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Wii U Changing External Storage?
I currently have a Premium edition wii u, which I have been using with a 64GB pen drive as external storage, which has worked quite well. However, with Nintendo's eshop sales and other impulse buys, I have nearly filled both the onboard 32GB and the 64GB pen drive 
something I really never imagined happening.
I am quite fortunate in that I had a spare external USB3 hard drive to hand 2.5" USB powered type with single USB3 cable. So I simply want to swap over the 64GB pen for the external HDD.
However, I DONT want to lose the data on the USB pen, I want to copy it to the HDD. The snag here is that the Wii U (unless a recent update has changed this) won't allow two USB devices connected at once. Can I simply copy the data from the pen drive to Wii U storage then swap to the HDD and copy it back to the HDD and repeat this for the second 32GB or does registering the HDD as a Wii U storage device somehow de-register the pen drive?
Anyone else changed external storage on the Wii U? Is what I am proposing a good idea, or is there an easier way to do the same thing?
something I really never imagined happening.I am quite fortunate in that I had a spare external USB3 hard drive to hand 2.5" USB powered type with single USB3 cable. So I simply want to swap over the 64GB pen for the external HDD.
However, I DONT want to lose the data on the USB pen, I want to copy it to the HDD. The snag here is that the Wii U (unless a recent update has changed this) won't allow two USB devices connected at once. Can I simply copy the data from the pen drive to Wii U storage then swap to the HDD and copy it back to the HDD and repeat this for the second 32GB or does registering the HDD as a Wii U storage device somehow de-register the pen drive?
Anyone else changed external storage on the Wii U? Is what I am proposing a good idea, or is there an easier way to do the same thing?
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(Transfers can take awhile so be prepared to wait & have a WIiU Gamepad plugged into either the USB port or mains) ;-)
Do I need a dual USB cable to the drive connector like this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Storite-SuperSpeed-External-Seagate-Toshiba/dp/B00IR78GL8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1411556140&sr=8-4&keywords=USB+3.0+DUAL+Power+Y ?
or might I be lucky and find it can work off the standard cable with the drive?
U need that cable mate! ... I use 1 with my passport USB3 Ext HDD! 😉
Yep! ... The WIiU is useless without a decent (atleast 500GB) HDD! 👍
Is there anyway I can sort them into some kind of sensible order? e.g. having all the full retail games together, all the indies together and all the virtual console games together? Would make it a lot easier to find specific games.
Anyway, i may get a wii u - does a usb powered drive work ok? Can you use it for other stuff or does the wii formate the entire drive (ala a samsung smart tv)
Yeah just press and hold an icon and move it wherever you want.
You can now even make separate folders too if you wish ie: you can keep all Indies in one, Snes in another etc.
Yes a USB powered drive works, but you will need an appropriate USB Y-Cable.