Charlie_ Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Are there good utilities like CHKDSK and DEFRAG for the ST? Where can I get them? I'd like to run them on my Mega STe hard drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moulinaie Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I use Diamond Edge : fix disk errors, lost clusters etc... Don't know where to get it (on my hard disk...!!) Guillaume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 I use Diamond Edge : fix disk errors, lost clusters etc... Don't know where to get it (on my hard disk...!!) Guillaume. Thanks for the tip! Excellent software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zogging Hell Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I use Diamond Edge : fix disk errors, lost clusters etc... Don't know where to get it (on my hard disk...!!) Guillaume. Thanks for the tip! Excellent software. I think Diamond Edge had a few issues with non FAT 8/16 filesystems (I might be wrong and don't want to slander it), possibly with long filenames. I'd be a little careful if you want to use it for anything but standard Atari partitions, where it is very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I remember I used it once to check errors on VAT and ext2 and things were going awry, IIRC it couldn't recognise links and started eating stuff... I also used it on my MegaSTE and it solved a lot of issues. (I am not sure I still have it: it was on a friend's diskette) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 Ran it yesterday on two Mega ste hard drives an it worked great. No errors but it optimized the disks. I felt like I was back in the 80s running Norton speed disk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moulinaie Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Ran it yesterday on two Mega ste hard drives an it worked great. No errors but it optimized the disks. I felt like I was back in the 80s running Norton speed disk I once totally killed a disk! But the cable was faulty. DiamondEdge was working on the FAT and directories and everything went wrong. So, that's an important point before using this kind of software: be SURE that your hardware works! Then I changed the cable, format the disk, and it worked again. Guillaume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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