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How to Burn a Wii Disk

A Nintendo Wii game disc, like any optical disc, can be scratched or accidentally broken and rendered unplayable. You can make a copy of your legally-owned Wii game disc so that the original can be put away for safekeeping. You will need a computer and DVD copying and burning software, of which there are a number of free programs that all operate in a similar fashion. The copy of the Wii game disc that will be burned to a blank DVD will function exactly like the original, although you must have a modified ("modded") Wii in order to be able to play the disc.

Things You'll Need

Computer
Web browser
Internet access
DVD burner drive
Blank recordable DVD

Instructions

Copying The Wii Game Disc
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  Download a Wii disc data copy program to the desktop of the computer (for example, the free RawDump program). Double-click on the program once it has fully downloaded. Follow the menu prompts to install the program onto the computer's hard drive.
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  Download a DVD burning program to the desktop of the computer (for example, the free ImgBurn program). Double-click on the program once it has fully downloaded. Follow the menu prompts to install the program onto the computer's hard drive. Restart the PC after the installation is completed.
- 3
  Eject the disc tray of the DVD burner drive. Put the Wii game disc onto the disc tray. Close the disc tray.
- 4
  Double-click on the icon of the Wii disc data copy program to launch it.
- 5
  Select the DVD burner drive from the "Devices" drop-down menu.
- 6
  Click the "Start dump" button.
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  Quit the Wii disc data copy program once the Wii game disc has been copied and a file deposited onto the desktop.
- 8
  Eject the disc tray of the DVD burner drive. Remove the Wii game disc. Insert a blank recordable DVD onto the disc tray. Close the disc tray.
Burning The Wii Game Disc
- 9
  Double-click on the icon of the DVD burning program to launch it.
- 10
  Select the DVD burner drive from the drop-down menu below "Devices" on the DVD burning program's main screen.
- 11
  Select "DVD-data" from the drop-down menu below "File format" on the DVD burning program's main screen.
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  Drag the Wii game disc file onto the icon of the DVD burning program--the icon is on the desktop or in the dock to the left or at the bottom of the screen.
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  Click the "Start" or "Burn" button on the DVD burning program's main screen.
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  Quit the DVD burning program once the Wii game disc copy has been burned. Eject the disc tray of the DVD burner drive. Remove the Wii game disc copy. Close the disc tray.

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