DriveSort v1.242
billon on 16 Sep 2018 Change history
- 198KB (uncompressed)
- Released on 15 Sep 2018
- Suggested by MarkB / tls
DriveSort directly reads directory tables of FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 formatted volumes, allowing users to view file listings in the order they were written.
Recent operating systems re-sort file lists before display, either by name, by size, or by whatever the user chooses. However, the firmware of playing devices -- like small MP3 players, for example -- sometimes behaves differently, mostly because they lack necessary resources (CPU, memory), a problem developers usually solve by dis/playing files in the order they are written on the storage medium -- normally, the order they were added.
Additionally, DriveSort is able to change that ordering, making itself useful for re-arranging movies, series episodes, audio or picture files on FATx formatted media; afterwards, players will be able to reproduce files in the expected sequence.
| Category: | |
| Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: |
Administrator rights The latest x86 Visual C++ redistributable components |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DriveSort.exe. |
| What's new? |
See: https://www.anerty.net/news/ |
7 comments on DriveSort
tls
2014-06-24 11:01
as the author has said
"...this tool requires admin rights since it interacts with the sorted disk partition"
if you get an "access denied" error
then it means that another program is accessing your usb
you could probably use unlocker to determine what other program is accessing your usb
best practice:
i would NOT use this on my 500gb external HD
unless i'm darned sure i can restore it's contents
i only use this on my 32 gb usb's (containing copies of my video files)
while my original files stay safe on my 500gb external HD
v1.223
tls
2014-06-23 14:01
@Midas could you kindly add "sort pictures for vacation slide shows on tv"
@Anerty sent email for suggestion on google search terms for search engine optimization.
v1.223
Anerty
2014-06-23 12:59
Nice to see DriveSort here, though I'm not sure it qualifies as truly portable since it will attempt to save some settings in a file named DriveSort.ini on exit, so someone should probably change "Writes settings to: None" to something reflecting that.
Also, this tool requires admin rights since it interacts with the sorted disk partition directly to persist the sort order and to change short file names when in playlist mode.
v1.223
Midas
2014-06-23 10:14
@Napiophelios: I agree. Changed.
As previously noted, not the same program as http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1610 ...
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donald
2014-06-23 00:41
Many people have asked me how to sort music into a playlist. I have mentioned making an .M3U file, and the many audio players which can create playlists and SPlayListMaker etc. This is the first application I have seen so far for mp3 players which do not use playlists.(m3u files etc)
v1.223
@Midas thanks for the changes :)
v1.223