304 game loading from NTFS

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Issue?  Dunno.  Do I need help?  Yes.

Have a 4.3u softmodded Wii...
wiiflow 304-249 loads and runs fine - sees all games on usb hard drive - lists 
them all with their covers...games don't load though.   when hitting "play" on 
a particular game...it says please wait and goes right back to the game with 
the "play" and "back" buttons within a second of hitting play the first time.  
I have 249 r20 56 and 250 r20 57 loaded.  Using a Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 
1TB drive, NTFS formatted, 1 partition marked as primary and active.  Hard 
drive structure is drive:\wbfs\gameidfolder\game.wbfs which I assume to be 
correct.  

Again, maybe this is not a defect and more of a function of something I haven't 
done yet to ensure wiiflow to work correctly.  any help I can get I would 
appreciate.  you guys are doing a great job.
thanks
bbcardwiz

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bbcard...@gmail.com on 12 Dec 2010 at 6:11

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i have 302-249 running with an ntfs harddrive with same ios in both places
no problem running any game they all work (300+)

Original comment by d...@onsmail.nl on 18 Dec 2010 at 12:45

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just curious how you added them to your drive?

Original comment by Miigotu on 18 Dec 2010 at 8:20

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this is most likely due to files with too many fragments, or too many splits.  
Some applications do not preallocate space for files it will add, causing many 
fragments to be created. Try defragmentting your drive, or re-adding them to 
the drive with wii backup manager.  Ive made some changes to frag in private 
beta so it may help this situation if your problems arent too many fragments.

Original comment by Miigotu on 19 Dec 2010 at 1:02

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thanks all for looking into this.  since it is an NTFS drive I simply dragged 
and dropped from another NTFS drive that I have with games on it within xp. the 
files are all wbfs files so I'm not sure what you mean by fragments. With me 
dragging and dropping what is weird is all the files (source drive) I dragged 
and dropped from work just fine with a wode and wodeflow setup.   however the 
target drive where all the copies of those files went just doesn't work with 
wiiflow.  Further, with me dragging and dropping I did not use wii backup 
manager - i assumed I wouldn't have to since it was NTFS to NTFS (one of the 
pros of making an NTFS drive).  I will try this instead and let you know if it 
works.  thanks for all the suggestions.

Original comment by bbcard...@gmail.com on 19 Dec 2010 at 7:35

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I know this is probably a closed issue but I wanted to report that Wii Backup 
Manager (V.0.3.6 build 48) did the trick as suggested.  I wiped the drive clean 
from all the copied files then added (transfered) the games from Wii Backup 
Manager.  All transfered games then worked.   Thanks everyone for the 
suggestion!

Original comment by bbcard...@gmail.com on 21 Dec 2010 at 3:31