1tb wd elements problem

**guesty** · 05-01-10, 06:30 PM

I have a 1tb wd elements hdd and just formtted it with wbfs manager and it worked with usb loader gx. So then i thought i would partion the drive in half and use some room for software. I used EASEUS Partition Master 4.0 partioned the drive and used the second partion for games all seemed to work fine usb loader reads the drive but when you click on the game the disk spins the click again and all you get is a blank screen. I have tried fat32, ntfs with no success is there a limit to the size of the partion? or any other tricks to get it working?

**Al Bundy** · 06-01-10, 12:45 PM

What version of USB LoaderGX are you using?

**freakee1** · 06-01-10, 09:18 PM

Hey Guesty try this

you can download - and stick usbloader_gx folder in the apps part of your sd card and try running USB loader as an application through Homebrew Channel

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**sniper2010** · 07-01-10, 10:29 AM

which games are affected?

**guesty** · 07-01-10, 05:06 PM

thanks for the help i was running usb loader gx rev843 i have downloaded the version freakee recomended but i'm waiting for the hdd to do a full format. is there a limit on the partion size as i would like to split to have 500 gig for games and the rest for software.I read your first partion should be software and the second should be for games. Do i format to ntfs or fat32? it just gets me that out of the box and formatting with wbfs it worked? at the moment i can get the games to come up in the menu of usb loader they just don't play when they did before i partioned the drive.

**sniper2010** · 07-01-10, 08:28 PM

I have mine cut at 400g first partition in wbfs and the remainder in ntfs for music/vids on the wii
Never had an issue with usb loader gx or config loader

**Mgoldbe1** · 07-01-10, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by guesty

thanks for the help i was running usb loader gx rev843 i have downloaded the version freakee recomended but i'm waiting for the hdd to do a full format. is there a limit on the partion size as i would like to split to have 500 gig for games and the rest for software.I read your first partion should be software and the second should be for games. Do i format to ntfs or fat32? it just gets me that out of the box and formatting with wbfs it worked? at the moment i can get the games to come up in the menu of usb loader they just don't play when they did before i partioned the drive.

The max hdd partition size for USB Loader is 500Gb. I have always done a slow full NTFS format on my drives first before formatting with WBFS (or plugging into Wii and formatting with USB Loader).

I recommend you use Windows storage management to create partitions first, then format both slowly in NTFS (or FAT32 for the non Wii partition if that's what you want..I don't use FAT32) then setup the Wii drive with WBFS. I don't know which partition is better for WBFS as I have a 320GB 2.5 drive with 1 partition....

I don't recommend creating partitions on the fly for any drives...always better to start from scratch and do it once right.

Hoped to have been of some help,