and no freeze during gameplay. :) Don't know how to get the 7 out of the confirmed box sorry about that first time editing a web page. 1
Toshiba 500GB USB 2.0/3.0 Canvio Portable Hard Drive Works Not Tested Works If it doesn't work at first, reformat to NTFS with WBM (32 kb sector size). If it still doesn't work, you're doing it wrong! EDIT: Doesn't Work, all the way at least. I have formatted every possible way, and it only half works with the original formatting (FAT32). It only works when you unplug it, plug it back in before starting usb loader. have tried with all iOS's and Loaders, same results. other formattings of hard drive result in not working at all (NTFS & WBFS). better off with another drive that works 100%. By the way i have tried virtually every tutorial out there including the ones recommending using hermes and waninkokos iOS's but same results occured. 1
Toshiba StorE Art4 500GB USB 3.0 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Tried USB Loader GX, WiiFlow and CFG USB Loader, using the whole partition in Fat32 and NTFS. All loaders froze during boot. Only works when the HD is connected when the loader asks for a USB device. 0
Toshiba Stor.E Basics 500GB USB 3.0 & 2.0 0480:A007 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Was initially as the Art4. Fixed by adding drive to usb.ids in the root directory of the harddrive and can now use CFG with FAT partition.Edit:Works with Issues!Same like Art 4 above!!! 2
Transcend 500GB StoreJet 2.5 Classic/Mobile TS500GSJ25M Works Works Works Works Perfect! Drive recomended because of its falling resistant feature and cheap price / Tested with USB Loader GX r874, Neogamma 8R15, CFG v48 5
Ultra Speed Not Tested Works Works it looks like the 2TB, 69 dls at waltmart LOL 3
VERBATIM Portable Hard Drive USB 2.0 2.5", model #47630 [5] Works Not Tested Works Tested with USB LOADER, USB LOADER GX, works perfectly! Two partitions works fine. 3
VERBATIM 3.5 USB 2.0[6] Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with wiiflow and 1 partition for the wii games and an other formated FAT32 0
VERBATIM Store 'n' Go USB 3.0 (500GB) [7] Not Tested Not Tested Works 1
VERBATIM Store 'n' Go USB 2.0 Colours (500GB) [8] Works Not Tested Works Tested with USB LOADER GX, works perfectly! Lags possible with COD black ops and modern warfare in online mode 1
VERBATIM SmartDisk External Hard Drive USB 2.0 18a5:0216 Works Works Works Performs Perfectly! - tried two partitions one NTFS the other WBFS works!. Works OK with CIOS 14 and CIOS 222. 4
WD Blue (500GB) 2.5" SATA Internal Hard Disk Drive (Model WD5000LPCX) Not Tested Not Tested Works It works with USB Loader GX but it doesn't with Configurable USB Loader beacuse even tough it sometimes detects the hard drive, it inmediatly goes into sleep mode. 1
WD Scorpio Blue 500GB SATA Hard Drive Issues Issues Issues Works perfectly but goes into sleep mode after 5 mins.
WD My Passport Elite 500GB 2.5" Works Not Tested Works Excellent drive! Formats perfectly, fast transfers, no spindown issues. Been using it for 20 or so games for a few days, never a problem. Not for sale anymore at Costco where purchased. 0
WD My Passport Elite 500GB 1058:0705 Doesn't Work Not Tested Works USBLoader works great, did not work with homebrew channel even with a partition formatted into fat32 unfortunately, couldn't get anything load. 2
WD My Passport Essential 500 GB USB3.0 Red (Model WDBACY5000ARD) Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't work When trying to mount in USB Loader or WiiFlow, the drive will not be recognized and/or the loader freezes. Tried WBFS and NTFS. WBFS from PC worked fine. Sad, would have been a perfect color match for the red Wii :(

Only way I have managed to get this drive to work is using old r883.. Wont work with Uloader or CFG loader. Comment: No love either with FAT formatted drive and CFG Loader on Hermes cIOS 222 5.1, however FAT formatted drive and CFG Loader on Waninkoko cIOS 249 r20 does work. FAT formatted drive and WiiMC on IOS58 also works.

No success with this drive, my first attempt at softmodding however another drive has worked confirming this one doesn't. Don't have any experience in trying other settings to see if there is a way to get it working.

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WD My Passport Essential 500GB USB3.0 Black (Model WDBACY5000ABK-EESN) Works Not Tested Works Install the drive on a Computer, Update its firmware from WD website, install SmartWare software, on SmartWare Software disable the Hibernation/Power Saving mode (it will be applied directly to the firmware) - Uninstall everything from WD, Backup the driver folder on the drive and remove all other folders from the drive - Partition as required and use - Tested with Wii 4.1E cIOS rev21, Neogamma R8, HBC 1.0.8, USB Loader GX 2.0: tested with 4.3e works perfectly. Just made backup of the internal folders and formatted with WBFS.

Works too with newest CFG Loader as NTFS partition with WBFS folder, make with Wii Backup Manager

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WD My Passport Essential (WDBACY5000ASL) Not Tested Not Tested Works Works after disabling Hibernation/Power Saving mode. 1
WD My Passport Essential 500GB 2.5" External HDD (Product number (label on drive): WDBAAA5000AD1-00 Model Number (hdparm): WDC WD5000BMVV-11GNWS0) 1058:071a Works Works Works Just the perfect disc for USB loader, tested since the beginning on more that 80 games, no spindown issues. Newer drives (mine has firmware rev. 01.01A01) also do not have the virtual CD drive anymore and are ready to use right away (some drives in the past had to have a firmware upgrade to deactivate that function). Even though I had no spindown issues, I still followed this guide (opening the case is not necessary even though the guide claims that it is). 24
WD My Passport Essential 500GB 3.5" External HDD Works Works Works It's the same with 2,5" HDD 16
WD My Passport Essential 500GB Portable External Hard Drive (WDBAAA5000ABK-NEWM) 1058:071A Works Not Tested Works Bought 2 of the same drives. Installing games through WiiFlow is extremely slow (on both drives) compared to a different drive (Hitachi) that I've tried. Other than that, games already on the drive run fine. 1
WD My Passport 500GB Portable External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 Black (WDBKXH5000ABK-NEWM) Untested Untested Works Turned off power saving/hibernation and works, this is the newer revision of My Passport (black with the translucent dots on it) that I found at walmart 1
WD WD My Passport 500GB Portable Hard Drive - USB 3.0/2.0 (WDBKXH5000ASL-01) 1058 0748 Untested Untested Works I First resized (10Gig) and moved the Passport partition to the end of the drive, created a second fat32 partition(15Gig) at the end, and created an NTFS partition Using the rest of the drive, using "Partition Wizard". I then used "WII Game manager" to format the partition to WBFS, and copied my games to it. Did Not Work in 3 different WII's . I Later figured out that from windows "Partition Wizard" by default creates a Logical Partition. I Deleted and recreated my partitions as Primary Partitions, re copied my games, and This Drive Works Great. 0
WD Elements 500GB (WD5000E035) Works Works Works Perfect USB Device for the Wii. Tested with USB Loader GX and had no Problems. Thats how it should be :p 5
WD Elements ebook 500GB (WD5000I032) Works Works Works Perfect USB Device for the Wii. Tested with USB Loader GX rev714 and had no Problems. 1
WD Elements Portable 500GB USB2.0 Hard Drives (WDBAAR5000ABK) 1058:1010 Works Works Works Works Works great! tried a FREECOM and some other eHDD's before but this one worked perfectly! No booting issues, no installs, no freezes or performance/loading issues. Tested on the WiiFlow USBLoader ( IOS249 ) 11
WD Elements SE Portable 500GB USB2.0 (WDBABV5000ABK) 1058:1023 Works Not Tested Works Works Great ! Tested with uLoader, USB Loader GX, WiiFlow and CFG Loader. cIOS Waninkoko v19 and Hermes v5.1. I Played for hours without any problems. 7
WD Elements SE Portable 500GB USB 3.0 2,5" (WDBPCK5000ABK-01) Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with NTFS File System and CFG v70. It works, and (out of the box) does not have the spin down problem at idle (like other WD) 1
WD Elements Portable 500GB USB 3.0 2,5" (WDBUZG5000ABK-03) Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great! Formatted FAT32, one partition. Tested with WiiFlow and CFG Loader 1
WD My Book Essential (WDBAAF5000EBK-NESN) Works Not Tested Works
  • Works with USB Loader GX(used free partitioner to create a FAT32 partition then used WBFS Manager 3.0 to format the whole partition. No Issues so far, Loaded 177 games. Running 4.2 with HBC and Drive Key.
  • WBFS failed on me, using FAT32 + NTFS both primary, and fat active partition, installed 10 games working flawlessly, from dvds with wiiflow r123
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WD MyBook Essential Edition, (WD5000C032) Works Works Works Worked with USB Loader only after creating partitions. Works with Gamma R7 and USBLoader GX 600 3
WD MyBook Home Edition (WD5000H1CS-00) Not Tested Works Works they all seemed to hang up and never booted. The loaders booted fine with the drive unplugged.Tested with over 40 games partitioned into 2 parts one for games and one for videos, it works great, Worked for me with usbloader gx, hermes cios222, and waninkoko's cios38 rev14, geexbox works aswell. 3
WD MyBook Pro Edition 500GB (WD5000D032-000) Works Works Works 1
WD MyBook Pro Edition 500GB (WD5000P032-000) Works Works Works Using 4.3FW, Latest WiiFlow, Fast Load with WBFS System 2
WD MyBook Pro Edition 500GB (WD5000P032-000)*Europe* Not Tested Not Tested Works Works after many attempts. Run: cIOS 38rev15, Hermes222/223, Cfg USB-Loader v50, fat32 with WBFS folder:Wii Backup Manager 0
WD MyBook Studio 500GB Issues Issues Issues works only by using a cheap USB to SATA adapter on the eSATA connector. Integrated USB fails on Wii 2
Woxter i-Cube 25 Slim Not Tested Not Tested Works Toshiba MK5055GSX HD inside. It works great with 2 partitions: 1º FAT32 and 2º WBFS 0
Samsung Portable SSD T7 Issues Not Tested Doesn’t Work Difficult to get Homebrew and USB loader GX to recognize it and launching a game gives a black screen no mater the format or partition. 0

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
ADATA Classic CH11 640GB USB3.0 Superspeed 1033:0194 Not tested Not tested Works I couldnt get it to recognize the drive as FAT32, but once partitioned using EaseUS Partition manager (Don't forget to set the drive as active!), then formatted as WBFS I had no issues. Works fine with Configurable USB Loader & USB Loader GX, though I've issues with WiiFlow (possibly my own issues, however). I still have HBC on an SD card old skool stylee. Drive recommended 0
ADATA Nobility NH92 640GB Silver 125f:a91a Works Not tested Doesn't Work WiiFlow stuck at the "Insert hdd into USB" screen. The device enters spinup-spindown-loop two or three times, then stays up for a few seconds, then spindown permentally. Under Wininkoko's WAD Manager 1.7, the device is not recognized as an USB 2.0 device, and directly load it as an "USB Mass Storage Device" doesn't work either, I have to "USB 2.0 Mass Storage Device" -> let it fail -> "USB Mass Storage Device" to get it to work. HBC 1.0.8 works, tho. 1
ADATA SH02 white Works Not Tested Works 1
Buffalo DriveStation 640GB Not Tested Not Tested Works picked up any loader i tried straight away played blazing angels for a few hours no spindown at all however sometimes it goes asleep in the loader if your not scrolling through games! 5
Fujitsu-Siemens Storagebird 35EV840 640GB Not Tested Not Tested Works 0
Hitachi H3640U Not tested Not tested Works USB Loader picked it up after a couple seconds and formatted with out any issues. 8MB cache makes it a little slower writing to it than my other drive with 32mb cache but great for the price! 4
Intenso Memory Station Not tested Not tested Works CFG USB Loader v70 with no problem. Formatted it on Wii in wbfs. Looks good in white. 0
LaCie External USB Device Works Not Tested Works Works perfectly, (but first time us start usb loader getting error: Could not initialize USB storage subsystem! (ret -6) just try again and should work). 0
Maxtor Basics 640GB External USB Device Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly. Very good speeds. 2
Platinum MyDrive 640GB White Not tested Not tested Works Works perfect for me! 4
Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme 640GB (USB 2.0, Firewire 400, eSata) Not Tested Works Works Works perfectly, will go into detail after more testing. 0
Samsung M2 Portable 640 GB (2.5") HX-M640UAB Not Tested Not Tested Works * Tested with CFG USB Loader, works like a charm both on wbfs and on fat32 partition. no problem with size or formatting
  • Took my time looking through this page and decided on this drive and I'm glad I did! Using CFG v.70 USB Loader 1.5 games load quickly and run just fine from my 200GB WBFS partition. The rest is formatted NTFS and works great with WiiMC. I used linux to make 2 ntfs partitions then WBFS Manager 3.0 in Windows to convert one of them to WBFS. I'm happy!
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Samsung S2 640GB (2.5') HX-MU064DA Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work No win with this device, error "unexepected i0i error dump" when loading USB loader GX, cannot format to WBFS. Physical sector size is 1024 bytes, that's the problem. Don't buy this one! :-( 5
Samsung G2 Portable 640 GB (2.5') HX-MU064DC Works Not Tested Works Works great! I tested uLoader, USB Loader GX and CFG Loader directly from 5 gb FAT-partition on the device. The remaining space has a WBFS-Partition and all tested games work great on that. Long time tests (> 1 hour) follow... 1
Seagate FreeAgent Go 640GB Not Tested Not Tested Works No Issues, works great! Was able to partition half to FAT32 and half stay NTFS. 0
Toshiba STOR.E ART 3 (E05A064PAU2EW) Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly, nothing to say, works superb, very fast too! 1
Toshiba Canvio (E05A064CAU2CK) Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great, a little bit slow as it's portable, tested with wiiflow NTFS 1 part. It looks great btw! 0
Toshiba PX1393E-2G32 Not Tested Works Works Works perfectly. 1
Toshiba PH3064U-1EXB Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested on 4.1U softmod. Would not format with Wii Backup Manager to WBFS, WII would not recognize drive in fat/ntfs format 1
Transcend 640GB 8M 5400 tr/min - USB - Storejet Anti-choc -TS640GSJ25M Works Not Tested Works USB loader detects and formats (100Gb for Wii) very good (++ iam another user for me just working with 1 usb loader see my sentence after your message)

(another user wii v4.2 e hack sciifii v3 and pimp my ride v2.11) but just 1 usb loader working with this disk, its ""Configurable USB loader 60"" from Ogzzee ( few bugs with this loader but i think the nexts revisions will be better), and works just with 1 wbfs manager, ""wii backup manager"" - not working with another manager and another loader (i have format with usb loader 60)!

