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[seanr28]

I am also having a few issues with it (its a great app though)  I am unable to delete anything at all, just freezes and does nothing. Running win 7 32bit...on genuine MS 120Gb drive

This post has been edited by seanr28: Dec 8 2010, 12:01 AM

[CLK Rebellion]

QUOTE(seanr28 @ Dec 7 2010, 02:59 PM)

I am also having a few issues with it (its a great app though)  I am unable to delete anything at all, just freezes and does nothing. Running win 7 32bit...on genuine MS 120Gb drive

If you're deleting something, it will freeze until it's all done because that part isn't threaded.  If you can do everything else though, then that's probably why.  I'll put an update out tonight with that threaded.

Yeah, just pushed out v1.0.0.12 which threads that stuff.

Full changelog (I haven't posted any of the changelogs for previous updates on here in a while, so this goes back to v1.0.0.9 as well)

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v1.0.0.12 threads the delete function so the app won't freeze
Some minor GUI changes
v1.0.0.11 fixes issue with deleting
Fixes issue with the app throwing "Xbox 360 out of storage" error
v1.0.0.10 fixes some GUI issues
Possible writing issues.
v1.0.0.9 fixes issue with drag/drop support
Fixes a problem with reading some usb drives

Also, I'd like to mention that the latest source code is always available directly through the app, or http://clkxu5.com/dr...re/src/fatx.zip
I'm trying to find a way to make it so that the directly isn't forbidden to read from, but for some reason no matter how I chmod it, it's always a "forbidden" directory (even when I tried putting my own PHP script in there to list the files it bitched at me).

Currently, all of the sources in that directly are:
http://clkxu5.com/dr...re/src/fatx.zip
http://clkxu5.com/dr...atx_1.0.0.7.zip
http://clkxu5.com/dr....0.0.7_rev2.zip
http://clkxu5.com/dr...atx_1.0.0.9.zip
http://clkxu5.com/dr...tx_1.0.0.10.zip
http://clkxu5.com/dr...tx_1.0.0.11.zip
http://clkxu5.com/dr...0.0.11_rev2.zip

[seanr28]

when I say deleting I am refering to a small file of less than a meg and it just stops responding.

Another thing, may or may not be related is after I had copied more content, some of the games that worked then failed to boot from hard disk, maybe some type of corruption??

[CLK Rebellion]

QUOTE(seanr28 @ Dec 8 2010, 09:03 AM)

new version dont work, geting error message whilst copying content
I just received the message

"WHOA We almost wrote to the beginning of the drive whist using the above, copying content to the content folder"

Got your e-mail, checked it out and it was a silly mistake on my part (the error wasn't true, but yet it threw it anyway).  Pushing out an update right now that should fix that...

As for your other two problems, could you PM me with your IM info if you have AIM or WLM or something like that?

[Michael_T]

Please make a version for mac OS X .

I steeped over to the mac because windows does have so many trojans , virus and spyware . With the Mac you don't . The only downside is that there are almost no apps for the Xbox 360 .

I have 2 360's : 1 Elite unmodded and a Falcon Jtag with the 9199 dashboard and the freestyle dashboard ( XLink ) .

[EatonZ]

QUOTE(Michael_T @ Dec 9 2010, 07:22 AM)

Please make a version for mac OS X .

I steeped over to the mac because windows does have so many trojans , virus and spyware . With the Mac you don't . The only downside is that there are almost no apps for the Xbox 360 .

I have 2 360's : 1 Elite unmodded and a Falcon Jtag with the 9199 dashboard and the freestyle dashboard ( XLink ) .

It is generally not worth the effort to write a program for a Microsoft system on Mac.
However, it is possible, but it would limit the program to being a simple USB explorer since Macs cannot interpret p/invoke calls for opening safe handles.

[seanr28]

QUOTE(CLK Rebellion @ Dec 8 2010, 11:06 PM)

Got your e-mail, checked it out and it was a silly mistake on my part (the error wasn't true, but yet it threw it anyway).  Pushing out an update right now that should fix that...

As for your other two problems, could you PM me with your IM info if you have AIM or WLM or something like that?

pm sent;)

[moh.sakhaii]

QUOTE(EatonZ @ Dec 10 2010, 06:26 AM)

It is generally not worth the effort to write a program for a Microsoft system on Mac.
However, it is possible, but it would limit the program to being a simple USB explorer since Macs cannot interpret p/invoke calls for opening safe handles.

