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The '''DiscUpdate Disc''' is a disc which installs an update on a Wii console and verifies that the update has been installed using a special program. In late 2018, this disc was obtained and dumped by NWPlayer123, revealing that it installs updates through the Wii Menu and contains a checker program (known as "boot-steve") listing titles which the disc should install and verifying that they are installed.
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The '''DiscUpdate Disc''' is a disc which installs an update on a Wii console via the [[Wii System Menu]]'s update mechanism, and verifies that the update has been installed using a special program ("boot-steve"). This disc was obtained and dumped by NWPlayer123 in late 2018.
    
The disc installs its contents through an update partition, and the actual program on the disc is just a verification tool, unlike the [[Movie-Ch Install Disc]] which installs WADs on the disc itself.
 
The disc installs its contents through an update partition, and the actual program on the disc is just a verification tool, unlike the [[Movie-Ch Install Disc]] which installs WADs on the disc itself.
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Later versions of the [[Wii System Menu]] block this disc by its ID (similar to the [[Wii Startup Disc]] ID) for unknown reasons.
 
Later versions of the [[Wii System Menu]] block this disc by its ID (similar to the [[Wii Startup Disc]] ID) for unknown reasons.
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== History ==
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==History==
 
The disc was initially discovered through an image posted online in the late 2000s showing it alongside the [[Movie-Ch Install Disc]] and [[Wii Backup Disc]], then was later discovered to be for sale on [[GameDealDaily]]'s website.{{Template:WiiNavbox}}
 
The disc was initially discovered through an image posted online in the late 2000s showing it alongside the [[Movie-Ch Install Disc]] and [[Wii Backup Disc]], then was later discovered to be for sale on [[GameDealDaily]]'s website.{{Template:WiiNavbox}}