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Transcend StoreJet 25M3 USB 3.0 640GB TS640GSJ25M3 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Formatted to WBFS O.K. but locks up with ULoader and WiiFlow either in menus or sometimes in game titles. No game has worked so far unlike my perfect 25M 500GB :( Tested on 4.3. **Update Feb 2011: 25M3 contains Samsung HM641JI - connected it via a cheap USB to SATA cable (with power from a power supply) and it works! The drive is now installed in a Sumvision E-Gem enclosure and working fine. 0
TREKSTOR 640 Works Not Tested Works USB loader detects and formats (100Gb for Wii) very good ! 0
ULTRA-SPEED 640 Works Not Tested Works USB loader detects and formats (partitions no prob ntfs/wbsf) Works perfectly ! 0
Verbatim Store n go - USB 2.0 - 640 gb Not Tested Not Tested Works WORKS PERFECTLY WITH USB LOADER GX , Fast ripping/loading times costs 70 euro in holland so nice price really if u want to purchase you should do this! 0
WD 6400BEV WD Elements 1058:1010 Works Not Tested Works USB loader detects and formats 9
WD 6400AAK Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly. Very good speeds. 3
WD 6400H1U-00 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly. No lag and very fast. Similar to above AAK and may be the exact same drive. 2
WD 6400H1U-00 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tried everything - all USB loaders, error 002 fixes, couldn't even load any game, even wii sports from backup. 0
WD My Passport WDBABM6400ABK 1058:070A Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly under USB Loader GX and WiiFlow with NTFS and WBFS. Very good speeds. 4
WD MyBook Essential Ed. Not tested Not tested Works Works great very quick! 4

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
ADATA SH14 750GB (2,5Zoll, USB 3.0) Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested - 0
Antec MX-1 with Seagate 750GB Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly. I have one 500GB wbfs partition and I formatted the rest of the drive fat32. 1
LaCie 750 GB External HDD Not Tested Works Works Works, loader has "waiting for usb device", just restart the hdd and it works! 2
Maxtor 750 GB external HDD Works Not Tested Works Works perfectly 0
Maxtor 750 GB external HDD - OneTouch 4 Works Not Tested Works Works perfectly. 250GB for WBFS and 500GB for Windows ... 250GB is the first partition, and the 500GB is formatted in NTFS. Works great. 2
Samsung 750 GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly Formatted as WBFS 750GB Partition in Windows. Fast and Easy. 1
Seagate Free Agent Desktop 750 GB External HDD only USB 2.0 no E-Sata Works Works Doesn't Work Works like a charm , but i only made a 350 GB wbfs partition since i read that more than 512GB won't work. This drive doesn't work at all for me. 350gb WBFS, 30gb Fat32 and rest ntfs. Wii is unable to detect it, also emulators unable to detect it. 0
Seagate Free Agent Pro 750 GB External HDD (USB 2.0 and E-sata) Not Tested Not Tested Works Works after cIOS38 rev14 Install from Waninkiko's site. Just use IOS249 when installing. Recognizes entire disk (698.xx GB)! Using USB Loader GX (newest version as of 9/23/2009) with "error 002 fix" turned on. 0
Seagate Expansion Portable Drive 750GB (ST906404EXD101-RK) Works Not Tested Works Works perfectly with CFG USB Loader (Loader GX freezes at black screen). Formatted 100% FAT32. Drive is USB-powered. Fast! Configured drive with Seagate Drive Manager to turn off spindown. Seemed prudent. Didn't test with spindown on.

Works fine with USB Loader GX 2.0 (formatted in wbfs). 		2
SimpleTech 750GB SimpleDrive USB 2.0 External Hard Drive 3,5", (Model:SP-U35/750LC) Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with 3 partition, One with 400GB NTFS, one with 200GB WBFS, and one other with 150GB NTFS ! 1
Toshiba Canvio Plus 750gb (E05A075PBU2XK) Not Tested Not Tested Works Will format, but will error when adding .iso. Useless-Zippy-

Tested and working, including writing and reading both ISO and wfbs games, with a standard NTFS windows filesystem format, using Configurable USB Loader. Must add "ntfs_write [equalsign] 1" to config.txt in the usb-loader directory.

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Toshiba Canvio Plus 750gb (E05A075ABU2XW) Works Not Tested Works Not useless. Erase pre-existing partitions before use. See http://blog.paulgu.com/2008/01/06/how-to-delete-gpt-protective-partition/ 0
Toshiba STOR.E ALU 2 750GB (Model PX1709E-1HG5) 0939:0B15 Not Tested Not Tested Works Fast Power-up, recognized by USB Loader and WiiFlow without any issues (1 partition WBFS) 0
Toshiba [750GB] 0480:A006 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Just one partition WBFS format, more than 612 GBs, with open wiiflow u can read the drive but as soon as you click on "play" any game, the thing freezes, black screen, wiimote disconects and u have to hard power off the console, USBloaderGX doesn't work at all 0
Transcend [StoreJet 25M2 750GB (Model: TS750GSJ25M2)] Works Works Works I bought this USB2.0 driver in 2012 March, Taiwan. Original partition: FAT32. Step1: Using the partition master downsizes the original partition. Step2: Useing partition master creat the first partition to NTFS. Step3: Using the WBFS Inteligent Gui format the first partiton, NTFS partition, to WBFS. Step4: Using the WBFS Inteligent Gui load game into it.) 1
WD MyBook 750GB external HDD - Essential Edition (Green Box) Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly Formatted as WBFS 750GB Partition in Windows. Fast and Easy. 5
WD Elements External Hard Drive 750GB USB2 WD7500E035-00 (silver) Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly. I have one 200GB wbfs partition and I formatted the rest of the drive fat32. 2
WD Elements SE 750GB (2,5Zoll, USB 3.0) (WDBPCK7500ABK-EESN) 1058:1042 Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested Works with WiiMC 1.2.0 perfectly(NTFS). WD-IdleDisable-Tool 0
WD MyBook 750GB external HDD - Premium Edition (Has 2 Firewire ports) Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly Formatted as WBFS 750GB Partition in Linux, but with CIOS > 12 (tested with 13b, with CIOS 10 doesnt works) 0
WD My Passport 750GB 1058:070A Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly, tested with CIOS 17 0
WD My Passport SE 750GB WDBABM7500ABK-00 Works Not Tested Works Works perfectly. I tried to format with Wii Backup Manager but did not work. Then I formatted as exFAT before and then an entire partition with WBFS using the Wii Backup Manager.

Works with the USB Loader GX r938. Wouldn't work at all for me! Kept locking up on init. Tried lots of different format options and configurations. Removed CD emulation, disabled SES, everything. Copies ISOs just fine, but freezes when loading ISO. Eventually tried 16GB Flash and all was well.

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
AcomData PDHD1000USE-72 1TB 16MB Cache USB 2.0 / eSATA External Hard Drive (WDC WD10 EACS-00D6B1 inside) 0C0B B159 Not Tested Not Tested Works Using a 131gb WBFS partition leaves exactly 800gb left over. 1
ADATA DashDrive Durable HD710 USB 3.0 Not Tested Not Tested Issues I have two partitions of 500 Gb each (games+ backup) USB Loader GX sees all the games but when I want to launch one it just freezes. Wii games with IOS249 are fine, but fails with mload223(5.1) 1
ADATA DashDrive HV620 USB 3.0 125F:A31A Not Tested Not Tested Works I formatted the drive as WBFS and USB Loader GX 3.0 worked without any issues 2
Aluratek Hurricane ACUES3501000F Hard Drive, External SATA Not Tested Not Tested Works Works! No issues whatsoever. Tested on a Wii with system menu version 4.2, USB loader gx. 0
Buffalo Drivestation External USB 2.0 Model HD-CE1.0TU2 0bc2:3300 Works Not Tested Works This drive works with a 1TB partition with loader 1.5. The drive has green power save features and livens up with the Wii. it also powers down immediately the Wii is turned off. The drive is instantly recognised. No issues with spindown and power save features can be enable, disabled completely or timeout adjusted using the Buffalo software. Serial no required for download from web site. the drive is fanless and has a green led on the front for power on/off and access. overall excellent! 7
EZY Notouch 1TB Works Not Tested Works Works fine with USB Loader GX 0
Fantom G-Force GF1000EU 1TB USB 2.0 / eSATA External Hard Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Recognized by USB Loader 1.1 works awesome!, Tested with USB Loader 1.5 and USBLoader GX 1
Fantom G-Force II GFII1000EU 1TB USB 2.0 / eSATA External Hard Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Works with USB Loader GX and CoverFloader without any noted issues. Running it as the first of four partitions. 1
FujitsuSiemens Storagebird 35EV821 (WDC WD10 EAVS-00D7B1 inside) 152D-2329 Works Works Works Sometimes a -1 Error (tested with 1.0 & 1.1) probably because of hdd standy. Homebrew tested: MPlayer CE / I cannot confirm this. My HDD has worked one time with USB Loader 1.1, but never again. USB Loader 1.5, Mplayer and Geebox do not recognize the hdd. -> Works when power is plugged in right after Wii starts! 1
HITACHI 1TB 7200 RPM 3.5" USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Formatted for Mac Model H31000US - Retail Works Works Works [Recognized by USB Loader 1.5 Works awesome but GPT partition need to be changed to MBR first. Great price and 32MB buffer! Fantastic option 1
HITACHI HGST 1TB Touro Mobile MX3 USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works [Default NTFS Format out of the box works perfectly fine using CFG USB Loader with no issues 1
HITACHI Simple Drive III 1TB Not Tested Works Works Recognized by USB Loader GX 1
HITACHI X Series 1TB, Black, External Hard Drive 4971:CE17 Works Not Tesed Works Works out of the box using WiiFlow and USB Loader GX. Came formatted to FAT32 already. 0
HP SimpleSave 1TB Desktop Hard Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Seem pretty good so far, got to format whole drive first. i split 500 gig to ntsc and 500 gig to wbfs using Wiiflow wii system 4.3]
icypie 982GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive VID 048D / PID 04D2 Not Tested Not Tested Issues IF A WII BACKUP DOESN'T WORK, THEN TRY TO INSTALL IT IN ANOTHER METHOD (it took me a day to make a single game work). Used "USB Loader GX". Some WiiWare games may freeze the Wii for some time or forever, and will most likely crash USB Loader GX next time you boot it. Formatted to FAT32, Wii and GameCube games work, but the USB is really slow (at least to me). Overheats really quickly, but it shouldn't be a problem at all. If the USB is slow, then games will take a bit to load. If you put a game that doesn't work after, and disappears in the USB, you may have an error in the USB, and should run "chkdsk". If there are errors, do "chkdsk /f". (If the USB is slow too, then delete the folders that were flagged by chkdsk, before fixing the errors). I recommend you to get another USB, specifically an HDD. 0
Imation Apollo UX 1TB Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine with USB Loader GX & WiiFlow 0
Iomega 1TB Prestige Desktop Hard Drive USB 2.0 059B:0370 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly with rev14. Every USB Loader tried works instantly. ~~ For me I have to turn the drive on after the wii is turned on before I can use USB loader GX but other than that it works perfectly (so far). 3 Games loaded in under an hour. You also have to make 2 partitions on the drive because the max size for wii is 500GB.

Also for me works perfect, I made a partition of about 100gb, have to power it up AFTER the wii goes on. Works like a charm!

Vistitua Works perfectly for me aswell. Partition 500/500. Doesn't matter what's turned on first, works with all usbloaders I've tested. Enjoy!!

SoulSnatcher - I purchased this HDD and it works perfectly with NeoGamma R9, uLoader and USB Loader GX. I didn't have the problem mentioned above about bootup of the HDD. Overall, great HDD. I recommend a purchase.

Underblaze: I have the newer model of this Iomega 1TB Prestige Desktop Hard drive model "31871900" bought in amazon and it WORKS PERFECTLY with wiiflow, configurable usb loader, neogamma, usb LOADER GX and uloader, Cios rev20, didnt have the problem about bootup, fast HDD, Buy it

Purchased this drive after reading compatibility here & am VERY happy. Inexpensive & Works great! Backed-up 5 discs into drive in approx 25mins. Partitioned 500gbWBFS/500gbNTFS. No turn on order, works either way with ALL loaders. Also works perfectly with Mplayer for movies (added to WBFS partition with Wii Backup Manager). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Have a 700Gb WBFS partition and a 230Gb NTFS and it was working fine on 4.3U Wii with Wiiflow and USB Loader

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Iomega Select 1.TB 3.5" USB 2.0 Hard Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly with rev14 and USBLoader_CFG, I have 2x 500GB partitions, 1 for Wii and 1 for PC Backups / works great with 1TB formatted NTSC & using USB LoaderGX (NO on/off switch). 4
IProDrive 1.0TB 3.5" External Hard Drive (HDE11TB) Works Not Tested Works Works! No issues whatsoever. Tested on a Wii with system menu version 4.2, USB loader gx, Wiiflow 1.1 and Neogamma R7.

Works perfectly with WiiFlow 1.1, Neogamma R7, System Menu 4.2u. Works right out of the box even though it is formated to NTFS it loads games at amazing speeds. Use WBFS Manager 3.0 and it will work perfectly. The good thing is, this hard drive turns OFF when your Wii turns OFF which is like the 2.5" Hard Drives. Really cheap, good quality, looks nice, highly recommended! SAMSUNG DRIVE INSIDE.

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LaCie Desktop Hard Disk 1 TB Neil Poulton Design 059F 1018 Not Tested Works Works I split hdd into 2 partitions using easeus. Both FAT32. Used wii to format 1 FAT32 partition and successfully ripped and played games from wii using usbl.wad with 40sec recheck. Only took like 15 sec to boot. - run perfectly for me. If the loader doesn't see the hdd, plug it in the other usb port. - didn't work until I got Custom IOS38 rev 14, now works like a charm. 6
LaCie Desktop Hard Disk 1 TB Neil Poulton Design 059F 0951 Not Tested Works Doesn't Work It seems that Lacie 1TB with this product id is not compatible with usb loaders. 5
LaCie Rikiki USB 3.0 1 TB Not Tested Not Tested Works Nothing unusual so far. 1
Maxtor Basics Desktop Not Tested Not Tested Works Works with USB Loader, but will not work if the partition is the entire TB. If using gparted - add boot flag to all your partitions. 3
Medion HDDRive 2 go 1TB 152D:2351 Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested NeoGamma unable to mount WBFS 0
Packard Bell Carbon 1TB Black Not Tested Not Tested Works Works! No issues whatsoever. Tested on a Wii with system menu version 4.2, USB loader gx and Neogamma R7. 2) Tested with menu 4.1 and USB loader FX rev. 874, no problems, formatted 1TB wbfs and installing games from real DVDs works too 2
Samsung G3 Station 1T 04e8 6012 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with USB loader GX 500Gb WBFS partition Rest Fat32, tested with Wiiflow 500Gb WBFS partition (made with wbfs manager), rest NTFS 1
Samsung S2 Portable 1Tb model HX-MU010EAG22 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with USB loader GX and CFG USB Loader 320Gb FAT32 partition Rest Unused. Also works with whole partition WBFS in Neogamma 0
Samsung M2 Portable 1Tb model HX-M101UAB/G Not Tested Not Tested Works USB loader GX with the whole partition in NTFS works like a dream. No issues experienced, just plug in and play! 0
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB HX-M101TCB/G 04e8:61b6 Works Not Tested Works Tested with USB Loader GX 3.0, WiiFlow 4.2.1, FCE Ultra GX 3.3.4, Genesis Plus GX 1.7.4, SNES9X GX 4.3.2, WiiMC 1.3.4 and WiiXplorer. Works out of the box with the default NTFS partition for loaders and with an added primary FAT32 for some of the software. No need to plug/unplug like the Toshiba Canvio drives 0
Samsung PSSD T7 [9] 04e8:4001 Works Not tested Issues The only loader working is USB Loader GX, and after loading the usb drive, it will ask for it again, so you will have to remove and reinsert the usb-c cable, and hope it doesn't crash. Tested with only FAT32 (these issues), and FAT32 + NTFS (partitions), but in this case the Gamecube games didn't show up in USB Loader GX, I need to go to Nintendont (because the partition 1 is the NTFS one?) 0
Samsung PSSD T7 Shield [10] 04e8:61fb Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work One partition FAT32, used Wii Backup manager to transfer WBFS images on it, not detected by USB Loader GX 3.0 rev 1281. Reason could be as this external drive is NVMe. 0
Samsung Story Station External Drive 1TB - Model HX-DU010EB 04e8 5f05 Works Not Tested Works Works fine with USB Loader GX 1.0 r713 and NeoGamma R8 Beta15 0
SanDisk 1TB Portable SSD USB 3.2 Gen 2 520MB/s VID 0781 / PID 55BB Issues Not Tested Works Formatted to NTFS, works perfectly. May or may not work with FAT32. (Do not download a game online directly to the SSD. Instead, download it somewhere else.)

