PFS-Defrag Tool - Need Script?

ahandyman59 · 27 April 2020, 09:24

So... Defragging PFS3 drives is the challenge of the day. I downloaded the "PFS-Defrag1.0.lha" tool from Aminet, and started tinkering with it. The tool has a lot of prerequisite parts, but I believe I've found most of them. When I try and run it now, I get an error about path in a script is incorrect. When looking in the documentation for this PFS-Defrag tool, it says put the script anywhere. The lha file did not come with any kind of script. The instructions specifically refer to a script, with specific lines to bypass.

My question is has anyone got this to work? What tools does everyone use to defrag their PFS3 drives?

daxb · 27 April 2020, 14:20

Back in the days I used http://aminet.net/package/disk/optim/PFS2DefragTry and a self made script to defrag files on PFS3 HD. Btw. if you use a flash based drive don't try to defrag. There is no need for it and would only waste write cycles on the flash drive.

Alternative defrag: Make backup, format (quick) partition, copy backup back to formated partition.

ahandyman59 · 28 April 2020, 02:01

Thanks for the info. I suspected it may be easier to just do that format and reload trick...

27 April 2020, 09:24	#1
ahandyman59 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Tacoma, WA USA Posts: 94	PFS-Defrag Tool - Need Script? So... Defragging PFS3 drives is the challenge of the day. I downloaded the "PFS-Defrag1.0.lha" tool from Aminet, and started tinkering with it. The tool has a lot of prerequisite parts, but I believe I've found most of them. When I try and run it now, I get an error about path in a script is incorrect. When looking in the documentation for this PFS-Defrag tool, it says put the script anywhere. The lha file did not come with any kind of script. The instructions specifically refer to a script, with specific lines to bypass. My question is has anyone got this to work? What tools does everyone use to defrag their PFS3 drives?

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27 April 2020, 14:20	#2
daxb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 3,304	Back in the days I used http://aminet.net/package/disk/optim/PFS2DefragTry and a self made script to defrag files on PFS3 HD. Btw. if you use a flash based drive don't try to defrag. There is no need for it and would only waste write cycles on the flash drive. Alternative defrag: Make backup, format (quick) partition, copy backup back to formated partition.

28 April 2020, 02:01	#3
ahandyman59 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Tacoma, WA USA Posts: 94	Thanks for the info. I suspected it may be easier to just do that format and reload trick...

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