NAND Backup

What is the point of this? I'm sorry, I'm kind of a n00b, but I'm trying to learn!

P.S. I installed bootmii on a 3.2U wii succesfully with no errors.Keep up the great work, guys!

In case you brick your wii, Bootmii can be used to restore it.

Depends. Did you install BootMii as an IOS or as Boot2?

I installed it as boot 2. I bought my wii in December 06 if that helps.

In that case, the NAND Backup and Restore features will allow you to recover your Wii from any brick.

Dang! Thats awesome! I'll use this feature as soon as I can. (>^.^)> <(^.^<)

LOL, it's a backup; you're supposed to NOT have to use it unless you screw up :-P. So go ahead and backup and pray nothing bad happens :-O

LOL I meant i haven't backed it up yet, I'll do it as soon as i can, hence the title!!! Haha, you're funny.

I keep hearing that I'm funny...but sometimes I think people aren't being honest :-P

Hehe, I'm no liar jk! :P (>^.^)> <(^.^<)

Ok, just went to go and back it up and its just sitting there, doing nothing. It says not to power off, but i'm getting kinda tired of waiting. Can somone help?

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WaxyPumpkin72
Ok, just went to go and back it up and its just sitting there, doing nothing. It says not to power off, but i'm getting kinda tired of waiting. Can somone help?

I'm pretty sure that if it locks up while backing up your NAND, that's okay you can turn it off manually without causing damage, but the backup will be useless. Anyone wanna confirm this?

Yeah, i got tired of waiting so i just turned it off and everythngs ok. Thanks! :)

No problem, don't be afraid to try backing up again though. Here's the kicker: if you never do any WAD installations (and you really have no reason to), there's almost no way to brick your Wii, and therefore not too much of a reason to backup (short of other issues like potentially the NAND chip going bad)

Really? I didn't know that! I'm trying to learn as much as I can about hacking my wii, and I appreciate the info. :D

There are a lot more ways to brick your wii than just with WADs. To name a few:

-The power goes out while you are updating
-Backups (ew)
-Downgrading(*barf*)
-IOS Patching
-MIOS Patching

Almost all of which in my opinion are unnecessary :-P

I agree ;)

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Arikado
There are a lot more ways to brick your wii than just with WADs. To name a few:

-The power goes out while you are updating
-Backups (ew)
-Downgrading(*barf*)
-IOS Patching
-MIOS Patching

HAHA, thanks!!

lol, completely agree with the backups part(ew)!

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Arikado
There are a lot more ways to brick your wii than just with WADs. To name a few:
[...]
-Backups (ew)
[...]

I realy don't get the "Backups (ew)" part.
A backup won't hurt your Wii, because it is a backup.

It might hurt your Wii for other reasons (wrong region, CIOS), but not for any reason, that is backup related