diff --git a/nandExtract/readmii.txt b/nandExtract/readmii.txt
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+this is a tool to extract all or part of an encrypted nand dump to a file system.
+it is based off code from http://sites.google.com/site/parannoyedwii/ with a few bug fixes.
diff --git a/nand_dump/readmii.txt b/nand_dump/readmii.txt
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+this program downloads files from NUS.  currently it supports installing them to an extracted nand dump for use in sneek/dolphin.
+downloaded files can be cached to a local file so next time you try to download that title, you wont need to get it from NUS.
+
+TODO...
+saving content to a seperate folder and packing wads is only partially done
diff --git a/saveToy/readmii.txt b/saveToy/readmii.txt
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+this is a tool to list saves in an extracted nand dump
+
+TODO:
+add some sort of extract/delete/install functionality