Works in USB Loader GX, formatted as NTFS. CFG USB Loader reports unknown 'auto' partition and does not work (might require config change), other homebrew apps fail to mount it as well

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Seagate STBX1000200 Expansion Portable 2.5" external drive 1TB (USB 3.0) 0bc2 2320 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Loads without issues using CFG USB Loader but games sometimes hang during play 0
Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1TB 7200 RPM USB 2.0 Hard Drive Works Not Tested Works Formatted to FAT32 using WBFS Manager 3.0 1
Seagate Expansion 1TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 0bc2:2321 Works Not Tested Works Works with EFI as partiton 1, WBFS as partition 2 and FAT32 and NTFS partitions after that. Tested in USBLoaderGX. WBFS formatted by Witgui for Mac. 0
Seagate Backup Plus 1 TB Portable Drive Works Not Tested Works Unplug power from drive, boot Wii, Load Homebrew, plug in power, wait until drive light glows, load usb loader.

Mine is [ST310005FDB2E1-RK] and I split it into 2 partitions (FAT32 for game and NTFS for other stuff), works using cIOS 222/223 v4 and CFG Loader v48-fat without the power trick, Mplayer-CE 0.75 works with both partitions. I also partitioned into two equal drives like person before me, one NTFS and other WBFS. Loaded 59 games, no problem. didnt have to do any tricks, plug-in-play.

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Seagate Expansion 1TB USB Desktop External Hard Drive 0BC2:3300 Works Not Tested Works Registered Drive first with Seagate. WBFS Manager on Windows x64 couldn't format (not sure about x86, didn't try with USB Loader), ran Ubuntu LiveCD (x86) and installed Linux WBFS Manager. Formatted to Fat32 first, then WBFS. Once formatted, WBFS Manager on Windows worked for copying games. Works with Configurable USB Loader as a single 1TB partition for installing games. It will turn off when the Wii is off as well, so no need to unplug the power supply. The drive goes into sleep mode after a short while of non-use, causing some emulators to lose save data or crash. Seagate Drive Settings has an option to remove the sleep mode. 1
Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme 1TB Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with 128GB partition, USB Loader 1.5 and cIOS38 rev 13b. Not sure if it matters but I disabled the power save (spindown) feature. 0
Seagate External Desktop Model St310005EXM101-RK 0bc2:3300 Works Not Tested Works As of June 22nd, 2009, this drive works just fine as one huge 1TB partition. You will need to edit the sleep/power management settings; the current value is set at 15 minutes. Download the 'FreeAgent Desk Software' from the Seagate link at the top of the page to change these settings. I had to Format as FAT32 with EASEUS Partition Master before it would work. Works well as 1TB. / Works fine even without changing the power saving settings. / Confirmed: you don't need to change any power settings. Format at FAT 32, then WBFS and you're good to go. Drive works great. 9
Silicon Power Rugged Armor A80 1TB USB External Hard Drive - Retail Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Recognized correctly but has random lockups even when browsing titles. Other USB hard drives work fine. These problems occur on USB Loader and WiiFlow. 1
SimpleDrive 1TB USB 2.0 (7200rpm) External Hard Drive - Retail Not Tested Not Tested Works Recognized by USB Loader 1.5 & Usb Loader GX, Used with Cfg Usb Loader workin perfectly 3
Sony 1TB HD-E1 External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive Works Not Tested Works I have a NTFS partition with 150GB and the other partition in FAT32 with 780GB,formated with EaseUS Partition Master, both partitions recognized, but i tested everything only with the FAT32 partition (Primary and Active, Cluster size 32kb): Works perfectly with Wiiflow 4.1.3 and CFG Usb Loader r70 , i tested 2 wii games using cIOS 249[56]-d2x-v8-Final and 2 gamecube games usindo Dios Mios v2.10, I played a wii game for 3 hours nonstop, with no crashes, no errors, no problems. Tested with Homebrew aplications, Usb Loaders and Dios Mios Booter, everything works great. The HDD turn off when the wii turn off normally. Great option. 0
TrekStor USB 2.0 1E68:0020 Not Tested Not Tested Works Without problems 1
Toshiba Canvio Basics 3.0 (toshiba HDTB110XK3BA) Works Not Tested Works Bought drive, formatted entire drive as ntfs, put *.wbfs backups in usb:\wbfs directory, plugged in to softmoded Blue Wii (NTSC 4.3e, mauifrog), Launch CFG Usb Loader v70, drive detected immediately, all games showed up. Launched/played a few games (IOS 249) and everything works great so far. Will update if any issues come up over time. 2


Toshiba Canvio Basics 3.0 (toshiba HDTB110XK3BA) Works Not Tested Works Drives does have a spindown/sleep feature that can not be turned off. Works fine with wii games though as the cios keeps the drive awake all the time.If you use the drive with emulators or Dios Mios then the games will freeze up or give error message or screen usually within 5-10 minutes of game play. Tested in Configurable USB loader gx with cIOS 222 4


Toshiba Canvio Plus USB 3.0 1TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive (Black - HDTC610XK3B1) Works Not Tested Issues Verified 7 Games thoroughly from WiiFlow and it played flawlessly. Partitioned as 200MB FAT32 for homebrew and rest NTFS for games. Just regular 3.0 cable that came with it works fine (no need of y cable) (Concerning USB Loader: I use CFGLoader and it works perfectly with a ew games that will refuse to run. Higher space games such as Brawl will not work.) 0
Toshiba Canvio Ready Works Works Issues When playing games you get interrupted with a black screen saying "reading disk" every once in a while. Sometimes every few seconds, sometimes a few minutes it's fine. People told me it might be the hard drive going into sleeping mode, but putting it out of sleeping mode didn't seem to solve anything. Does this with every USB loader I own (WiiFlow, CFG and USB Loader GX). Very irritable. 0
Transcend StoreJet 1TB 25A3 USB 3.0 Doesn't Work Not Tested Works Loads Wii and Gamecube games fine with USBLoader GX through ios249, formatted to NTFS even. Homebrew applications like emulators are picky, and some won't detect it. 0
Toshiba STORe ALU 1TB USB 2.0 (SATA internal) External Hard Drive Works Not Tested Works - 2
Toshiba STORe ALU 2S 1TB USB 3.0 (SATA internal) External Hard Drive 0930:0b10 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Doesn't Work with any USB. Tested with Configurable USB Loader, USB Loader GX and with WiiFlow. Formatted in WBFS and NTFS but nothing worked. Wii can´t find and mount the drive 2
Toshiba 1 TB USB 2.0/eSATA Desktop External Hard Dive PH3100U-1EXB 0939 0B13 Works Works Works Works out of the box with GeeXboX, but additional software to remove the virtual cd off the hard drive is required to make it work with usb loaders and such. Drive conversion software can be found here I just got 2 of the 'gen2' drive models and they are not compatible with the Wii. When any access attempt is made the drive shuts down. It fails in homebrew, USBLoader, Wiiflow. I made sure to disable the drive sleep mode and both of the new gen 2 models fail in the same way. 1
Toshiba STOR.e PLUS 1TB USB 3.0 & 2.0 (SATA internal) External Hard Drive - P/N: HDTP110EK3AA Works Not Tested Works Use Pimp My Wii Too update eveything. Update USBLoader GX to rel 3 (or higher) and use an updated HBC. Works Fine With UsbLoader GX. Doesn't Work with NeoGamma 2
Verbatim 1TB USB Storage Works Works Works Works with USB Loader(GX) 1.0-1.5, USB Loader GX R894 and CFG Loader v50b3-fat (great loader). Worked great with 1TB partition full on fat32. great Working hdd. 4
Verbatim 53018 Store 'n' Go Portables 1TB USB3.0 Works Works Works Works with USB Loader(GX) 1.0-1.5, USB Loader GX R894 and CFG Loader v50b3. CFG also can handle NTFS file system. 1
WD MyBook Essential Edition 2.0 1TB External USB Hard Drive (WD10000H1U-00) Works Works Works Tryed with cIOS249, cIOS222, cIOS38 rev 13b, cIOS36, Geexbox, USB LOADER GX, USB loader 1.4, USB loader 1.5. This one works great for me exact same model #. No problems at all. Using Hermes 222/223. Have WBFS and FAT partitions both work. Needed to update Wii to 4.0, and split into two partitions, FAT and WBFS, to work with homebrew and USB Loader. WARNING--> These 2 disk are the same : WD 1To WDH1U10000 and WD 1 To WD10000H1U-00 (WDH1U10000 is the order's number and WD10000H1U-00 is the model's number) and it works well. Works well using entire partition as WBFS with USB Loader GX, installs games, powers on/off with Wii 4
WD MyBook Essential 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive WDBAAF0010HBK-N /-NESN Works Works Works I http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/skins/GBAtemp_v3/tables/pbox_s_brcnr.gifhave it working with USBLoaderGX, System Menu 4.1, latest cIOS and DOP patches. I first used the supplied WD SmartWare to turn off power saving mode (never spin down), then created the first partition as WBFS, using almost the full 1TB, then a second partition as FAT32 using the remaining 32GB to hold the USB Loader app, and all the disc cover images, etc. Works like a charm. Tried with Homebrew on fat 32 partition and it works like a charm! 5
WD MyBook Essential Edition Works Works Works Works with USB Loader, but will not work if the partition is the entire TB. ( note: I use the entire 1TB partition but have to install games from PC using a WBFS tool. cannot install games from Wii.) It's normal, you can't install game in partition + 512Gb, need PC. Works with full 1TB partition under USBLoader 1.5, Yaba's Loader.dol and under USBLoader GX(Both DOL and HBC).Have ripped about 12 games into it from a Waninoko 4.0 Updated wii Using Both Yaba's DOL and GX's DOL. WARNING --> These 2 disk are the same : WD 1To WDH1U10000 and WD 1 To WD10000H1U-00 (WDH1U10000 is the order's number and WD10000H1U-00 is the model's number) and it works well. 41
WD My Passport Essential SE Doesn't Work Works Works Works with USB Loader, but only tested by me with 2 partions. Spindown can easily be deactivated, other Software from WD can also be easily be deleted. Works great for backups only. Homebrew, Savegame Manager GX, Wiixplorer, and other usb file detection/modifications do not work. I have not run into a loader that will not work, including Triiforce. Have tested with 1, 2, and 3 partitions with various setups. 2
WD My Passport Essential SE USB 3.0/2.0 WDBACX0010BBK-00 0730 1016 Works Not tested Issues Works with USB Loader; tested with single NTFS partition. Disabled spin-down with Smartware utility. Works with Homebrew and Configurable USB Loader formatted with FAT32.

Difficulty with Configurable USB loader formatted FAT32 & NTFS, worked with Wiiflow though. Can be problematic. Must convert from gpt to primary mbr use a partition program to do So, you can then format to a wbfs file system.

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WD My Book Home Edition WDH1CS1000N Works Not Tested Works Has trouble booting up with USBloader GX, just make sure to turn on the external first, and wait 10-15 secs before turning on the Wii. Fails 1 out of 5 times. This is due to the multiple ports most likely. However, this drive does have a very fast transfer speed during PC transfers because of the other fast ports. It's worth the buy regardless, and it's very quiet and efficient. 3
WD My Book Home 2 Edition Not Tested Not Tested Works Gives -1 Error; got it working with cios222 and uloader2. 4
WD SATA Hard Drive (1TB) + USB2.0 to SATA Bridge Adapter Not Tested Not Tested Works I confirmed wbfs_win.exe(wbfs windows port build 'delta') can install game into 1TB full size wbfs partition! ( *** ATTENTION *** USB Loader1.0/1.1 cannot install game into wbfs partition larger than 512GB(524,289MB), so if you install games from Wii DVD drive, you need to partition your Hard Drive in order that the partition size is smaller than 512GB.) 0
WD 1TB, Brand number: WDE1UBK10000E Works Not Tested Works Works fine via IOS222 by Hermes using uLoader by Hermes. Tested under system menu 3.5e., USB loader gx., Visual USB loader 1
WD Elements 1 TB external harddrive Works Works Works I have made 2 partitions from 500GB with windows/ i made 2 partitions as well a 50gb fat and a 880gb WBFS everything is detected without any problems! / Works with whole 1TB as WBFS to/ Works without problem as whole 1TB FAT32 partition with Homebrew.Also works as whole NTFS partition with Configurable USB Loader 10
WD Elements Desktop 1TB, USB 2.0 0bc2:3300 Not tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly. takeoff after a long pause. -- No pause here, played > 500h (in about 2 months, up to 5h without pause) on it without any problems - Tested with USB Loader GX 2
WD Elements 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive WDBAAU0010HBK-NESN Not tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly, haven't got any issues with it. I've been using it and play for a couple of hours with no hiccups at all 0
WD Elements SE 1TB Portable 1023:2005 Works Not Tested Works Formatted with 500Mb FAT32 partition for Homebrew apps and 950+Gb NTFS partition for Wii games/PC backups etc. Used CFG USB Loader. Worked instantly via Homebrew Launchers and CFG USB Loader Forwarder. Does not require external power supply. Couldn't be happier. 3
WD Elements SE Portable 1 TB USB 3.0 (WDBPCK0010BBK) Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted with 1 TB NTFS partition for Wii games/PC backups etc. Used USB Loader GX. Worked instantly via Homebrew Launchers and USB Loader GX Forwarder. Does not require external power supply. Best choice. 0
WD Elements 1 TB USB 3.0 (WDBUZG0010BBK-04) Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted with FAT32 partition for Wii games/PC backups etc. Used Configurable USB Loader. Worked instantly. Does not require external power supply. Best choice. Worked like a charm. 0
WD My Passport 1 TB USB 3.0 (WDBBEP0010BBK (BL or RD are blue or red))] 1058:0748 Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted with 10GB FAT32 partition and 990GB NTFS partition for Wii games/PC backups etc. Used Configurable USB Loader and WiiFlow. Worked instantly. Does not require external power supply. Best choice. Works Very Good In WFBS partition 600GB and the rest in NTFS whit WiiFlow and USB Loader GX. Worked like a charm.

HDD factory settings are no spindown - used WD program at top of article to verify. Set up first partition FAT32(64kb cluster) 80GB, second partition NTFS. WiiFlow 4.2 as loader of choice - emunand(for Wii/VC) and Gamecube(using Nintendont) on FAT32, Wii(installed to WBFS using WiiBackupManager) on NTFS partition.

