My old friend is on his death bed!

[thegreatcaleb]

My dear Wii that i got for my birthday in 2006 doesn't read disks anymore, ik this is a mainly PC website but it is toms"hardware" so i hope you guys can help me
I can load the mii creator thing just fine, i even checked my play time historys and viewed my saves, i can provide more info if you need. my main goal is to get the save data off it but i would like to have my Wii back up n running. Any answers appreciated.
-Caleb

 

[mcnumpty23]

after 10 years not surprising

mine has been in the cupboard for years lol

but do remember something about i soft modded it to run stuff off usb drive so didnt need the disc drive

may be able to do something similar with yours--but it was so long ago no idea what i actually did to it

 

[weberdarren97]

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Nintendo+Wii+DVD+Drive+Replacement/5164

 

[weberdarren97]

after 10 years not surprising

mine has been in the cupboard for years lol

but do remember something about i soft modded it to run stuff off usb drive so didnt need the disc drive

may be able to do something similar with yours--but it was so long ago no idea what i actually did to it

You'd be surprised at the quality of Nintendo products. My GameCube is still working perfectly... I replaced the fan about two years ago, but that's all that needed done to it.

Can we all just agree that an HD GameCube would have been single player heaven?

 

[mcnumpty23]

yeah i have no doubt if dug mine out it would still work shows your age when you know things used to be built to last lol

 

[weberdarren97]

yeah i have no doubt if dug mine out it would still work shows your age when you know things used to be built to last lol

Shows your age? I'm 19 Lol

 

[mcnumpty23]

shows mine lol because i actually do remember when things were built to last

 

[weberdarren97]

When I was young, I was given a computer in which an AMD CPU went into a slot. I'm young still, but I've had a lot older stuff and I'm amazed at how well it holds up to the test of time. Most of the reason I got into older stuff is that I was interested in finding out for myself just how much everything has progressed.

 

[thegreatcaleb]

Dont have a replacement drive and doubt i can get one, anyway i can move the data to my wii u?

 

[weberdarren97]

http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1124/~/how-to-transfer-content-from-a-wii-to-a-wii-u