wbfs2fat.py - WBFS to FAT32 conversion

I have my hhd formatted to WBFS and have all my games backed up on there. Question, will this program convert to fat32 and still keep all games in tact or will I have to re-install them? If it does then then this program is long awaited as I want all my emulators to run thier games off of my hdd as well!

This does the conversion for you. When you end up you should have a FAT32 drive w/ ur titles on it.

[Edit] If you end up using it, I'd be interested in hearing about ur experience here...

-Blu

Changelog
v0.8.3
quick fix for backup creation on windows
previous backups are working but difficult to use (alternate data stream)

Thank you !! I've been reluctant to change (if it aint broke dont fix it!) but I was curious ...converted a 920 gig partition to fat32 wiiflow did not see it but cfg did ...but I couldnt drop wiiflow so converted the fat32 to ntfs with easeus partition manager (free version) now wiiflow reads it a-ok!! yay faster game copying !!
worked great ...3 partitions done so far...I did make a backup like the guide said and checked the disk for errors before I started playing..so far all games I've played are error free.

Nice. I've been looking to test this myself as I'm still using a WBFS formatted drive for my games. But too lazy; hopefully this weekend I'll give it a shot

I converted a 8gb flashdrive to wbfs format and transfer some games to it.
Just tried it and it WORKS!!!

Download link above is 404, try here DOWNLOAD

Originally Posted by rogerde

Hi,
Not sure if there is any support from wiihacks senior members or staff, or anyone even.
I've been sent here by a member from another post.
My hdd is wbfs format and i've been using WBFSmanager 4.0 for it seems an age to load games on.
Now i'm not someone who likes a change unless something is wrong, but there is a lot of talk about being on fat32 and i think it's time.
I must admit i've had no problems with any game on my usb hdd.
When wbfs2fat starts up it comes up with my drives connected to laptop. My usb hdd is letter E but it say's permission denied and i can't do anything. Have also ran program as administrator to.
Laptop OS windows7, also tried on windows vista.

Hope someone can help me out.

I know it you may not look as it has been 2 months but I will PM you as well.

I had this problem and could not understand why permission was denied as I was logged in as an Administrator and could browse/access drives using windows/WBFS Manager.

Even if you are logged in as administrator right click on the .exe and choose 'run as administrator' that will fix your permissions problems... BTW yes i've finally converted and it is an awesome bit of software....many thanks (as ever) to Wiihacks !!

Used this today and it was the easiest thing I have done to the Wii so far.
Couple of questions...

1.) I have a WD320 Passport, one from the compatibility list. This originally had the WD partition on it, a FAT32 partition and a WBFS partition that I had the backup games on.
Since I used the WBFS2FAT converter, which was painless, I now have the WD partition with two FAT32 partitions on. The original one and the converted one. How do I combine the two FAT32 partitions? I have looked at Partition Magic V7 that I have and it shows that drive as one big HPTP drive or something, not the two FAT partitions.

2.) I tried playing the backups and they play fine using USB Loader but won't play using Configurable USB, won't find the FAT partiton. Am I stuck with USB Loader?

TIA

KBL

So my buddy gave me his Wii to update and get him all the latest and greatest. His was the second Wii I ever modded, so naturally his HDD was formatted as WBFS. I did the switch to FAT32 on mine before this was available and it took a frikkin long time. Using this prog, I did his in less than a minute! One of the most painless and easiest things I have ever used! I have known about this app for awhile and have recommended it to many, but just never had a chance to try it myself, so please excuse me for being so excited

@KBL - try using Easeus, and you need to delete the old config file in CFG - settings.cfg.

Originally Posted by cjizzle

I have known about this app for awhile and have recommended it to many, but just never had a chance to try it myself, so please excuse me for being so excited

NOOB..... lmao

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Originally Posted by emuhack

NOOB..... lmao

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Hahahaha! Like a noob in the noob candy store man! LMAO

Originally Posted by cjizzle

@KBL - try using Easeus, and you need to delete the old config file in CFG - settings.cfg.

Hi Jizzle,

I have already used EaseUS successfully. 8)
The .cfg file. Is that on the Sd card?

Originally Posted by KBL

The .cfg file. Is that on the Sd card?

Yes, in the sd/usb-loader folder.

I am trying to get this to work but am having no such luck. Can anyone assist? Greatly appreciated.

I'm getting this error "ERROR <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>" during the "creating FAT filesystem" part of the process.

What I have is a 2 TB WBFS formatted drive with 495 games on it.

Is there a maximum limit to the number of titles that can be processed?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Edit: Couple of observations.
1. It fails at the same point each time (however I have deleted the game in question, and it just fails on the next one. Almost like it's hitting an upper limit and can't process any more.

2. I deleted 5 games off the drive,and it seems to get just a little further, but again now fails at the same point.

Mike

So I guess I was just extracting the files wrong. Program works, I have not yet gone ahead and made the switch yet. Is it as simple as locating the WBFS drive and clicking "convert to Fat32"? I just want to be sure so I don't lose all my games. I have a 500gb HD, about how many Wii games is that with Fat32? I have about 90 now and it takes up around 200gb I think on WBFS. Wondering if I should dedicate to the whole thing to Fat32 or leave a little for NTFS. Advice, comment, suggestions are all appreciated. Thanks in advance.

correct me if I'm wrong,,
I thought I read here that the size of the game would be at the normal 4.589 gig when in the fat32 ,
and not have the filler removed as with WBFS.
thanks for ALL the great stuff..

Trying to convert my drive, input is as follows:
Attachment 4245Attachment 4246

After that, I aborted and restored backup. What should I do to fix that?
Ubuntu 12.10, running on sudo.

Hi,

I click on the link and it goes to a 404 error. Does anyone have a link to the download that works? I tried the one posted by bigjat69 but that one is a 404 error also. Thanks for your time.