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WD My Passport 1058:0748 Not Tested Not Tested Works Two partitions: 10G on fat32 for Data and 922G on fat32 for the games as wbfs copied by Wiithon. It is working fine so far. 0
WD Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Elements 1000 GB 1058:1003 Works Works Works No problems 1
WD Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1 TB 1058:0741 Works Not Tested Works No problems 0
WD Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1 TB (WDBZFP0010BBK) 1058:0830 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Just one partition WBFS format, covering the whole drive, with both wiiflow and USBLoader GX you can read the drive but as soon as you click on "play" any game, the thing freezes, black screen, wiimote disconects and you have to hard power off the console. NEW- I would recommend a different drive, but if you already have this one I was able to get this drive to work, though its a pain. You have to format the drive using a 3rd party program (I used HDD Low Level Format Tool THEN disconnect/reconnect the drive to your PC, open up windows disk management and format NTFS, then use Wii Backup to format it. If you skip the 3rd party program you will have definate issues. I tested this and was able to run new donkey kong country fine. I will update once I've tested with other games. 0
WD Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1 TB (WDBZFP0010BBK-04) USB\VID_1058&PID_0830 Works Works Works HomeBrew Channel 1.1.2, Nintendot, MAME Wii, WiiMC, WAD-Manager_v1.7, displays and loads everything correctly. Don't forget to change Game Paths to USB. Everything works and loads perfectly. 1
WD Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1 TB (WDBGPU0010BWT) 1058:1004 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tried the drive with both WBFS and NTFS partitions. USB Loader CFG doesn't recognize any partitions. In WiiFlow it recognizes the partition but games go to immediate black screen upon loading 0
WD Elements 1TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive [11] Not Tested Not Tested Works The disk is standard formatted in GPT format. You need to convert this to MBR. I did this the way described on this website. http://jai-fixyourpc.blogspot.nl/2011/05/how-to-make-your-usb-bootable-windows.html Please take noticed the formatting process takes a lot of time. It took me the whole night but the result is a working external harddrive for your modded Wii 1
WD Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1 TB 1058:1004 Works Not Tested Works Here's the solution for the passport Ultra (and maybe other passports from what I read). You have to use some software to remove the VCD (Virtual CD partition). Otherwise your partition will look strange when you format it, and your USB loader will load it, but not recognise the partition.. If the USB loader comes up, and recognizes the drive but not the partition, you probably have this issue. I used this tool to remove it.... (HP USB disk storage format) http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html 0
WD Western Digital My Passport (WDBYNN0010BBL-WESN) Not Tested Not Tested Works No issues so far with this USB 3.0 HD purchased in the US at Best Buy in April 2017. Formatted the drive on a Mac to FAT32, using Nintendont and USB Loader GX so far. Untested with Wii so far. 1

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
CnM CORE3 External HDD 1.5TB (bought at Maplin) Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tried out of the box as NTFS, not seen. So formated using fat32format and used cfg usb loader 0.70 both times, not seen 0
Dane Elec SO Ready 1.5TB 152d 2339 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tried using NTFS partition and Configurable USB loader. Didn't work. 0
Fujitsu Siemens Storagebird 1.5TB External HDD 3.5" Works Not Tested Works Works fine via IOS249 rev 14/17/19 using USB-Loader GX, ULoader, CFG USB Loader. 500GB Partition in WBFS Format. Hermes cIOS rev 4/5 works, too. Green Stripes at Top and Bottom using NeoGamma R8 Beta 3. Other settings and Loaders not tested, yet. 0
Hewlett Packard Carbon 1,5TB Hard Drive Works Not Tested Works Works great, you can use de whole disk as WBFS partition. 1
Iomega - Prestige 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine via IOS249 rev 14/16/17 using USB-Loader GX with System Menu 4.1U. 2
IProDrive 1.5TB 3.5" External Hard Drive (HDE11TB) Not Tested Not Tested Works Works! No issues whatsoever. Tested on a Wii with system menu version 4.2, USB loader gx, Wiiflow and Neogamma R7. 0
Maxtor Basics 1.5TB Hard Drive Works Not Tested Works Hard Drive works great, you can use de whole 1.5TB as WBFS partition. You can put games on the HD with WBSF Manager or copy them with your Wii. I have now 301 games on it, not tested all the games yet, but no errors so far. You can put the sleeping mode of with Maxtor Manager, free download on de maxtor/seagate site. 0
Samsung SpinPoint F2 HD154UI 1.5TB External HDD with Case from cnmemory Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine via IOS222 by Hermes using uLoader by Hermes. Tested under system menu 4.0e., USB loader gx. 2
Samsung G3 Station 1,5T 04e8 6013 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with USB loader GX 500Gb WBFS partition Rest Fat32 0
Samsung M3 Station 1,5T Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested USB loader GX with the whole disk as one partition in NTFS. No issues at all. 0
Samsung Story 1,5TB Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested configurable USB loader, whole disk as FAT32 partition. Didn't work with NTFS, ends up corrupting the partition. 0
Seagate FreeAgent XTreme 1.5TB external 3.5" USB HDD (also includes Firewire ports) 0BC2 3101 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine via IOS249 rev 16 using USB-Loader GX with System Menu 4.2U. 397GB partition in WBFS format. Hermes cIOS rev 4 installed, but not in use. Other settings and loaders not tested yet. 0
Seagate 1.5TB 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested in an Antec MX-1 enclosure and tested successfully by dabotsonline in an Icy Box 3.5" IB-390StUS-B SATA Enclosure 3
Seagate GoFlex 3.5" USB Device 0bc2 5071 Not Tested Not Tested Works Recognized by Wiiflow and USB Loader GX. Playing has been tested as well on 4.3U Wii and works great on partitioned NTFS/WBFS drive 2
Seagate FreeAgent External 1.5TB Hard Drive ST315005FDA2E1RK Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine via IOS222 by Hermes using uLoader by Hermes. Tested under system menu 3.4e. Also works on system 4.0u although it must be plugged in before turning on the wii. 2
Toshiba Canvio 3.0 Plus USB 3.0 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works great on CFG, WiiFlow and USBLoader GX. Games play nice and snappy. Formatted and put NTFS and FAT32 partitions on. Games install just fine. 0
Verbatim 47513 1.5TB HDD USB 2.0 Works Not Tested Works Works like a charm! No issues whatsoever. Tested on a Wii with system menu version 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2, USB loader gx, Neogamma R7., R8. and WiiFlow 5
Western Digital My Book Essential 1.5TB External Hard Drive (WDBAAF0015HBK-00) Not Tested Not Tested Works It works out of the box! One NTFS partition and used cfg usb loader 61 b6 2
Western Digital My Book Essential 1.5TB External Hard Drive (WDBACW0015HBK-NESN) Works Not Tested Works Works great on USB Loader GX r1198! DIOS MIOS 2.3 also works. 2
Western Digital Element 1.5TB External USB 2.0 3"5 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine via IOS249 rev 14/16/17 using USB-Loader GX with System Menu 4.1E.

Works fine with 2 parts: 1To for Wii and 500Go NTFS.

Works fine with 3 parts: 1TB for NTFS, 32 GB for FAT32 and other space for WBFS

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
Hitachi Touro Desk DX3
Model: HTOLDX3EB20001ABB
connector: USB 3.0
size: 3,5" 		-- Works Not Tested Works Works perfectly with CFG Loader v70/249 and NeoGamma R9 b56 c249, only partition WBFS, connected with USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 cable (NO works in "WiiFlow 222y249" and "USB Loader GX 222/249" with partitions FAT32, NTFS y WBFS) 1
Iomega Prestige Desktop Hard Drive Works Not Tested Works This drive works perfectly, after two failed drives, I didn't think I had my Wii configured, but this drive solved the problem. I have all my apps on the FAT32 partition and my back-ups on one of two WBFS partitions. I've loaded several games and played for hours without any problems, as well as used several homebrew apps. Wii System 4.3U 1
Seagate External 2TB Desktop Drive Model # (unknown) Works Not Tested Works

2 Partitions: 1.WBFS / 2.FAT 32
USB Loader GX / USB Loader CFG
Snes9x GX / VBA GX / FCE Ultra GX
Wii System 4.2E / CIOS 249 Rev.19

Do not use the USB 3.0 version, this fails. It quickly becomes unstable, games freeze/crash, apps freeze/crash. I solved the problem by getting a supported drive, but I could not get the USB 3.0 version to work with Wii (this system seems to have the same internals as the USB 3.0 WD drive above based on labels and components).

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Seagate GoFlex 2TB Desk USB 3.0 + 2.0

Best Buy http://tinyurl.com/aktnotc
Model: STAC2000106
SKU at Best Buy.com: 3550901
UPC on box: 6364903536
Part Number on box (for Assembly of hard drive plus base) 9zqan7-571
Actual Hard drive Model # (for separated hard drive not on base) srd0sd0

Works Not Tested Works Works perfect. No issues at all so far. 1 NTFS partition created with windows 7x64 with .WBFS files on it with Wii Backup Manager. Using CFG Loader 70. D2x v7 final cIOS.

Confirming this works on Wii -PS3 - Xbox - PC and Mac - I bought this to replace the STA2000100 (which I added here) - Every program works and reads the drive fine. The following programs were tested: USB loader GX, CFG USB Loader, Mplayer Wii Youtube (by Alien Mnd v0.01), WiiFlow, Neogamma, Mplayer CE, Mplayer, WiiMC

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Seagate Backup Plus Desktop Drive 2TB

Best Buy http://tinyurl.com/ara5ehw
Model: STCA2000100
SKU at Best Buy.com: 5597304
UPC on box: 6364904056
Part Number on box (for Assembly of hard drive plus base) 1DXAN3-570
Actual Hard drive Model # (for separated hard drive not on base) srd0sd0

Issues Not Tested Issues

The following programs work: USB loader GX, CFG USB Loader, WiiMC, Mplayer Wii Youtube (by Alien Mnd v0.01)
The following DO NOT work with this drive: WiiFlow, Neogamma, Mplayer CE, Mplayer,
Tested with Both USB 2 & 3.0 bases, tried with FAT32 (*Highly suggest LOGICAL partition) & NTFS- No difference detected. Nothing crashed in 6 hours of use and various games with USB3
SOME Seagate drives work perfect but NOT this one.

Format as FAT32 LOGICAL to make this work on more homebrew apps and PS3 but nothing I've tried gets the Xbox to identify this .

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Seagate Backup Plus Desktop Drive For MAC 2TB

Best Buy
Model: STCB2000100
SKU at Best Buy.com: 5597331
UPC on box: 636490467
Part Number on box (for Assembly of hard drive plus base) 1DZ9N1-570
Actual Hard drive Model # (for separated hard drive not on base) SRD0SD0
Actual Hard drive Part # (listed under model #) 1DZ9N4-500

Issues Not Tested Issues

The following programs work: USB loader GX, CFG USB Loader, WiiMC, Mplayer Wii Youtube (by Alien Mnd v0.01)
The following DO NOT work with this drive: WiiFlow, Neogamma, Mplayer CE, Mplayer,
Tested with Both USB 2 & 3.0 bases, tried with FAT32 (*Highly suggest LOGICAL partition) & NTFS- No difference detected. Nothing crashed in 6 hours of use and various games with USB3
SOME Seagate drives work perfect but NOT this one.

Format as FAT32 LOGICAL to make this work on more homebrew apps and PS3 but nothing I've tried gets the Xbox to identify this .

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Seagate 2TB (exact name unknown)

Best Buy (forget)
Model: assembly number unknown (no box, not written on drive)
SKU: Sorry, No box
UPC: no box
Part # for Assembly of hard drive plus base: Unknown
Actual Hard drive Model # (for separated hard drive not on base) SRD0SD0
Actual Hard drive Part # (listed under model #) 1DXAP2-500

Issues Not Tested Issues

Identical results to the Mac drive having the same hard drive model # (though this is a DIFFERENT drive, bought the same day as the mac one - this is the windows version and i threw out the box so now I'm stuck with it...)
SOME Seagate drives work perfect but NOT this one.

Not even PS3 and Xbox can read this so unless you only want to use it on the Wii and only for Games I'd avoid it.

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Seagate Expansion Desktop Drive 2TB

USB 2.0 & 3.0
Model: STBV2000300
Firmware V1.00
Region: APAC
UPC: 763649039403
DOM: 06/2013
Manufacturer's website

 Product ID 3320 Vendor 0bc2 Not Tested Not Tested Works

Formatted FAT32 with Wii backup manager. Tested with Wii Flow (4.1 -r436) and USB loader GX. Tried about 40 games with no problems at all.
Tested as normal storage device on PS3 - works fine. This HD is claimed by Segate to work as a storage device for Wii U.
The model being tested here, the STBV2000300 - is the Asian/Australian version and may be equivalent to the - STBV2000100 (Americas) and the - STBV2000200 (Europe, Middle East, Africa).

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Seagate Expansion Desktop Drive 2TB USB 3.0

Model: STBV2000100

 Not Tested Not Tested Works

Formatted NTFS & FAT32 with Wii backup manager. Tested with Wii Flow and USB loader GX worked fine. Doesn't work with Gamecube games.

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Toshiba Canvio Basic 2TB USB 3.0 & 2.0
Model: DTB3200 		0480:a207 Works Not Tested Works Tested with original NTFS(1) partition, Needs at least cios d2x-v6, for new games with microphone d2x-v10-beta53-alt, USB Loader GX and configurable usb loader v70 0
Toshiba Canvio Basic 2TB USB 3.0
Model: DTC820 		0480:0211 Works Not Tested Works Tested with 250gb vfat partition, Needs at least cios d2x-v6, for new games with microphone d2x-v10-beta53-alt, USB Loader GX and configurable usb loader v70 0


Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB External Hard Drive 1058:1110 Works Not Tested Works Works like a charm! No issues whatsoever. However did have to format through WBFS Manager on the PC, as the Wii wouldn't recognize it. I was able to use the whole drive in one partition after that. Loads great afterwards. I am using USBLoader CFG v.40 iInstead of USBLoader. Also have cIOS Rev. 14 Installed. Update if you use Usb Loader Cfg v48 It will let you format to WBFS using the Wii, but you will need to create a couple partitions on the Hard Drive to deal with the 500 Game Limit. I used Partition Wizard Home Edition and made 3 Partitons two WBFS and one Fat32 for Emulator Games and Covers for Usb Loader, install Hermes IOS 222 and 223 so you can use multiple partitions with USB Loader CFG.

Separate confirmation: Worked in USBLoaderCFG v.50fat using wbfs_file v2.8 by oggzee after formatting 3 partitions as fat32 with fat32format , works beautifully

I have an old style WD My Book Essential External 2TB Hard Drive MDL:WD20000H1U-00 all set as a fat32 partition (No 500 game limit this way, like wbfs and it can be read without any special software on any computer). Everything I have tried to use on the Wii with it works 100%. USB Loader GX and USBLoader CFG, every emulator that supports usb, triiforce, Mplayer, Wii Earth.... well actually anything that i have found that is supposed to work from a usb drive works on this drive! The new model that replaces this drive can be made to work with the Wii too, but it is not as good and takes some playing with. The easy way to tell the two apart is the old style just has 2 blue lights on front and the new ones have an actual fullness gauge. So if you can find the old style or atleast the old style case and buy a 2TB WD internal drive to put into it. I will tell you it will work with everything for the Wii 100%. The new style I can't guarantee because I dont know your skill level. But it can be done.

