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Copy protected saves via the wii save menu!

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2026 update: this topic dates from 2008 and the tools have changed since. The up-to-date method is in our tutorial Wii and GameCube saves in 2026: SaveGame Manager GX, GCMM, Nintendont and Dolphin.

Thanks to Gecko OS, or Backup Launcher 0.3 Gamma, you can copy protected save files using the reboot function which allows activating a code enabling the copying of protected saves directly via the Wii Saves menu!!! ;)

I: Downloading and preparing the card.

First of all, download either Gecko OS 1.07 B or Backup Launcher 0.3 Gamma.

Gecko OS 1.07b
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Copy the contents into the apps folder of your card, and launch one of the two homebrews via the Homebrew Channel, if you have the wads of the homebrews, you can then use the channels...

II: Usage

For Gecko OS 1.07b

1. Launch the application.
2. Choose Config Menu
3. Set YES for Remove Copy Flag
4. Press B
5. The console restarts


For Backup launcher 0.3 Gamma

1. Launch the application.
2. Choose Config Menu
3. Set YES for Remove Copy Flag
4. Press B
5. The console restarts

III: Copying Saves

1. Click on the button at the bottom left:

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2. Choose Data Management

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3. Choose Save Data

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4. Choose Wii

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5. Put an SD card in the front port of your wii

6. Copy the save of your choice, magically it works!! (even with Smash Bros Brawl!!)

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Warning: if you turn off your wii, you'll have to start the operation over ;)

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I didn't know that.

Thanks a lot :D

Excellent tutorial too.
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Thanks and it works both ways:

Copy the save from the SD Card to the Wii
Copy the save from the Wii to the SD Card

Tested with Smash Bros Brawl (PAL) ;)
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Thanks for this tutorial Tgames ;) I'll never say it enough, this forum is Top ;)
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thanks a lot this forum is great but the blog less so, if I were you tgames I'd drop the blog to focus on the forums which are excellent
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yes, I was planning to remove it anyway ;)
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I tested with Mario Kart.

Works perfectly.
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great Thanks ^^ at first I used savegames installer and extractor
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yes but it's much better to go directly through the original menu ;)
Especially since the copy still works ;)
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There's also another trick... You put Preloader on your console and set remove copy flag and it's pretty similar but there's like a hundred thousand times more risk of bricking :98:

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Uh I don't get the point of all these operations...
Me, when I insert my sd card, I can copy game saves from my wii to my sd card with no prior operation at all... I don't get it.
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There are certain games where you can't copy to your SD because they're protected, these are generally the games where you can go Online (ex: Mario Kart, SSBB etc...)
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So I have a problem: I launch Gecko OS, I go into the options, I choose remove copy flag, I press "B" and there CODE DUMP :shock:

Same with Backup Launcher Gamma 0.3. I'm on 4.0E and even on 3.2E it was doing it to me.

Please, if anyone has the solution to my problem it would be nice to tell me because right now I'm completely stuck with my code dumps -_-.

Thanks in advance.

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Did you install the preloader?

If so it's normal, the rebooter can't find your system menu because it's been moved ;)
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Yes I installed Preloader but on 4.0 you don't have the "remove copy flag" option but I still have 12 options (thanks hilo ^^")

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Hi,
here's a compatible hacks.ini that does the trick.
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Check: remove no copy protection
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xouabita wrote:Hi,
here's a compatible hacks.ini that does the trick.
Check: remove no copy protection
Yes, I know that now there's one that does that but never mind I downgraded anyway, plus, the new version of gecko os works with Preloader so no problem, thanks anyway!

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Hello, I'd like to know how I can restore my Wii saves like Super Smash Bros Brawl knowing I've installed ciospack v3.5 + cios38 rev 14.
A hand please ^^?



re-edit: nah it's fine thanks ^^' I found it.
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Hi everyone.
I'm having a small problem transferring my saves from one Wii to another.

Basically, I have a Wii on 4.1 with HBC and everything set up, and I'd like to transfer my saves to another one on 4.3, with no hacks whatsoever and that I don't want to hack.

From the first one, I copied my saves properly from the Wii menu and using the Priiloader hacks for the protected ones. Unfortunately when I'm on the second one and I try to copy from the SD card to the Wii (still from the normal Wii menu), I get an error saying I can't copy the data to this Wii.

Still without wanting to modify anything on the second console, I tried just launching Gecko OS via LetterBomb, to use the rebooter to copy my saves, but surprise, "Launch Rebooter" is missing from my menu...

So I'm out of ideas to copy these saves "cleanly" and without modifying anything on this second Wii :(

Would anyone have a solution to suggest?
Thanks in advance! :)
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