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How to Back Up Nintendo Wii Games Onto DVDs

It's a good idea to create backups of Wii games just in case the disc gets scratched or damaged. This method can help to save money on replacing already-owned Wii games that, for some reason, have become damaged or unusable.

Things You'll Need

Wii-compatible DVD-ROM drive
Wii game disc
DVD-RW drive
DVD-R

Instructions

- 1
  The first thing you will need is a Wii-compatible DVD-ROM drive. There are 4 different drives that will read Wii game discs, all made by LG:
  - LG 8161B
  - LG 8162B
  - LG 8163B
  - LG 8164B - this is the most affordable one, and works just fine for this. Newegg.com is a good place to find one of these. Make sure it's the exact model listed above, or you will be unable to read Wii game discs.
- 2
  Install the drive into your computer following instructions that came with it. Test it with a regular DVD to make sure it's installed correctly.
- 3
  Once this is complete you need to download the following software applications: Raw Dump 2.1, .Net Framework 2.0 and IZArc. Download and install these programs, and then extract the RawDump .rar file.
- 4
  Insert the Wii game disc into the LG DVD-ROM drive, then run Raw Dump from the extracted location. Once open, click "Start Dump" and wait for the process. It may take several hours.
- 5
  It should have dumped to the Raw Dump folder, for which the size of the .ISO file should be 4.37 GB. Burn the .ISO file to a DVD-R using a program such as Nero at the slowest speed available to ensure quality.

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