SD Card storage question

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#1 ocarina_jedi
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Alright, I'll try to make this brief but still give you all the info.

I know I'm not the only person who has made some impulsive purchases on the Virtual Console. I seem to be running out of blocks on my Wii, so I wanted to move a game or two onto the SD Card to free up some space. (The primary game in question is Super C.) Lo and behold, I found an unused SD card for my cell phone. (Obviously, a standard SD card does not fit in my phone. It consists of a small chip that fits in an SD card adapter/shell.)

I plugged this card into my Wii and tried to move saved data to it. Realizing my worst fears it at first appeared that the card was not going to work, as I kept getting the message that the files were not transferrable (I tried a few different ones, and finally another one worked). Then I moved over to the Channels menu and tried moving the desired file through that method. This time it worked.

I guess my question is this. Are these two different transferring methods the same, or is there some data carried over through one that isn't through the other? Bottom line: If I move the data to the SD card, delete it off the Wii, will I have the option of moving it back with it still being playable?

Sorry for being so long-winded, and thanks in advance.

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#2 Rocky32189
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There are two files for every game: channel (the game) and save data. I would suggest keeping all the save data and just deleting the channels since the save data is usually just a block or two. Yes, if you move the data, delete it off your Wii and then recopy it later, nothing bad will happen.
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#3 ocarina_jedi
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Thank you.
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i have also noticed that some games are just not transferrable.. like i couldnt get my call of duty save info to my new wii if it ment my life.....

any ideas?

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#5 AlmightyDerek
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i have also noticed that some games are just not transferrable.. like i couldnt get my call of duty save info to my new wii if it ment my life.....

any ideas?

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Online games that use friend codes can't be transfered. Friend codes are specific to each console so they don't let you copy them. All VC and Wiiware games can be copied to to an SD card for future use, although all online Wiiware games' save files won't copy. Also if you copy a save file from a VC game to an SD card you'll lose the save state ( when it remembers exactly where you were) you can only keep the actual save file that the original game could save. Also I guess one more thing is that the Wii can only read SD cards 2GB or lower at the moment but there will be a big SD card firmware update next year that will hopefully change some things.