Starting Page/For Dummies

This page will link you to the appropriate pages you need, to do what you want to do. Follow the instructions under whatever question/s describe what you'd like to be able to do.

README FIRST: Ground rules

• This tutorial does not explicitly tell you when to switch your SD card and/or USB drive between the Wii and PC, but it is easy to tell where it should be for any step.
  • Unless explicitly stated to the contrary, insert your SD card into the Wii before any steps that involve the Wii.
  • If you are told to copy anything to or from the SD card, use a card reader and your PC.
• Read all sections of pages, especially the "What you should install first" sections.
• This guide uses the syntax sd:/directory/subdirectory/ to refer to directories and/or files on the SD card.
• Pay attention to the difference between: "Copy the directory to…" and "Copy the contents of the directory to…"
• Files linked to in this tutorial are often in .zip or .rar format. Windows users can use Winrar to open them and extract their contents.
• The instructions are often along the lines of "Unzip/Unrar file_x and copy file_y to sd:/folder_z. This means that you should open the file_x archive and only copy file_y to the SD card, even if there are more files within the archive.
• Follow instructions carefully, and you'll be done in no time. Enjoy!

Do you want to make a backup of your Wii so that you can recover from a mistake during installation?

1. Install BootMii

Would you like to upgrade your Wii firmware in a safe way that avoids the risk of the official Nintendo update?

1. Install or upgrade the Homebrew Channel
2. Install or upgrade IOS249
3. Perform the safe 4.2 Upgrade procedure
4. Perform a Wii Shop update

Would you like to be able to access the Wii Shop while keeping your homebrew access?

1. Install the Homebrew Channel
2. Perform a Wii Shop update

Would you like to be able to play games and run applications made by other Wii users?

1. Install the Homebrew Channel
2. Install the Homebrew Browser

Do you want to play games from other regions from your Wii console (i.e., imports)?

1. Install the Homebrew Channel
2. Install a Region Free application

and/or

1. Install the Homebrew Channel
2. Install IOS249
3. Install Hermes' IOS222/223
4. Install a USB Loader

Would you like to be able to install games to a USB hard drive and run them from there instead of the disc?

1. Install the Homebrew Channel
2. Install IOS249
3. Install Hermes' IOS222/223
4. Install a USB Loader

Would you like to move games from an old WBFS partition to a FAT partition?

1. Perform a WBFS to FAT Transfer

Would you like to remotely access the contents of your SD card and/or a FAT32 partition of your Wii's HDD from your computer?

1. Install the Homebrew Channel
2. Install IOS249
3. Configure the FTPii server on your Wii, with your FTP client of choice.