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DS homebrew announcements > MCTool 0.16 released - scandisk/fatsort for NDS

#117000 - SukkoPera - Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:43 pm

MCTool has just been updated to version 0.16. This is mainly a bugfix release, although it offers a couple of new features as well.

MCTool is a program to fix the errors and sort the entries of your media cards straight from the DS.

Changelog:
- Added ability to choose how to repair every single error.
- Added automatic repair mode.
- Added MC switch feature.
- Display detected flashcart.
- Wait for all keys to be released upon initialization.
- Patched double files count when verifying.
- Tested and added new SC Lite driver.
- Cleaned up code.
- Started development of a GBA version (which will not be released soon, so don't ask! ;)).
- Compiled with new devkitARM r20.
- Other bugfixes I cannot remember :).

Make sure to read the README, as it has been updated with tons of info!

The program is released under the GPL. Please report any comments/bugs/appreciations :). E-mail is the preferred way, as there are too many forums out there and I can't read them all!

Disclaimer:
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PROGRAM MESSES WITH THE FILESYSTEM OF YOUR MEDIA CARD, WHICH MIGHT RESULT IN A DATA LOSS. THEREFORE, BEFORE USING IT, ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP OF ANY IMPORTANT DATA.

Downloads:
- Binaries
- Source

The program uses a hacked version of Chishm's libfat to allow for raw I/O:
- Source
- NDS binaries
- GBA binaries (untested)
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Nintendo DS Lite (White) + Supercard Lite + R4 + Sandisk 1 GB MicroSD
Sony PSP + Firmware 3.03 OE-A2

#133387 - wandafritsch - Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:12 pm

@Admin
@SukkoPera

Wouldn't 'Homebrew an.' be a better place for this?
http://forum.gbadev.org/viewforum.php?f=23

:-)

#133409 - JLsoft - Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:28 am

Holy resurrection :/

#133500 - OSW - Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:17 pm

well, may aswell post my thoughts.

MCTool works great for me. It's a how some carts list directories in inconvenient ways.

It's also more convenient than using fatsort.

#133521 - MechaBouncer - Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:33 pm

Great program, thank you! I had no idea that DSOrganize was leaving all kinds of remnants in the FAT table.
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Cobalt/Black NDSL
CycloDS Evolution (firmware 1.55 BETA 3) and EZFlash 3-in-1
Kingston SD-C02G JAPAN 2GB MicroSD
MoonShell 1.71, DSOrganize 3.1129, QuakeDS Pre3, ScummVM DS 0.11.1, Pocket Physics 0.6, OpenTyrian DS 0.3

#133860 - wandafritsch - Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:22 am

Moved from http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=13527&start=30 :

Quote:
dantheman wrote:
I've had issues getting the sorting to work correctly on my 2 GB card, I'll admit, but the checkdisk function works fine on both my 1 GB and 2 GB miniSD cards.

So it might be an issue of the cart!?

With my M3Simply checkdisk for the 2 GB microSD card won't work.
After pushing X (Check media card) the start message appears followed by an error message 'Read 1979740 bytes at 1997312:Not enough space' and the app freezes.

With which cart(s) it works fine for a 2 GB SD card?
And how could that be, because the limitation is the memory of the DS...?

?-)

#137739 - wandafritsch - Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:20 am

SukkoPera wrote:
Display detected flashcart.

Is it easily possible to add free space to the informations you already show?

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Btw, what about the support for 2GB and 4GB memory cards?

#137809 - Liquidnumb - Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:21 pm

Seems really nice, but it caused problems for me. I did a check and a sort my first run through. Everything appeared to finish without a problem, but when I go browse my disk afterward all the files are gone. Folders are okay, but everything else had disappeared. Nothing important though.

This is the first time I've had this particular problem with homebrew. Anyone else?

I have a g6flash 3rd gen.

#137825 - khan - Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:13 am

Liquidnumb wrote:
Seems really nice, but it caused problems for me. I did a check and a sort my first run through. Everything appeared to finish without a problem, but when I go browse my disk afterward all the files are gone. Folders are okay, but everything else had disappeared. Nothing important though.

This is the first time I've had this particular problem with homebrew. Anyone else?

I have a g6flash 3rd gen.


I had the same problem with my SCLite with exception that it did not get rid of the files but threw out all files that were in a sub-directy where I keep homebrew. Hope it is fixed.