Works . Have 3 Partions . 1. Fat 32 2. WBFS 3. Wbfs Using Usb Loader cfg 222 mload (latest) Works for everything except Triiforce usb . Occasionally not seen by homebrew but after mounting with Usb loader cfg no issues . Using Wii System 4.2 Purchased here

Do not use the USB 3.0 version, this fails. It quickly becomes unstable, games freeze/crash, apps freeze/crash. I solved the problem by getting a supported drive, but I could not get the USB 3.0 version to work with Wii (this system seems to have the same internals as the USB 3.0 Seagate drive below based on labels and components).

I have used the USB 3.0 version of this WD drive for about a year now, with no problems at all. No freezes etc, have used CFG, GX and Wiiflow, all good. Also works flawlessly with Nintendont!!

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Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB External Hard Drive Not Tested Not Tested Works Works like a charm! No issues whatsoever. However Did Have To Format Through WBFS Manager On The PC, As The Wii Wouldn't Recognize It. I Was Able To Use The Whole Drive In One Partition After That. Loads Great After Words. I Am Using USBLoader CFG v.40 Instead Of USBLoader. Also Have cIOS Rev. 14 Installed. Update If You Use Usb Loader Cfg v48 It Will Let You Format To WBFS Using The Wii, But You Will Need To Create A Couple Partitions On The Hard Drive To Deal With The 500 Game Limit. I Used Partition Wizard Home Edition And Made 3 Partitons Two WBFS and One Fat32 For Emulator Games And Covers For Usb Loader, Install Hermes IOS 222 and 223 So You Can Use Multiple Partitions With USB Loader CFG. 0
WD My Book Essential 2TB; USB 3.0 & USB 2.0 Interface Model:WDBACW0020HBK-00 1058:1130 Works Not Tested Works 1 Partition NTFS, Works great with USB Loader GX & Configurable USB Loader CFG & WiiMC Media Player without any problem. The great feature of this hard drive that when you turn your Wii Console On or Off, this hard disk will autamtically goes On or Off, so you don't need to press the back button of the HDD to turn it on or off. 1
WD My Book Essential 2TB USB 3.0 Model:WDBACW0020HBK-01 1058:1140 Not Tested Not Tested Works USB Loader GX and Wiiflow on Wii 4.3U with d2x7IOS did not detect games on WBFS partition after the Wii was turned off and back on again. I had to power cycle the drive for it to detect the drive again. NTFS worked fine with WIiMC

Separate tester: I formatted this drive NTFS and copied games using windows explorer and USB Loader GX wouldnt recognize any games. I had no problems detecting the drive. This was with a Wii 4.3U. Not sure of the IOS. I then went back, deleted the games, used Wii Backup Manager and copied the games to the drive and switched to a Micro USB cable. After that I had no trouble with any game I wanted to play for as long as I wanted to play it.

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Western Digital 2TB My Passport - WDBYVG0020BBK-WESN 1058:2626 Not Tested Not Tested Works 1 Partition Fat32, Works with Usbloader GX and Nintendont on vWii. No y-usb cable, no extra power needed. 0
WD Drive for Chromebook WDBB7B0020BBL-WEWM Not Tested Not Tested Works Very new to this so it took me forever. Finally worked once I formatted it to fat32 with the Wii Backup Manager. I had to open USB downloader gx and install one of my discs onto the drive that way before I was able to download wbfs file onto the drive. 0

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
Western Digital Mybook Essential Model WDBACW0040HBK NA Works Not Tested Works Worked as FAT32 and as NTFS Logical. WiiMC works fine. Not tested on ps3 or xbox
Model number on box has 'NESN' at the end. Model number on actual hard drive case has 'H1' at the end. Number on receipt: 718037802701. Inside of this WD drive is a Hitachi Part number 0F14697 		0

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
A.C. Ryan AluBox Lan USb 2.0 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Format & dumping ok. Hangs when booting games 1
Apple Ipod Video 5th Generation 30 GB Works Works Works You have to put the ipod into disk mode by holding center button and menu button at the same time, then right when the apple logo appears you press the center button and play/pause button at the same time. 2
Apple Ipod Video 5th Generation 60 GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Simply use the iPod with its standard FAT32 partition, force diskmode as above. Still functions as working iPod :) 0
Apple Ipod (4th Generation) 40 GB Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Ipod appears to connect then disconnect during finding drive 0
Apple Ipod (4th Generation) 20 GB Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Ipod appears to connect then disconnect during finding drive 0
Apple Ipod Touch (1st Generation) 32 GB Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Ipod appears to connect then disconnect during finding drive 0
Apple Ipod Touch (4th Generation with Usb Drive app) 32 GB Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Wii Does not detect as mass storage device 0
Apple Ipod Video 5.5G 80 GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Disk mode required to work, as above. Needs to be formatted using a command line version of WBFS set to use a 2048 block size 2
Apple Ipod Classic (6th Generation) 80 GB Not Tested Works Doesn't Work Putting it into Disk Mode doesn't solve the 'unable to initialise' error. Disc Mode worked playing videos with GeeXboX 2
Apple iPod Nano (1G) 1 GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Disk mode required when formating. Use Gibbed WBFS tool to format. DO NOT SAFELY EJECT. Disk mode required when connected to Wii. Must be connected before Wii is turned on. 1
Blackberry Pearl 8130 0FCA 8004 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Claims any WBFS-formatted card is "unformatted", but appears to allow PC access anyway. USB Loader (1.1) still doesn't see it. 0
ChipBank SD/MMC Reader USB Device 0420 1307 Not Tested Works Doesn't Work Tested with 4GB + 8GB NoName SDHC-card 0
DigiPower 32-in-1 2.0 USB Card Reader/Writer Doesn't Work Not Tested Doesn't Work Only tested SD-card 0
Dynex Mini Memory Card Reader/Writer 058F 6337 Not Tested Not Tested Works Unable to initialize in USB Loader. Tried SD, MiniSD and MicroSD cards in reader.

I was able to get several games running on a micro SD card through one of these babies. USBLoader GX and all. Sandisk 8 Gb micro SD

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EN2535A Deluxe USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE 2.5", 3.5", 5.25" Cable 152D 2338 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Tested with 250GB IDE HDD

formated with WBFS. Games load on both Wiiflow and Uloader, but freeze after a couple of minutes of playing. Tested on a newer black Wii.

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Hama 8in1 USB Card Reader Works Works Works Only tested SD-card1 1
HTC Touch Pro Mobile Phone Not Tested Not Tested Works Works perfectly as mini-USB card reader, if ActiveSync is turned off. 0
IOgear 8-in-1 2.0 USB Card Reader Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Only tested microSD-card 0
iRiver H10 20GB Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Fails to be detected by the Wii with drive in emergency (mass storage) mode or regular mode. 0
IRiver H340 Multi-Codec Jukebox - 40gb HDD Works Not Tested Doesn't Work Created a WBFS partition in Windows. Transfered games. USB Loader Freezes when device is connected. 0
Kingston 8-in-1 2.0 USB Card Reader Works Works Works Only tested with Kingston 2GB SD-card. Tested with 16GB SDHC card and 2GB CF card 2
Kingston 19-in-1 USB 2.0 Flash Memory Reader - FCR-HS219/1 6148 9738 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Transcend 4GB SDHC card and Sandisk 8GB Class 4 SDHC. 2
KÖNIG USB 2.0 TO IDE/S-ATA ADAPTER Issues Issues Issues Included AC adapter causes interference when usb is plugged in (horizontal bands across screen and audio noise). Switching to another AC adapter resolved the problem. 0
LaCIE Y-E Data 9 in one 1 Adapter 057B 0020 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with a bunch of cards (CF and SD) 16MB to 512MB all worked in the device 0
LaCIE 150gb Design by F.A. Porsche 057B Not Tested Works Works Works Perfect with GeeXboX and the Loader 0
MediaExpress All Flash Reader Not Tested Not Tested Works Only tested microSD-card 0
MicroSD reader - Acekard/Acekard2 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with a Kingston MicroSD 2GB. Played a few games for a couple of hours each and they all ran smoothly. 0
MicroSD reader - CycloDS Evolution 14CD 6700 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Not detected under usbLoaderGX, works under Brisma's loader when inserted just before pressing A to select the device. Tested with Sandisk MicroSDHC 8GB. This works fine for me with Neogamma, not tried other loaders. 0
MicroSD reader DX sku.7134 Works Not Tested Not Tested microSD card reader, tested with 2GB Kingston 0
MicroSD reader - T-Flash/R4 058F 6535 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Sandisk MicroSDHC 8GB, buy with R4 (nindendo DS modifier) 2
Mini USB 2.0 to SATA Dongle Not Tested Not Tested Works Use with external power adapter. The hard drive does not shut down when the Wii is turned off, so care must be taken to ensure that the drive is powered down when not in use. 0
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic 8GB Mass storage memory 0781 a1a2 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested in data transfer mode 0
Nokia N97 32GB Mass storage memory 0781 a1a2 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested in data transfer mode 0
Omega SD/SDHC/MMC Card Reader Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Device is not being recognized by the console despite checking several cards. It causes issues on PC's anyway, just avoid that card reader. 0
SABRENT USB-DSC5 Serial ATA (SATA) or IDE 2.5" and 3.5" to USB 2.0 Cable Converter Adapter Not Tested Not Tested Works Every Device (including DVD drives) works. Remember to correctly power device before loading USB Loader. No Problems at all. 2
SanDisk MicroMate Works Works Works SD(HC) to USB Adapter. Worked great with 1GB, 2 GB and 4 GB SDHC-Cards. 0
SanDisk Sansa View 16GB Not Tested Works Not Tested Detected with GeeXboX only if plugged into the wii before launching the program. Formatted FAT32, firmware version: 01.03.02A 1
SanDisk Sansa e140 1GB Not Tested Works Not Tested Detected fully with GeeXboX on startup and when usb device list is refreshed. Formatted FAT32. Not tested with memory card inserted. Firmware:1.0.010A 1
Sandisk Extreme USB 2.0 Reader 0781 a1a2 Not Tested Not Tested Works Formatted with WBFS M3.0 0
SD/SDHC/MMC Card to USB Flash Drive Adaptor 058F 6335 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with a bunch of cards 512MB to 1GB all worked in the device : 0
SD/miniSD/MMC/RSMMC Core Micro USB Adaptor Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with a 16G SDHC Kingston card 0
Sony NW-HD5 20GB Not Tested Not Tested Works Formats to WBFS - Loads ISO to device - 3 games tested all fine! 1
Sony PSP With Memory Stick Prop Duo Not Tested Not Tested Works The PSP is not fast enough to conect to the usb loader but if you make a game channel and install a game from your pc and start the channel it boots the game (this at least work with a 8gb mpd so that's how it works (maybe this is a solution for other hdd's that are not fast enough to connect 0
Sony PSP-1001 (Phat) With 1GB Memory Stick Duo 054C 01C8 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Gives ret-1 with USB Loader 1.1 formatted or not. 0
ST310005 25SV USB Device a122 1c6b Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with a 1 TB Seagate Sata HDD with wbfs and fat32 partitions, while Wiiflow would detect the ISO in the wbfs partition, it would not load and would just blackscreen. Fat32 partition is similar, ISO appears but does not actually load. May test with smaller HDD later. 0
Storex Mobi-disk 200Go Not Tested Not Tested Works Works Perfect with the Loader 0
Sweex USB Cardreader CR009 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with 2GB SD in CFG USB loader 0
Transcend TS-RDS5W Card Reader Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Transcend 4GB SDHC card. 0
Vantech 2 in 1 IDE/PATA and SATA to USB Adapter Works Not Tested Not Tested Only tested 2.5 laptop PATA drive 0
Western Digital 808.8 GB (model WD8088AADS-00L5B1) Not tested Not tested Works No it's not a typo, it really is 808.8GB. Doesn't really belong here, but unsurprisingly there wasn't an 808.8GB category to put it under. Tested with a Macron 3.5" External SATA HDD USB 2.0 Enclosure. Works with USB Loader GX and Nintendont. 0
Western Digital 2TB My Book Essential Edition 1059 1100 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Drive initially gave -1 error, but swapping to the other USB port got it detected. Loader will not see a partition table and gives a No partitions found! ret -38 error. Unable to format to WBFS. 0
Unbranded microSD(HC) reader 05E3 0715 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Occasional freezing in USB loader. Not enough to make any known games unplayable, but save often. This unit comes in the package with (some? most? all?) R4DS flash carts 0
Unbranded SATA to USB 2.0 bridge + Portable USB 2.5" HDD Box (Vento by Asus) 04fc 0c15 Works Works Works Tested with 250gb Western digital (WD2500YD-01NVB1) partition 1 fat32, partition 2 fat32 -> WBFS. do not use "quick" fat32 format. 2
USB 2.0 SD MMC Reader USB Device 14CD 8123 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested w/ 4GB PQI SDHC 0
USB 2.0 to IDE SATA Converter - Vantec CB-ISATAU2 Not Tested Works Works all my HDDs work with this adapter very well, With this adapter, hd must be powered on and connected to usb before booting wii. 5