I thought you sell your damn software, What are doing on a forum concerning an open source solution? Stealing others idea and work? Money grabbers like you are not so welcome in my book. By the way I'm a developer myself and whatever I do for the scene (maybe ps3 scene), I do it for free.

[CLK Rebellion]

QUOTE(moh.sakhaii @ Dec 9 2010, 12:54 PM)

It's very well done. Hope you continue working on it until perfection, please don't desert your work like some others  

Thank you, that is the plan

@sean I'm sorry I haven't gotten around to messaging you; I've been busy these past couple of days with some pre-winter break finals.  I'll be sure to message you tomorrow!

And I pushed out v1.0.0.18, which changes the flow at which some things are written (to reduce problems)
Fixed writing to 2-byte chainmap entries, fixed/changed how I check the file name (the code was very... confusing and messy to say the least and wasn't hitting all acceptable characters either, but does now!)
Added a "read-only" mode
Made it so that the app does NOT load STFS information by default in order to increase performance (this can be changed by going to Drive>Load STFS Info, but is only applied per session)
Changed some things in the source code to make it [slightly] cleaner -- more things commented/summarized, added icons to forms which did not have them, changed the change log box in the updater (that was actually done a few builds [days] ago)
Fixed the timestamp when using a deleted entry/writing a new file or folder (changed this a few builds ago as well).

I wound up changing some other things as well that help control the flow of the program/error handling, I honestly just can't remember what I did to help the performance.

[moh.sakhaii]

QUOTE(CLK Rebellion @ Dec 12 2010, 09:17 AM)

Thank you, that is the plan

Hopefully, I will be able to lend a hand in my free time at least in the testing department, I'm a professional C# developer, although I do not know jack about FATX structure or XBOX.
Again your work for the community is much appreciated.

[kneehighspy]

is there any easy way to transfer contents from one 250gb hard drive to another (both official microsoft drives)?

i thought i could just use a program to make a backup of the drive i want copied, then restore that image to the new drive.  i've got one drive i've been using on one 360 and been swapping that drive between the two, but i purchased another 250gb drive so i would no longer have to swap.

i tried making an image with FATXplorer several times, and it always failed at various points (usually after 14 or 15hrs of imaging).  of course Xplorer360 doesn't really support the 250gb drive (except unofficially with a few byte mods) and it usually locked up,  finally got an image with party buffalo drive explorer (pbde), also twice as fast than FATXplorer.  Then when i went to restore that image to my drive, using pbde, i got the dialog box telling me that this could (or will) destroy the drive that i'm writing the image to, so i didn't proceed.

then i decided to do a partition / file / folder copy of the drive i want to copy, never could get it to work properly with FATXplorer (always threw up some form of error, no matter if i did complete directory copies or manually did each file or folder.  didn't even try Xplorer360, since it doesn't really support the drive or has really been updated or supported in the last few years.

i used pbde and it seemed to work fine after a few issues (same issues with folders and files, also doing folders / files or manually), but in the end it seemed to do the job of copying the files to the drive.

now i finally get to try and copy the files / folders from my pc to my other 250gb 360 drive.  first i used pbde, thought things were going well, copied over several folders and files just fine, then the errors started, but the most persistent error is a 'Cluster out of range' error and a few others, so i deleted all the files out of the folder and started manually copying, can always copy 5 or 6 files over fine until that 'Cluster' error pops up.  Other similar errors occur with FATXplorer.

I purchased FATXplorer hoping it would do what i wanted, but i am pretty much giving up on it until 2.0 comes out then i will give it another go.

CLK since your app seems to be working better for me (at the moment), still not perfect, but i notice you constantly seem to be releasing updates, i will be donating your way in the next day or so.  Seems that FATXplorer doesn't get any updates between semi major releases (of course i've only been using it for less than a week, but decided to support the author by purchasing it) or so it seems, but i will keep checking for updates and giving the program some chances.

CLK, if you have any ideas what is causing the cluster out of range errors, help me out if you don't mind.  again i will support you in your efforts by donating, i will atleast donate what i paid for FATXplorer, fair is fair

also, we need more (or better, no offense) drag and drop support for both applications (pbde and FATXplorer (FE), there really isn't any for FE and in FE, to do some minute things requires tedious effort(s) ie: injecting / extracing files or folders.

i haven't really spent alot of time with both apps to make a wish list, but both apps seem to have tons of potential so I don't think it would hurt to have some wish items

so i thank CLK and Eaton for their time and efforts with both programs, but since FE requires payment to really get use of the program, i would encourage everyone to help CLK out by donating to him.

thanks again guys.

