Yeah just use Neogamma to load the disc. And yes it's completely safe. But if you dl a lot of games you might want to consider using Usb loader (it saves you money in the long run)
depends on his firmware version, after 4.1 can't install cIOS without downgrading it wich is dangerous and i only did it because my wii was broke and wouldn't play discs >.> how ever if u want to instal one i can help i have experience with loaders