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Name USB IDs Homebrew GeeXboX USB Loader Notes Confirmed
2020D USB 2.0 to SATA + IDE (2.5/3.5/5.25") Cable Adapter w/One Touch Backup 152D 2338 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with 250GB Western Digital Caviar IDE hard drive; no issues through 3 hours of play. SATA not tested. 0
A.C.Ryan AluBox 2.5" USB 2.0/eSATA (ACR-HD50114) 152D 2338 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Seagate Momentus 5400.5 320GB split into a 60 GB FAT32 partition (set as primary) and the rest as WBFS (set as logical). [2] Tested with WD 1200BEVS-60LAT0 120GB harddisk, no problems. 1
A.C.Ryan AluBox 2.5" USB 2.0/eSATA (ACR-HD50220) Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Seagate Momentus 5400.3 ST980811AS 0
acomdata Samba 3.5" PATA/SATA Not tested Not tested Issues Works fine - tested with 200GB WD IDE drive. Not working - tested with 300GB Samsung SATA drive. Working - 120GB WD - was intermittent, but may be b/c of connection time 3
Additek 3.5" Aluminum External Enclosure Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work Tested with 80gb and 160gb Maxtor IDE drives. Tested with USB Loader v1.5 0
ADS Technologies 5.25" / 3.5" IDE USB 2.0 External Enclosure USBX-804 Works Not tested Works CYP622027 Chipset is ATAPI-6 Draft Spec Compliant, so it should support drives up to 2 Petabytes. Tested with numerous IDE drives. Tested with JM20330 SATA/IDE Adapter, with SATA-I 250GB Seagate 9BL14E-039. Tested with USBLoaderGX 3.0r1180 via Homebrew 1.1.0 IOS58 v24.32 1
Age Star 5.25" Aluminum External Enclosure: SUB5A1 04B4 6830 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with 120gb WD IDE drive. v1.5 1
Age Star 3.5" Aluminum External Enclosure: CFB3A Not tested Not tested Works Tested with 40Gb Seagate IDE drive. 0
Age Star 3.5" black: SUB3A8 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with 250gb 2.5" sata HDD on WII U in WII softmode, load more slow than USB 3.0 32Gb flashdrive, but this is not critical. Drive in WBFS (formated in WII backup manager:default block size 500 discs )(1024 and 2048 block size not work: USB loader dont see this partitions) 0
Age Star 2.5" Polished Aluminium: SUB2S Not tested Not tested Works Tested with 2.5" 500GB Samsung Spinpoint SATA drive,Wiiflow works correctly(played Sonic Colors). 0
Agiler 6840 2.5 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with 2.5" 320GB WD Black edition,Wiiflow and usb loader works correctly. 0
Airlink101 AEN-U35SE USB 2.0 SATA / IDE 0000 0000 Tested Not tested Works Tested with WD 2Gb green and Seagate 750Gb 0
Aixcase AIX-IUB2S USB 2.0 Aluminium Enclosure for 2,5" IDE HDD 04B4 6830 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Samsung 120GB (HM121HI) - Available in Germany - Cypress Chipset 0
AKASA 3.5" Enclosure (product code AK-ENP2USB-BKUK) Not tested Not tested Works Tested with 400gb Samsung IDE drive split into a 60gb WBFS partition (set as primary) and the rest as FAT32 (set as logical). v1.1 2
AKASA 3.5" Enclosure (product code AK-ENP2SATA-BKAM) Not tested Works Works Tested with 160gb Samsung SP1614C SATA drive and 160gb Maxtor STM3160215AS SATA drive. 1
Akasa 3.5" Enclosure Integral P2 E-SATA (product code AK-ENP2SATA-BKEU) 152d 2338 Works Works Works Tested with 1Tb Samsung SpinPoint F2EG Desktop Class HD103SI SATA300. (does not work with NAND emulation/DiosMios 0
AKASA 2.5" IDE/SATA/SSD enclosure - Integral P2NES (product code AK-AK-ENP2NES-BK) Not tested Not tested Works Tested with 320gb IDE Western Digital (WD3200BEVE). 0
Antec MX-1 USB and eSATA HDD enclosure Not tested Not tested Works Tested with a Seagate 1.5TB SATA hard drive. Tested with a Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB. Games install/format/play successfully while using Wii. 3
Antec MX-100 USB SATA HDD enclosure Not tested Works Works USB Loader 1.5 Tested with a Seagate 320 Gb SATA hard drive and WD 250Gb 1
AZiO E377S31 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with a 750GB WDC HDD 1
AZiO ADP-SU33 SATA HD Dock 04FC 0C25 Not tested Not tested Works Tested two different docks with 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 HDD 0
AZiO ENC311SU31 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with a 80GB HDD 1
Bluestork Aluminium External Hard Disk Enclosure for 3.5" SATA-I HDD(BS-EHD-35) Works Not tested Works Tested on Wiiflow and USB Loader GX 2.0 with Western Digital Claviar Blue 320 GB SATA hard Drive formated in FAT32 and WBFS 1
Box HD 2.5 Captiva 0000 0000 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Western Digital 160 Gb Sata (WD1600BEVT) 0
Box2s ID-5 3.5" SATA to USB Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works WD 250GB Tested with wiiflow, usb loader gx and coverfloader. 0
Buffalo DriveStation Duo - HD-W800IU2/R1 Works Works Works Replaced included drives with 2 x 1TB Western Digital hard disks. Work with RAID-1 and auto powers on-off with the Wii!

Tested with VBA-GX, USB Loader GX, Geexbox, DIOS-MIOS 2.2 		1
Bytecc ME-350V4 Smart-drive 152D 2338 Doesn't work Doesn't work Doesn't work Tested with 80GB Western Digital Caviar IDE hard drive; Wii video signal stops whenever drive is powered on. 0
Chronos One-Touch-Backup 2.5 SATA enclosure with WD Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with USB Loader GX and wiiflow. Will start the game but after a while it freezes because of spidown issues. Tried to disable with hdparm but no luck there! 1
Conceptronic External Hard Disk Box 3.5" 0409 006a Not Tested Not Tested Issues Tested with a WD600AB-00BVA. Worked fine with a custom power supply for a couple of days, there are reading problems now. 0
Conceptronic External 2,5 inch eSATA/USB hard disk box 152d 2336 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Samsung 120GB - HM121HI 0
Conceptronic External 2,5 inch USB hard disk box CHD2SUB Works Not Tested Works With WD 250GB HD 0
Conceptronic External 2,5 inch USB 3.0 hard disk box Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Doesn't Work With WD 750GB HD 1
Consus P 2.5" SATA to USB/eSATA Drive Enclosure 152D 2329 Works Works Issues Tested with Hitachi 160GB SATA 2.5 Laptop drive - Update : after 5 games installed on the hd it now -1 takes like 5 or more loads of usbloader to get the list to pop back up 2
Coolermaster X Craft 360 - 3.5" SATA -> USB2.0/eSATA Not tested Not tested Issues Tested with various drives using OggZee Configurable USB loader (USB loader 1.5) / Tested with USB Loader GX r874 / works only @ complete WBFS formated HD's (ntfs,fat32 or combined: black screen when you want to start a game) also can't use Cios 222 -> Black screen and Drive LED always on (cfg loader v50 and USB loader gx r874), image freeze after 2 mins 3
Coolermaster X Craft 350 - 3.5" SATA -> USB2.0/eSATA Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work Tested with 2 SATAII Samsung HD's and CFG USB Loader and USB Loader GX r874 1
Coolermaster Xcraft 350 lite - 3.5" SATA -> USB2.0 Not Tested Not Tested Works I have tried this external case with a WD 160GB and a SG 1TB. Both work fine! Successfully tested with a WD Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA Hard Drive (WD5000AAKS) 1
Coolermaster X Craft 250 Lite (RX-250-U2) - 2.5" PATA -> USB2.0 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with a Transcend 32GB SSD. 0
Coolermaster X Craft 250 (RX-250) - 2.5" PATA -> USB2.0 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Tested with a Fujitsu 60GB. Works with USB Loader r883, doesn't work with USB Loader r9xx, r1083 & Cfg Loader v65 0
Coolermaster X Craft Lite (RX-3HU-S) - 3.5" PATA -> USB2.0 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with a SG 160GB, Works fine while playing (But my HDD is now dead due to spindown issue after Wii in pause for 2h. I think it's only a hdd issue, not the enclosure). 0
CoolerMaster XPort 251 2.5" SATA -> USB2.0 & WD5000BEVT 500GB Not tested Not tested Works Works very well with WD5000BEVT 500GB!Works with Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B 250 Go. Does not work with GrosBill (manufactured by MDT) 120 Go because of insufficient power delivered by USB port. 1
CoolMax 3.5" External Enclosure HD-389-u2(SATA) 152d 2329 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Samsung 500GB SATA. USBLoader GX does not recognize this enclosure with a 1TB WD Green HD, goes straight to screensaver in both USB ports. 0
CoolMax HD-360B-U2 USB 2.0 3.5" Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work Tested with Maxtor DiamondMax10 120GB IDE and Western Digital 160GB IDE 0
CoolPodz 2.5" Aluminum Ultra Slim USB 2.0 to IDE Hard Drive Enclosure Not tested Not tested Works Tested with a Hitachi 4200rpm 60GB IDE laptop drive on USB Loader 1.5. If doesn't show up use both USB ports. 0
Delock 3.5" External Enclosure > USB 2.0 Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Tested with 5 different HDDs which work with other enclosure 0
Deltaco USB SATA/IDE adapter kit (SATA-61) Not Tested Not Tested Issues Frequent freezes during gameplay (tested with many different 2,5" and 3,5" IDE HDs) 0
Deltaco External 2.5" IDE Enclusure MAP-DL21U Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't work Not recognized by WiiFlow USB Loader with Hitachi Travelstar 60GB HTS726060M9AT00 and Fujitsu40 GB Hdd's - same result. 2
Diginote 2,5" USB2.0/eSata Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with USB Loader GX with a 500gb Hitachi HDD 1
DMG 3.5" USB + LAN HDD Enclosure Not tested Not tested Works Tested with a Maxtor 60GB & 200GB hard drives (Enclosure only £9.99 from Ebuyer) 0
Dynamode USB 2.0 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure Not tested Not tested Issues Tested with 80GB SATA HDD. Tested w Samsung 120GB HDD - USB transfers interference to video signal 2
Dynamode 2.5" PATA HDD Drive Enclosure Caddy Blue USB 2.0 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with 160GB Seagate PATA/IDE HDD - Caddy from eBay 1
Dynamode 2.5" SATA HDD Enclosure 152d 2329 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with Samsung 120GB 2.5 HM121HI 0
Dynamode USB 2.0 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure USB-HD3.5-ESF Not tested Not tested Works Tested with 120GB Maxtor SATA HDD 0
Dynex DX-HD302513 2.5" SATA HDD Enclosure 1F75 0621 Doesn't Work Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested With Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVT-75ZCT1 320GB 2.5" 5400 RPM NTFS partition. 0
Eagle Consus E-Series ET-CSEU2-SG 3.5" USB2.0 to IDE External Enclosure Works Not tested Works Tested with a 500GB HDD with a 300GB WBFS partition and a 200GB NTFS partition. Also tested with a 160GB Samsung HDD, works great. 3
Eagle Consus M-Series ET-CSMU2-BK 3.5" USB2.0 to IDE External Enclosure Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work Tested with 200GB drive with single max WBFS partition. Tested with Ultimate USB Loader v7.2 and with Waninkoko v1.5 0
Eagle Consus T-Series ET-CSTSIU2-BK 3.5" USB2.0 to SATA OR IDE External l Enclosure Not tested Works Works Great unit installed a WD250 and works like a charm at about 40 games now no problems 0
Eagle Consus T-Series ET-CSTU2-BK 3.5" USB2.0 to IDE External Enclosure Not tested Works Doesn't Work When using geexbox, the hard disk that connected to it appeared.. so maybe future versions may work. Tried with 2 different IDE Drives, neither worked. (Tested against Waninkoko USB v1.1). 0
Eagle Consus T-Series ET-CSTU2-BK 3.5" USB2.0 to SATA, ESATA External Enclosure Not tested Not tested Works 250GB Maxtor SATA, USB Loader GX 1.0 rev 719, USB Loader 3.0b, Hermes cIOS 222/223 rev 4, Waninkoko cIOS rev 14 0
Eagle Tech ET-CSKESU2-BK Docking station w card reader Not tested Not tested Doesn't work Does not work what-so-ever with any software USB loader. Used seagate and WD caviar 2.5" drives. 1
Easy IDE" usb -> IDE interface Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work When using geexbox, the hard disk that connected to it appeared.. so maybe future versions may work (Tested against Waninkoko USB v1.1) 1
eForCity 3.5" IDE HDD Enclosure 13FD 1040 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with SEAGATE Barracuda 80GB IDE HDD ST380011A 0
Eminent 3.5" HDD Enclosure SATA and IDE Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with ide disk 0
Eminent 3.5" EM7048 HDD Enclosure SATA Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Toshiba 160GB disk 0
Enermax Brick 2.5" SATA EB208S-B 05e3 0718 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Samsung 120GB - HM121HI 0
External Data Storage (2.5"/3.5" IDE to USB) 05E3 0702 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with 2.5" Fujitsu. Tested with 250gb 3.5" Seagate. 2
Fantec USB 3.5" Fantec DB-339U2 IDE Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Samsung 40GB, 80GB IDE and WD 500 IDE - this enclosure is especially for GERMAN/EUROPE users because the most items on this side are only available in UK or USA 1
Fantec USB 3.5" Fantec FB-35US2 SATA II Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Samsung SpinPoint F1, 1TB, 32MB Cache 1
Fantec USB 3.5" Fantec Multi-function Storage IDE Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work Not recognized by USB Loader. USB Loader shows very slow countdown when connected, but won't see the drive or its WBFS partition. This is probably because the HDD case also has an integrated SD-card reader so USB Loader might not chose the right device from the five or six USB mass storage devices that there are. Tested with Western Digital 250 GB 0
Formac disk mini 2.5" Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work Tested with JMicron 465GB 0
Galaxy METAL GEAR 3.5" SATA USB 2.0 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Seagate Barracuda Refurb 500GB 7200RPM 0
Galaxy METAL GEAR BOX Substance II 3.5" IDE USB 2.0 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM 0
Generic 3.5" External Hard Drive Enclosure, Model Unknown 14CD 6116 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with Config USB Loader with Hermes 222 IOS. Latest Wii updates as of 6-1-2011. Purchased from Ebay 0