[kneehighspy]

QUOTE(EatonZ @ Dec 13 2010, 12:53 AM)

Hello, let me clarify some things for you:

1. Imaging: Yes, it is slow and it only errors at the end, but the dump does complete successfully. 2.0 will dump more sectors at a time, which means it will be faster.

2. Not sure what you mean.

3. I have started on the device to device transfers. Look at this picture. One device form is docked as a tab and one is maximized on another monitor. You will be able to drag and drop between all of the trees. http://img822.images...95/35148945.png

I'm sorry you are having some issues with the current version. However, thanks for supporting me and I assure you that 2.0 will fix all of the issues you are having.

that image of 2.0 looks really really good  thanks for the info on the imaging errors, didn't know if the image was corrupt or not, that's why i just deleted it.  

trust me, i do support, and continue to support software apps (and the devs) that i use daily and find that i couldn't do without them

thanks again, looking forward to 2.0 (much more) now.

[danthaman673]

Hi, I have tried twice to extract a content directory (97 gig) and it always stops at 61 gig for no apparent reason. Are you caching the xtraction? IS there any obvious reason it does this? I remember with the older XB image xplorer etc, they used to crash if you run out of paged mem etc.. as it cached they whole lot as it went.


Brgds/Dan

[Neptune]

What's thlargest HD this supports? Just installed a 2TB in a 360

[kneehighspy]

QUOTE(CLK Rebellion @ Dec 14 2010, 12:13 AM)

[khs] is there any easy way to transfer contents from one 250gb hard drive to another (both official microsoft drives)?

[clk] There's really no easy way (or at least with my app) because of the fact that the device ID's would change. It COULD be as easy as cloning partitions, but since the device ID won't match, then some content won't work (I believe it's a flag in the STFS package?). If I wrote an interface (an IO) specifically for reading files instead of having to jump around and extract each individual cluster, then I could probably whip something up to change the device ID on-the-fly, except I'd need to write up some STFS classes that would be able to properly rehash a file

really all i want to do is just copy my game saves and game updates over to the new 250gb hard drive, none of the arcade apps or saves.  i'm just going to use my new drive on my second system (offline) to install games to and play all titles offline (no arcade titles at all).  i just don't want to lose my progress on all the games i've played over the years.

i've formatted the new drive on my second system (offline), so all i want to do is be able to use the saves from the first drive (online system) on my second system (offline system).  so i really don't want to change the device id or worry about that cause i'm not gonna be playing any xbl titles or using any xbl content on the offline system.


[khs] CLK since your app seems to be working better for me (at the moment), still not perfect, but i notice you constantly seem to be releasing updates, i will be donating your way in the next day or so. Seems that FATXplorer doesn't get any updates between semi major releases (of course i've only been using it for less than a week, but decided to support the author by purchasing it) or so it seems, but i will keep checking for updates and giving the program some chances.

[clk] Yep! I try to fix problems as I see them. Since the app has no security and is open-source, it makes it easy to push out updates.

The constant updates are awesome, and shows great support for your app


[khs] CLK, if you have any ideas what is causing the cluster out of range errors, help me out if you don't mind. again i will support you in your efforts by donating, i will atleast donate what i paid for FATXplorer, fair is fair smile.gif

[clk] I actually fixed this error in v1.0.0.19, and thanks! It's really appreciated!

So far i've been using v1.0.0.19 making a new copy of my old 250gb (folders / files only) and have started to copy them over to my new 250gb, just injecting one folder structure at a time, and so far, no 'cluster out of range' errors.

looks like you nipped this problem so far, thanks  i haven't had a chance to donate just yet, been tied up the last few days, just got around to trying out the latest pbde as mention above, but i'll get you that donation in the next day or so


[khs] also, we need more (or better, no offense) drag and drop support for both applications (pbde and FATXplorer (FE), there really isn't any for FE and in FE, to do some minute things requires tedious effort(s) ie: injecting / extracing files or folders.

[slk] Care to elaborate on this? I'll see what I can do. I have a feeling you mean dragging and dropping from inside the program to explorer?

absolutely, so far there is quite a bit of d&d in your app, but their are some instances, can't recall specific ones, but more integrated d&d from pbde to explorer and explorer to pbde.  but what is in pbde works great and is very handy.

thanks for your help with pbde and thanks for the quick responses and updates.  i'm sure the other users of pbde are all on the same level of appreciation