Comprehensive guide to playing backups on Wii

Everyone out there have nightmares about scratching or losing their dear Nintendo Wii games from time to time. Console manufacturers always tighten up the security of their devices in order to fight the piracy but doing so they strip us of our rightful wish to have a back-up of legally purchased cd for personal use. And community is fighting back. So here's the first draft of burning and playing back-ups on Wii guide. There's just 4 steps for those strong at heart:

1. Dump a disk
This is the most complicated step and it would take your anywhere from 50 hours to a week to complete it.
First of all, grab a wii disk dumper and head for a PC equipped with a right DVD player - LG-8164b, LG-8163b or LG-8162b.
You can find one on EBay or order it at your local PC retailer. If your couldn't install it yourself, ask a computer-literate friend, relative or your pc vendor serviceman to give your a hand. Once you've all components in one place - that is your workstation, start they dumper and cross your fingers. Luckily you'll soon have a decrypted ISO image.

2. Burn a backup
Replace an original Wii disk with a blank writable DVD and burn your ISO. If you don't know how to do it or there's no software, download a free trial of Sateira CD&DVD burner and follow it's simple instructions. Once the disk is burned, mark it with a cd pen and put it next to your console to abuse in various ways while keeping the original in safe dry place.

3. Upgrade your Wii with a modchip
To boot a game from a backup, you'll need to make some alterations to your console. Some say that it'd void your guaranty, some say it won't, but, well, frankly speeking it's up to you to make such a decision. When your are through with double guessing yourself, go to the local workshop (ask for one Wii forums or look at Craiglist), and have your Wii modded. If you're any good with tinkering and not afraid of soldering some wires, you could possibly mod the device youself - it'd save your some cash to burn on the next game. There's two modchips currently available or under development - Wiinja (you can have it for 40 euros (~$45) and Cyclowiz (coming soon).

4. Insert and start a backed-up game
Sit back and relax - and you can even put your coffee cup on a spare backup disk, while holding your wiimote like a lightsabre in a dual grip.