Generic 2.5" External Hard Drive Enclosure with 40GB sata fitted, Model Unknown 14CD 6116 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Config USB Loader v69 after full update and soft mod with modmii on 16/05/12. All other USB loaders failed. Drive formatted fat32. Purchased from Ebay 0
LogiLink UA0041B 2.5" External Hard Drive Enclosure, identified as SuperTop M6116 SATA Bridge 14CD 6116 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with wiiflow .All other USB loaders untested. HDD 320GB Hitachi HTS723232L9A360 formatted wbfs 0
Generic 2.5" SATA HDD Enclosure (POTHSATA2501) Not Tested Not Tested Works I had to partition and format on my PC, but it works well now. Using with a 60GB Seagate Momentus. Available at http://www.accstation.com/pothsata2501.html. I bought it from accstation on Ebay for $7 including shipping. 0
Gigabyte Anvil Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Seagate 500GB 0
GODO USB 3.0 to 3.5 Inch Hard Drive Enclosure 152D 0578 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with a 1TB Western Digital Blue SATA hard drive (WDC_WD10EZEX-08WN4A0). Formatted in NTFS with .wbfs games added manually in USB Loader GX. No issues - Note: Despite being a powered enclosure, it seemingly draws a lot of power from the outermost USB port and causes an analog to HDMI converter to flicker when the converter is connected to the second Wii USB port - resolved by using a separate power source for the converter. 0
HornetTek Hover SCC 3.5" SATA to USB/eSATA Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Seagate 500GB 0
HORNETTEK TRAVEL LITE 2.5" SATA TO USB Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work No joy 0
Hornettek Viper 3.5" SATA/ESATA External HDD Enclosure Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work Tested with Seagate Green 2tb 1
I/O Magic 3.5" External Hard Drive Enclosure, model I35USBEN 14CD 6600 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Worked with WBFS Manager 2.5, but USB Loader GX failed to detect. Tested with Western Digital Caviar 250GB 0
I/O Magic 3.5" External Hard Drive Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Using a 200 GB IDE HDD 0
i-rocks IR-9300 3.5" IDE HDD Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Used with 80GB WD Caviar IDE HDD. Works perfectly with Coverfloader. 1
Ichona Docking Station For SATA 2.5"/3.5 HD Not tested Not tested Works Tested with a Western Digital GP 500GB SATA + cIOS Rev12 + USB Loader GX 1.0 (Games tested: Wii Play PAL, Naruto Clash of the ninja revolution 2 PAL, The house of the Dead overkill PAL 0
IcyBox USB2.0 SATA 2.5" enclosure IB-220 SATA Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work 0
IcyBox USB2.0 SATA 2.5" enclosure IB-220-StU SATA Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work Tested with Western Digital 2.5" Caviar Blue 250gb + Configurable USB Loader v60 0
Icy Box 2.5" External HDD Enclosure IB-220U PATA Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work 2
Icy Box 2.5" External HDD Enclosure IB-250U-B IDE Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with 100GB Toshiba Drive in several ways 1
Icy Box 2.5" External HDD Enclosure IB-221 SATA Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Samsung 320GB 2.5 HM320JI 1
Icy Box 2.5" External HDD Enclosure IB-221StU-B SATA Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with Western Digital 320GB 2.5", USBloaderGX rev 560,CIOSrev12 1
Icy Box 2.5" External HDD Enclosure IB-223Stu SATA 152d 2329 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with Samsung 120GB 2.5 HM121HI 0
Icy Box 2.5" External USB powered HDD Enclosure IB-224 SATA Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Seagate ST96812AS 60Gb 2.5" SATA 1
Icy Box 2.5" External USB powered HDD Enclosure IB-266 SATA Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with WD 160Gb 2.5" SATA 0
Icy Box 2.5" External USB powered HDD Enclosure IB-266 SATA 152D 2329 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with Seagate 160Gb 2.5" SATA 0
Icy Box 2.5" External USB powered HDD Enclosure IB-290StUS-B SATA Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Samsung 320Gb 2.5" SATA. +Tested with Seagate 500Gb 2.5 SATA, Tested with Western Digital 500GB (WD5000BEVT) and Hitachi Travelstar 500GB (HTS545050B9A300) + Seagate Momentus 5400.6 3
Icy Box 3.5" IB-380 Series IDE Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Maxtor Diamond Max 160GB *can't get the link to work 0
Icy Box 3.5" IB-351AStU IDE/SATA Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Old Maxtor Diamond Plus 250GB - successfully tested a few dozen games for several hours 0
Icy Box 3.5" IB-390StUS-B SATA Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Hitachi Deskstar 7k250 250 Gb and with a Samsung SpinPoint F1 - HD103UJ - 1 Tb 7200 RPM 32 Mb SATA II, and tested successfully by dabotsonline with a Seagate 1.5TB 3.5" SATA Hard Drive 1
Icy Dock 3.5" External USB eSATA MB559US Works Works Works Tested with Samsung 80Gb 3.5" Sata II + Samsung 320 GB 3.5 Sata II 2
iMicro 2.5" SATA HDD External Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Western Digital 120Gb 2.5" SATA. 2
iMicro 3.5" SATA IDE HDD External Combo Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Maxtor Diamond Max 10 3.5" 300 GB SATA. 1
Inateck FE2005 2.5" SATA enclosure (USB 3.0) (JMicron JMS567) 152D 2590 Works Not Tested Works Tested using Seagate Momentus Thin 250 GB. USB Loader GX r1260 (d2x cIOS) and Nintendont (v387) both work without any issues. 1
Initio Corporation 2.5" HDD External Case - SATA 13FD 1240 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with Toshiba MK325GSX 320Gb SATA using USB loader GX Revision 890 1
Initio Corporation 3.5" HDD External Case - SATA "PI-202US SATA/USB20 Drive" firmware 8.67 13FD 1640 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Tested with Samsung HD403LJ 400Gb 3.5" SATA 7200rpm, 16M, using USB loader GX Revision ?. (drive partitioned as 200Gb WBFS and 200GBFAT. only used the wbfs) ISSUES: if you exit the game and go back to usbloader GX, then it freezes while opening the second time with "waiting for USB device". So I'm now rebooting the device everytime i reboot the wii. Also, as expected, it's way slower then using a modern flash memory, but you will only notice that during the game loads. More serious, while playing DOD multiplayer for a long time, the screen would just turn black. you will not respaw, just be able to access the menus and change weapons. it happens randomly. never happened with a usb stick. 1
Initio based chipset generic HDD Enclosure 2.5/3.5 - SATA/IDE Works Not Tested Works Tested with 320GB, 500GB and 2TB variant hard drives. There was an issues with USB Loader GX, intermittently detecting the drive, but it works fine with CFG Loader and Wiiflow no issues at all. 1
Inland u-Jam 2.5” Hard Drive Enclosure USB/IDE Doesn't Work Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with a variety of small (12GB, 20GB, 40GB) IDE drives 1
Inland u-Jam 3.5” Hard Drive Enclosure USB/IDE Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with usb loader gx (also didnt work) and Homebrew channel. Using a hitachi deskstar 82.3 gb Ide drive. Tested march 28, 2010. Tested with several similar deathstar's 6/13/10 1
Inland u-Jam Pro IDE/SATA to USB Adapter Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Did not work with a small variety of IDE drives 1
Innostor IS888 Controller IC Based Enclosures Several Works Not Tested Works Tested several different enclosures based on this IC, All worked well (2.5/3.5/Several Brands/Several Designs). Transfer rate not brilliant - around 30MB/s read. 1
Joylive 2.5" Usb 2.0 Ultra slim Sata HDD External enclosure case box Several Works Works Works Tested with many drives. Best results with FAT32 (Not tested with WBFS Filesystem) using Wii Backup Manager to format. Nintendont works only through USB Loader GX. GC-Devo not works on some HDD drives 0
KINGWIN BJK-35USBI 3.5" IDE Enclosure 067B 2506 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with two different drives, tested extensively with load intensive games. 1
KINGWIN KH-201U-BK 2.5" SATA Enclosure 05E3 0718 Works Works Works Played a Divx video, SnesGX, and Usb Loader GX Tested over 30 mins 1
LC POWER EH-25BR 2.5" HDD Enclosure IDE 04b4 6830 Works Not Tested Works Tested with Hitachi Travelstar 40gb, IBM 70GB ide disk 3
LC POWER EH-25BR 2.5" HDD Enclosure IDE 05e3 0702 Not Tested Works Works Different Vendor/Product IDs than the above LC POWER enclosure. Tested with Samsung MP0804H 80 gig harddisk 0
Link Depot EN-SATA 2.5" USB 2.0 External Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Fujitsu 40gb SATA MHW2040 (Original PS3 Drive) 0
LogiLink USB2 eSATA Docking Station 067B 2506 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with two different drives, tested extensively with load intensive games. 1
LogiLink USB3 UA0106 Works Not Tested Works Tested with two different drives 2
MacAlly G-S350SUA Hi-Speed eSATA/Firewire/USB 2.0 Enclosure 3.5" SATA Not Tested Works Works Tested with Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Black 3.5" SATA 0
MacAlly PHR-100A Aluminum 3.5" USB2.0 External Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Hitachi 500GB IDE drive. 0
Macally PHR-250CC FireWire/USB 2.0 2.5-Inch IDE Hard Drive Enclosure 03e0 6830 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with IBM Travelstar 20 GB HD originally from a Powerbook G4 0
Macron 3.5" External SATA HDD USB 2.0 Enclosure Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Western Digital WD8088AADS-00L5B1 and with Seagate ST3320820AS hard drives. Both work with USB Loader GX and Nintendont. 0
MadDog Usb Enclosure Works Works Works Only works in the right usb port. Works as FAT32 and NTFS on GeeXboX. Homebrew and Usb iso loader work fine. Tested with Samsung 80gb Drive UPDATE: Does not run backups past cios rev 10; incompatible with many new games. 2
MonoPrice HDD Dock USB 3.0 External HDD 3.5" SATA  ?? ?? Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with seagate 3.5" 750GB SATA. 0
MSI Starlight M01-US SATA 2.5" USB 2.0 External Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with a Seagate ST9160310AS, with different games (Including recent ones) on WiiFlow and configurable USB loader. 0
MSI Star Storage SATA 2.5" USB 2.0 External Enclosure Works Doesn't Work Works Tested with a Western Digital 750 GB 7200rpm WD7500BPKT, one partition FAT32 with different games (Including recent ones) on WiiFlow / USB Loader / Cfg USB loader. 1
nGear 2.5" SATA to USB 2.0 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with a 80GB HDD 1
Nexxtech External HDD 3.5" IDE 0C0B 2BCF Not Tested Not Tested Works Only works on the left USB port. Tested with WD 250Gb 3.5" IDE. 0
No Name External HDD 2,5 SATA 152d 2339 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with Samsung 320Gb 2.5" SATA. 0
No name DealExtreme USB+eSATA Vertical Dock with One Touch Backup for 2.5"/3.5" SATA HDD 152D 2339 Not Tested Not Tested Works USB Loader GX rev 584 works. Have to power off/on Wii after each run though. 0
No name ebay brand IDE to USB Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Tried with a 80gb Western Digital and a 13gb Maxtor both worked great! 0
No name USB2 SATA2 2.5" Enclosure 152D 2339 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work It has the same vid-pid (VID_152D PID_2339 REV_0100) as the product above but this doesn't work with usbloader 1.5 cios rev10, rev12, rev13b: Err -6 0
No name USB2 SATA2 2.5" Enclosure 152D 2339 Not Tested Not Tested Works Same as above, using SAMSUNG 160GB SATA HD. Only one port works (if you put the wii without standing, the below USB port only). First, I partition it into 2 NTFS (100 GB and 48GB), use UsbLoader 1.5 to format the 100GB partition. After that, install game with USBLoaderGX or USBLoader (same). I don't try format @ PC or USBLoaderGX. Works fine, but the HD is hot. Have to turn on/off Wii every each game run (not standby, full shutdown, easier if disconnect the power source) 0
No name USB2 IDE/PATA 2.5" Enclosure 0402 5621 Not Tested Not Tested Works This nameless enclosure uses old ALi M5621 chipset from 2000, but I have never had any problem with this enclosure even when used for more than 6 hours many times. No overheats, no locks up/hangs. Tested with old (from 2001 or 2002) Toshiba 30 GiB 2.5" IDE/PATA disk drive. 0
No Name 3.5" (alcor micro corp) IDE USB2.0 External Case with Power Adapter 058f 6391 Not Tested Not Tested Works Seems to work fine and dandy, the link says you need to set the drive to master, but I couldn't make my 200 gig drive work until I set it too slave. 0
No Name 2.5" (alcor micro corp) IDE USB2.0 External Case powered by USB "Y-Cable" 058f 6390 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tried multiple 2.5 inch IDE drives with no success. 0
OIAV USB2.0 2.5" HD External Storage System (IDE) Not Tested Not Tested Works 4GB 2.5" drive inside, 2 known bad sectors, works fine although crashes after 3 minutes during Zelda TP cinematic. 0
Omata 2.5" SATA Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with a Seagate 120 GB HDD (ST916082 1AS) 0
Omega 3.5" UHD231 IDE Enclosure Not Tested Works Doesn't Work "Err -1 can't initialize USB subsystem" in USB Loader 1.1 - "Err -6 : Can't find partitions" in USB Loader 1.5 0
Oyen Digital MiniPro 2.5-inch FireWire 800/USB 3.0 Enclosure Works Not Tested Works Tested with a Western Digital Scorpio 250GB 5400RPM (WD2500BEVS). The device must not be connected to the Wii on first channel boot. 0
Philips SPE2010CC Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with PS3 40GB HDD 0
Point Of View External HDD casing 2,5 SATA 067b 2571 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Samsung 120GB - HM121HI 0
Portable HDD DivX Player 05E3 0702 Not Tested Not Tested Works Looks like this Tested with 40G Toshiba and 80G Samsung drives. 0
Powerspec 3.5" USB HDD Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Issues Frequent freezes during gameplay, you're lucky if you get a game to load, it will probably freeze at the loading screen once the led on the enclosure shuts off anyway. 6/10/09 - Purchased PowerSpec drive enclosure with an Unknown 160GBOEM drive factory installed. Can format as WBFS and copy images via PC but no bootloader seems to detect it as connected. 1
Powerdata 2.5" USB IDE HDD Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Hard drive works fine in another enclosure, so enclosure is not compatible. 1
Rapsody S25 2.5" ENCLOSURE 0402 5637 Doesn't Work Works Doesn't Work "Err -1 can't initialize USB subsystem" in USB Loader 1.1 - "Err -6 : Can't find partitions" in USB Loader >1.4 0
Revoltec Acrylic 2.5" USB IDE Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Various Hard disk and various capacity. The enclosure it's not compatible. 0
RITMO 3.5" HDD LAN ENCLOSURE IDE/SATA -> USB 2.0 Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work used WD 160GB sata... purchased at msy.com.au for $25 0
Ritmo Tanek 2.5 IDE to USB2.0 Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works http://msy.com.au $6! Only needs one USB port. Successful test with Configurable Usb Loader 1
Ritmo 2.5" SATA to USB2.0 Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work http://msy.com.au $10! Won't even recognize 0
Ritmo Tanek 3.5 IDE to USB2.0 Enclosure Works Works Works http://msy.com.au only $15 0
Rocketfish 3.5" IDE Enclosure Not Tested Works Doesn't Work Works with 223-mload, start drive after initial retry or drive hangs. Works with GeeXboX with a 120GB Maxtor HDD. Tested with WD 160GB HDD and uloader just hangs. The drive keeps spinning and the WII disk drive blue light keeps blinking 5
Rocketfish 2.5" IDE Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with 100GB HDD. 1
Rocketfish 2.5" SATA to Esata/USB2.0 enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with 20GB Western Digital drive worked great, will test other apps later 0
Rosewill RX234 2.5" IDE Not Tested Not Tested Works With 160GB Hitachi Deskstar salvaged from an old Acer Aspire 5100. Hot Swapped fine. 10$ enclosure at Newegg. 0
Rosewill RX353-S BLK (Black) 3.5" SATA Not Tested Not Tested Works This was with a 400GB Western Digital Drive 0
Rosewill RX35-AT-SU SLV or BLK 3.5" SATA Not Tested Not Tested Works With an 80GB Seagate Drive. Also tested with Configurable USB loader and a 500GB WD drive partitioned in half, WBFS/NTFS. Works very well, tested with long sessions with multiple games. Both silver and black versions of the device are identical, so both work 1
Rosewill RX35-AT-IU BLK/SLV Aluminum 3.5" IDE USB 2.0 External Enclosure 067B 2506 Works Not Tested Works Tested with 250GB Maxtor formated with WBFS. Played for many hours on both WiiFlow and Uloader 5.1. Tested on a newer black Wii. 0
Rosewill RX355-U Aluminum 3.5" IDE USB 2.0 External Enclosure 13FD 1040 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with 250GB Maxtor formated with WBFS. WiiFlow crashes when loading any game, Uloader has error "No Partitions Found". Tested on a newer black Wii. 0
Rosewill RX81U-ES-25A 2.5" IDE Not Tested Not Tested Works This was with a 300GB Hitachi Drive 0
Rosewill RX81U-ES-25A 2.5" SATA Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with old Hitachi 160GB 5400 rpm formatted with WBFS. Working with USB Loader GX. 0
Rosewill RX81U-ES-25B 2.5" IDE Works Not Tested Doesn't Work This was with a Seagate 160gig ATA drive in enclosure. Hot swapping didn't work. 1
RYVAL/"GrosBill essentiels" el-cheapo 2.5" PATA to USB Enclosure or other name Samsung 2.5" USB 2.0 IDE HDD External Box or 2,5" External Case OR hama MobileLife PATA Festplattengehäuse OR ICY BOX IB-220U-Wh OR cheap IDE - PATA Adapter without enclosure off ebay 14cd 6600 Not Tested Works Doesn't Work "Err -6 : Can't find partitions" in USB Loader 1.5. Tried without and with external power supply, both IDE ports. Single IC on the board is marked "MOAI M110E", TQFP-48 package. Works fine on the PC. Works in MplayerCE too. 6
Sabrent SBT-ESU25 aluminum usb2.0 enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with Hitachi travelstar 40gb 2
Sabrent SBT-EGU35 aluminum usb2.0 enclosure (Bought cheap from Costco) Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested Western Digital 250gb 1
Sabrent EC-UST25 USB 2.0 enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with Toshiba 60gb SATA 0
Sabrent EC-UST25 USB 2.0 enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with WD 250GB SATA, USB Loader GX r907, works fine. Also tested with Hitachi TravelStar 120GB (wbfs) and Configurable USB Loader v67, no problems. 2
Sabrent ECS-U35D Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Maxtor 120GB using v1.1 and 1.4 1
Sabrent ECS-U35K Not Tested Not Tested Works Worked well with a small variety of hard drives 1
Sabrent SBT-EKU25 aluminum usb2.0 enclosure

Sabrent SBT-EKU25

VID_13FD PID_1040 Works Not Tested Works User 1: Tested Western Digital 160gb.

