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No need to leave HDD in WBFS format for most Wii Loaders anymore - so convert your WBFS HDD to fat32 - then LB can see the files you want to import. download and use this tool. It converts the drive WITHOUT LOSING YOUR GAMES !! use this link to download the WBFS2FAT app. https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-convert-from-wbfs-to-fat32-or-ntfs.292391/

Solved - Thanks Lordmonkus. The simple answer is - reading a WBFS drive is basically impossible from a WinX machine. So - the reason it was WBFS was because the WiiLoader required that format (when i set it up 5 years ago!!). It seems WiiLoaders do NOT need that format now and can handle Fat32. So - use this link to download the WBFS2FAT app. https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-convert-from-wbfs-to-fat32-or-ntfs.292391/ in less than 30 seconds the entire drive ws conferted to FAT32 and RETAINED ALL GAME DATA. LB now sees the files and can import them.

Yep - i saw that thread- and a hole lot of people went down all sorts of rabbit holes. I think the answer is exactly as you have above - except as far as i can find - there is no file browser that allows me to drag a file off a wbfs drive onto a NTFS drive.

my computer wont display the wbfs file in any browser and LB cant see them when it browses. I can only see the content of thedrive through wbfs. When i click on the drive letter in win10 the only option i have is to format the HDD. How did you see files on a wbfs formatted drive?

Thanks hmm - when i go to import rom in LB i cannot actually see the roms when i browse for them. The disc is formatted as a WBFS - the games just dont show in windows. I have tried some other browsers too. i have a feeling there was a linix one i may search for too. From other threads - do you have your HDD formatted as a WBFS or as NTSC with .wad files on that. I think this is a WBFS HDD format issue. This HDD is wdfs format so the Wii will read it too. (it wont read a NTFS/FAt drive) So i have no way to select the roms to import. The reason i am trying to import them in the wbfs format is they are a LOT smaller than an 4.xGb iso. i have found a LONG way around. Step 1 Use WBFS file manager to export the game to an ISO (4GB) Step 2 Import said ISO into dolphin Step 3 Use dolphin option to compress the iso into a .gcz file (300mb) Step 4 import .gcz file into dolphin (to check it plays) Step 5 delete iso file Step 6 drag .gcz file into LB.

hello - i have ~500 Wii games on a HDD formatted by WBFS. (from a softmodded wii) When i search for Roms in LB it only shows the wad files on that disc that are Wiiware- not the Wii games. I used WBFS 3 to convert Animal crossing to an ISO and placed in on an NTFS drive and LB sees and imports and plays that game perfectly. I thought LB could handle Wii images in the WBFS format. Am i wrong or just doing it wrong?

yep

http://www.gametdb.com/Wii/Downloads

Does Daphne work OUTSIDE of Launchbox? If so - continue to wait for a boffin to reply (probably with a link to this thread - ) If you have not had Daphne work in its own right then i think (may b wrong) you need to have a look at that first. Daphne requires special "keys" to work. There is no point importing a daphne iso/rom and "clicking run". Daphne requires (rather cunningly) that you own a copy of a disc. When it first runs it asks you for that disc to be inserted - and then actually downloads and activates the iso of the disc you own. From memory one game can activate a few. - and now onto try and get Daphne to work in launchbox myself.....

Hello Wow what a great front end. in the few hours i have been setting this up i have managed to find the answers to all the questions bar these ones: in the info window i see the game play video snap (in arcade platform for mame in this case) and it is on a constant loop. Can i set it to play once? Can i set it to mute if it must loop? so fa4 13 systems imported - this is great !!!