Checkmark: Checksum is known and is valid.

GCN MemCard Recover does support verifying the checksums of some files, which is indicated by the icon in the rightmost column: If this happens, the file will appear to be extracted successfully, but attempting to load the save file in the game will result in either a 'file corrupted' error or a crash. If files are heavily fragmented, GCN MemCard Recover may not be able to successfully recover them. Unfortunately, this means that file recovery has a few limitations:ġ. GCN MemCard Recover works by searching through the file data instead of using the file system's directory tables. The file(s) will be saved in GCI format, which you can then restore onto the memory card using GCMM. Highlight the file(s) you want to extract, then click the 'Save' button. Once it's finished scanning, any files it found will appear in the list highlighted in yellow.

GCN MemCard Recover will scan each block of the memory card image to see if it can find matches for known files.

To search for files deleted and/or lost due to reformatting or file system corruption, click the 'Scan' button in the Memory Card Details toolbar. the card was reformatted and reused), they will appear in the list. If there were any save files that were normally visible on the GameCube (e.g. GCN MemCard Recover will open the image file. Once the memory card image is dumped, you can open the image file in GCN MemCard Recover:

See the GCMM page for information on how to dump a raw image of a GCN memory card. You will need an SD card or USB mass storage device in order to dump the memory card. GCMM is more up-to-date and has more functionality, so GCMM is recommended. Two programs are available for this purpose: In order to recover files from a GCN memory card, you will first need to dump the memory card image to a computer-readable format using a Nintendo Wii.

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