User 2: Works flawlessly. Tested with Cfg USB Loader and a 60GB Samsung MP0603H disk in NTFS format.

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Sabrent EC-UK25 2.5" USB 2.0 Enclosure 152D 2329 Not Tested Not Tested Issues Tested with Hitachi 160GB

I tested this as well, and it only kind of worked. Backing up disc to FAT32 did not complete. Backing up to WBFS partition sometimes completed, sometimes not. In all cases, loading the game either failed outright or got to the first few loading screened then froze. I tried multiple loaders with no success. Used an old 4GB Sandisk Cruzer I had lying around in FAT32 with no problems whatsoever - backed games up fine and played fine, confirming it's an issue with either my drive or the enclosure

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Sabrent EC-UK30 2.5" USB 3.0 Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Hitachi 160GB

I used the hackmii tool and usb loader to hack my Wii. This enclosure works well so far.

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Sabrent 3.5" SATA/IDE Hard Drive Aluminum Enclosure ECS-STU35 152D 2338 Not tested Not tested Works 0
SANOXY IDE/PATA 2.5" USB 2.0 Enclosure, Blue Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with USB Loader GX. Using a Fujitsu 100 GB 2.5" HDD IDE. It will mount on my PC but the Wii will not recognize it. The one I received does not have a SANOXY logo on it. Beware! 0
Sansun 2.5"/3.5" HDD DOCKING SATA TO ESATA (SN-DKES) 13FD 160F Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with USB Loader GX. Using my maxtor 120 GB 3.5" HDD SATA I. 0
Sansun Monster 3.5" BOX hard disk Enclosure SATA&IDE Not Tested Not Tested Issues Only works with SATA drives, tested with 320Gb Samsung SATA, (80gb and 160gb) Seagate IDE. Tested on Wiiflow. 0
Satellite int AX-223 SATA 2.5" Enclosure Works Works Issues This is how you make this encolsure work: Create a WBFS partition, then a second (as small as posible) with FAT32. Run Geexbox, restart from its menu, then load the USBloader. Tested with a Hitachi 160 Gb HDD 0
Satellite AX-323 Enclosure Works Works Works Tested with USB Loader GX and a 2,5" Hitachi HTS543216L9A300 160GB. 1
Satellite AX-222 Enclosure Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Tested with USB Loader GX and a 2,5" Hitachi HTS543216L9A300 160GB. After launching USB loader or any Homebrew it makes the wii freeze. 1
Satellite AX-323 Enclosure 152D 2339 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Wiiflow running with IOS 222 and a 3.5" 1TB Samsung Sata HD. 1
Seagate Expansion Desktop Drive 2TB Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Wiiflow and a 3.5" 160gb Seagate ST3160812AS. Just to point out, this combo is not factory created, I took out the 2TB hard drive from the enclosure and swapped it for the 160gb. 0
Sharkoon Rapid-Case 2.5" SATA 04FC 0C25 Works Not Tested Works Tested with Hitachi Travelstar 100Gb 2.5" SATA 0
Sharkoon Rapid-Case 3.5" eSATA Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with WD1600YS 160Gb 3.5" SATA 1
Sharkoon Twin Drive 04B4 6830 Works Not Tested Works Tested with Maxtor 6L160P0 jumpered as Master and no second hdd 0
Shintaro 3.5" External Enclosure - SATA (SH3-SATA) 13FD 1840 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with WD1600AAJS 160Gb 3.5" SATA 0
SIIG JU-SA0C12-S1 2.5" USB 2.0 to SATA Enclosure 1BCF 0C31 Works Works Works Played Divx Video, SnesGX, USB Loader GX for 30 mins 1
SimpleTech HDD Enclosure 3.5" IDE USB2.0 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested Punchout + WD 60GB and Quantum Fireball 40GB. Purchased from http://www.bestbytecomputer.com for $20CAD also tested with 100 GB Maxtor. Bought on ebay 19.99 free shipping. Also Works with 500GB WD 3
Smart drive 2.5" SATA HDD Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Western Digital 320GB, works fine with USB Loader. Also works for me with WD320gb and USB Loader GX 1
SNT ST-2316B2 3.5" IDE to USB2.0/1394 Works Works Works Tested with a Maxtor 6L250R0 (250GB). Slightly choppy playback on GeeXboX, might not be related to the enclosure though. 0
SNT ST-2316C 3.5" IDE to USB/1394 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with an 80gb Seagate. Purchased from www.auspcmarket.com.au for $21.89; a direct link doesn't work - search for SNST2316C. 0
Startech Infosafe aluminum USB2.0 enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested Works Works with Western Digital 1.5 TB 7200 RPM 0
Sumvision E-Gem (2.5" SATA) WXT-E822-2 Not Tested Not Tested Works Works fine with Samsung HM641JI 640GB taken out of a Transcend StoreJet 25M3 640GB USB3.0 drive which did not work (see 640GB drive section above). 1
Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. 0x1bcf 0x0c31 Not Tested Not Tested Works USB-SATA Adapter, Works fine with Toshiba TOSHIBA MK5059GSXP (500GGB); case is noisy; use "smartctl -s on" because smart is deactivated by default;
SYBA Spyker CL-ENC25007 2.5" USB 2.0 to SATA Enclosure 1BCF 0C31 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Samsung 640gig 5400. Enclosure can be bought from NewEgg for $10. Link: http://tinyurl.com/4fgq5vv 0
Techsolo JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge 152d 2338 Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work Tested with multiple HDDs 1
Thermaltake BlacX N0028USU Dock Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work "Err -0 xfered games won't load, usb loader ripped games load but crash shortly after. Got to work with usb loader but having trouble detecting. Older versions work better. 516 build works pretty consistently. Tried with seagate and fujitsu drives. 1
Thermaltake BlacX N0028USU Dock Works Not Tested Works all 114 wii games load fine with usb loader, i even ripped games. Got to work with usb loader without any trouble of it being detected.. Tried with seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9320325AS

Model purchased from Best Buy. Have tested with a 300gb desktop HDD (forgot brand, probably WD or Seagate), a 150gb WD Raptor X 10,000rpm (WD1500AHFD-00RAR1) desktop HDD, and currently using a 500gb Seagate Momentus 5400rpm (5400.6 ST9500325AS) notebook HDD. USB Loader GX and Configurable USB Loader reads perfect, all games detected and load (unless something wrong with the game ISO itself). All have worked beautifully as of 7/27/2010. Ripping via either USB loaders was NOT TESTED. All games were loaded via WBFS Manager on a PC.

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Thermaltake BlacX ST0005U Dock Works Not Tested Works Tested an assortment of 2.5" & 3.5" drives ranging from 80GB to 640GB (Seagate, WD, Maxtor, Fujitsu) on 4.2U with cIOS38rev14. All worked flawlessly in both playing and ripping games with USB Loader GX. 3
Thermaltake Silver River Duo 3.5" A2396 152d 2338 Not Tested Works Issues Tested USB loader using SSB Brawl and the game will freeze anywhere from the initial loading screen all of the way through the end of brawl. Had a similar problem with another drive in the enclosure. 0
TOOQ TQE-3518 3.5" IDE/SATA USB 2.0 152D 2338 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 SATA 200 GB (ST3200826AS). Is FAT32 and works great with Configurable USB Loader (v70) 0
Tsunami Artek Speed2500 2.5" USB HDD Enclosure Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Always returns -1 w/40GB drive that works in another enclosure.

Tested with SEAGATE 320GB Momentus 7200.3 SATA 2.5in HDD w/ NCQ, 16MB Cache workes 100% of the time havent goten a single error yet using wii coverflow USB Loader

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Ultron UHD-3500f Not Tested Not Tested Works Using a 120GB IBM/Hitachi HDD. Works really great. 0
Unbranded 3.5" External USB HDD Enclosure with power brick 067B Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with Samsung 320Gb 3.5" Ide. Worked fine it has a manual on/off switch on the case. Upgraded to My Book esential 1TB but basicly this one was doing the job perfectly 1
Unbranded 3.5" USB 2.0 EXTERNAL IDE HARD DRIVE ENCLOSURE CASE box Works Works Doesn't Work 15.99-shipping incl. on ebay seller is "insidecomputer" took 2 days to get here. Ebay search exact enclosure name. Seller's in California **UPDATE** Purchased drive on 6-27-09 from member on ebay it came with ide & sata connectors even tho no mention of sata had many random freezes on all games changed to another encloure and all is well I believe the drive being sold has changed BEWARE!! (Here's another confirmation that this drive being shipped no longer works well) 2
Unbranded IDE to USB 2.0 Enclosure For 2.5" Notebook Hard Disk Ebay "VAIO". Sometimes real Philips brand. Also Conceptronic 058F 6391 Not Tested Not Tested Works Doesn't work when tested with Toshiba 20GB. Works perfectly with Samsung 80GB. If connected to PC, works perfectly with WBFS Manager 3.0. 0
Unbranded 2.5" HDD External Case 13FD 1840 Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with IBM/Lenovo Hitachi 60 gb 2.5 SATA HDD pulled from a Thinkpad T60 & a Momentus 5400 RPM from Seagate pulled from a Compaq F500 Note: I don't know why an enclosure with a similar VID works, but after trying two HDDs in the enclosure and trying another completely different enclosure THAT WORKED I can safely say - this does not work. Light blinks, but both USBLoader v9 and CFG loader freeze 1
Unitek Y-3025 2.5"/3.5" Dual Bay SATA to USB3.0 Docking Station (With Clone Function) 174C 55AA Not tested Not tested Issues Tested with Western Digital WD8088AADS-00L5B1 and with Seagate ST3320820AS hard drives. Both drives have sleep issues with this enclosure when playing Gamecube games, but work perfectly fine using a more basic enclosure. 0
Vantec NexStar Hard Drive Dock NST-D100UFS Not tested Not tested Works Tested with WD 750GB drive. 480GB is WBFS and the rest is NTFS 2
Vantec NexStar CX 2.5 Not tested Not tested Issues Tested with Seagate Momentus 320GB 5400.5 Update: Sometimes is not detected and needs restart to detect. Detected ~95% of the time. Update: If the harddrive is in the bottom usb and a flash drive is in the top usb I get 100% detection. 0
Vantec NexStar TX 2.5 152D 2329 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with old MacBook hard drive. Working perfectly. (seems to get sufficient power even if only plugged into single port, though I keep it plugged into both)

Tested with Samsung 640gig 5400. Same drive works with butchered Western Digital usb to sata adapter, with no issues. USB 2 SATA chipset is JMicron JM20329, and by the looks of this wiki, JMicron chipsets just may not be compatible. UPDATE: It is a usb power issue, I used one of those dual usb cables to provide the unit with more power, and it worked! This is not sustainable for me, so I bought another enclosure, but now we know.

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Vantec NexStar 3, 3.5" Not tested Not tested Issues Tested with Samsung 300GB. Stability issues depending on the game. Some games work perfectly, but most either Will work for anywhere between 1-15 minutes, then lock up or not work at all. Tested with a 500GB WD Caviar and it works flawlessly.

Could not get wii to recognize it at all.

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Vantec NexStar 3 NST-360U2-BL Works Not tested Works Tested with Western Digital 120gb WD12 drive. 32gb fomatted as FAT32 and the rest is WBFS, tested with Configurable USB Loader and all my games seem to load ok, haven't played any game for very long yet. Used Superdump v1.3 to rip my games to the FAT32 partition without problems. 0
Vantec NexStar CX NST-300SU-BK Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Hitachi 1TB. Total cost for drive + enclosure was around $80 USD from ewiz.com. Followed guide exactly at http://www.mikeandheth.com/games/109-store-and-load-usb-wii-system-menu-4.html 9
Vantec NexStar SX NST-285S2-BK 2.5" Works Not tested Works Tested with Toshiba 80GB SATA from my old MacBook

Tested with Toshiba 120GB SATA from my old MacBook

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Vantec Nexstar 3i NST-360S2i-WH Not Tested Not Tested Doesn't Work Tested with WD 1Tb Green Drive which works 100% fine in another Nexstar enclosure. This enclosure has built in Power Save functions that are not Wii compatible and can't be switched off. After 3 seconds drive goes into idle mode from which the Wii cannot wake. I tied contacting Vantec about hardware workaround (i.e jumper wire on relevant IC) because the power save function can be kept off with windows software/driver. There response was can't be done which is bulls&%t... no more Vantec for this puppy. I bought this enclosure because it is glossy white like the Wii console but it is in fact about as incompatible as you can get. 0
Vantec NexStar NST-350U2 Not tested Not tested Works Tested with Maxtor Diamond 10 200GB IDE Hard Drive 0
Velocity Elite Series 152D 2329 Not Tested Not Tested Works openWiiflow R25 Tested with a Western Digital 500GB Scorpio Blue Hard Drive. Works perfectly. 0
Vibe Media Player Enclosure Works Works Works Tested with Seagate IDE 500GB HDD 0
VTG Gehäuse 3.5" USB 2.0 EXTERNAL SATA HARD DRIVE ENCLOSURE CASE box 2338 0100 Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Tested diferent HDDs - Drive doesen't matter. Tried all methods with no success. WBFS from PC worked fine, so did loading ISOs. Hangs or is not detected. USB 2 SATA chipset is JMicron 20316 JM20339 1
Welland ME-601J 2.5 and 3.5"Sata HDD Docking Station USB2 and eSATA Works Not tested Not tested Tested with Western Digital WB800 80GB Sata HDD pulgged in, very surprised that it works so well 0
Wintec FileMate USB 3.5" 3FME3B2TW-R 3.5" SATA to USB 2.0 / eSATA External Enclosure Not tested Not tested Doesn't Work Tested with a Samsung EcoGreen F3 HD153W1 drive inside. Could mount WBFS on computer, could load games, and USB Loader GX and Wiiflow could see the game list on the Wii. Unfortunately it failed to load any game; load attempts sent you back to the main Wii menu. It's too bad, as this model looks just like the Wii: silver base, white case, blue lights. 0
Wintech EX-MOB-86 3,5" SATA to USB 2.0 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with USB Loader GX with a 250gb Samsung HDD 0
XtraStor 3.5" USB HDD Enclosure 152D 2338 Not Tested Not Tested Works Using USB Loader 1.5 Ultimate. For some games you need to configure the setting as we always do when using GeckoOS 0
Xtreamer Sidewinder 3 Not Tested Not Tested Works Tested with 2,5" 750GB Seagate Momentus HDD (ST9750420AS). Very nice combination with Media Player. Configurable USB Loader works perfect, USB Loader GX not working 0
Orico 25AU3 USB 3.0 2.5-Inch SATA External Hard Drive Enclosure 2537 1066 Issues Not Tested Issues Takes a slight amount of persuasion to initialize correctly. After opening Homebrew Channel or plugging the drive in, wait for the light on the drive to go from blue to fading in/out red, then press 1 and manually select "USB device". Now it'll work perfectly until you turn off the Wii or unplug the drive. 0

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