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stanokaka
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Wii HDD Help!

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Hey, I was wondering, if there is a way that i could take out the dvd drive from the wii, and replace it with a 2.5" Internal Sata Hard Drive 500gb like this one http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/wd-scorpi ... 9-pdt.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Or a 3.5" Internal Sata Hard Drive like this http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/the-techg ... 1-pdt.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And finally, could i take out the dvd drive and replace it with this external hard drive?
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/seagate-f ... 5-pdt.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Or would i have to keep the dvd drive in?

Thank You And Please Answer My Question ASAP.
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For using an external hard drive :

http://gbatemp.net/t179085-9658-9658-96 ... -9668-9668" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You can actually use the above method with a 2.5" Usb drive and a small usb cable to get it inside the Wii and remove the Dvd drive also.

For using an internal hard drive replacing the dvd drive :

http://www.ps3news.com/Nintendo-Wii/nin ... on-review/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.modchipstore.com/sundriver-16485.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Sundriver is the best way to go because it can play both Wii and GC games from it.
BTW, it is cheaper here
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Hmmm, thanks :D
im planning on making a wii laptop, i have the disc drive, and i seemed to have screwed the mobo up (buying a new one soon)

What do you guys think would sell easier?
Wii with disc drive?
Or
Wii with SunDriver?
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Sundriver is quick and easy.
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hailrazer wrote:Sundriver is quick and easy.
So it would sell easier with a sundriver than a dvd drive?
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stanokaka wrote:
hailrazer wrote:Sundriver is quick and easy.
So it would sell easier with a sundriver than a dvd drive?
I would never sell a modded system with the way governments have been cracking down on sellers.
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hailrazer wrote:
stanokaka wrote:
hailrazer wrote:Sundriver is quick and easy.
So it would sell easier with a sundriver than a dvd drive?
I would never sell a modded system with the way governments have been cracking down on sellers.
modded? Well what would sell easier?
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stanokaka wrote:
hailrazer wrote:
stanokaka wrote:
hailrazer wrote:Sundriver is quick and easy.
So it would sell easier with a sundriver than a dvd drive?
I would never sell a modded system with the way governments have been cracking down on sellers.
modded? Well what would sell easier?
Just be very careful how you word it And DO NOT put anything on the harddrive other than the loader software.
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hailrazer wrote:H
stanokaka wrote:
hailrazer wrote:
stanokaka wrote:
hailrazer wrote:Sundriver is quick and easy.
So it would sell easier with a sundriver than a dvd drive?
I would never sell a modded system with the way governments have been cracking down on sellers.
modded? Well what would sell easier?
Just be very careful how you word it And DO NOT put anything on the harddrive other than the loader software.
I won't :)
but if you wanted to sell it, what would you connect the wii to? The original DVD drive, or the SunDriver?
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U
stanokaka wrote:
hailrazer wrote:H
stanokaka wrote:
hailrazer wrote:
stanokaka wrote:
hailrazer wrote:Sundriver is quick and easy.
So it would sell easier with a sundriver than a dvd drive?
I would never sell a modded system with the way governments have been cracking down on sellers.
modded? Well what would sell easier?
Just be very careful how you word it And DO NOT put anything on the harddrive other than the loader software.
I won't :)
but if you wanted to sell it, what would you connect the wii to? The original DVD drive, or the SunDriver?
For a Wii laptop? I would add a harddrive and have the disc drive.
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hailrazer wrote:U
stanokaka wrote:
hailrazer wrote:H
stanokaka wrote:
hailrazer wrote:
stanokaka wrote:
hailrazer wrote:Sundriver is quick and easy.
So it would sell easier with a sundriver than a dvd drive?
I would never sell a modded system with the way governments have been cracking down on sellers.
modded? Well what would sell easier?
Just be very careful how you word it And DO NOT put anything on the harddrive other than the loader software.
I won't :)
but if you wanted to sell it, what would you connect the wii to? The original DVD drive, or the SunDriver?
For a Wii laptop? I would add a harddrive and have the disc drive.
Hmmmmm, Well for my first wii laptop I now know that I'm going to use the disc drive and for my second the harddrive.
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Post by mako321 »

If you mean having both, I don't think it'll be too easy(with a sundriver, at least) If you want to use a sundriver and a dvd drive, I would just go for a WODE since the sundriver doesn't have a way to connect both it and the dvd drive, since it has no passthrough mode. If anything, use a dvd drive and wode or just use a usb loader.
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