"Flash Memory Disks" option not working on my SSD

[JimF]

When I run the Flash Memory Disks option, the MyDefrag screen opens but remains blank and nothing happens.  I checked the Statistics also, and they are all "0".  But when I run the "Force Together" option, it works properly, and also the "Defragment Only" option works properly.  Maybe MyDefag only looks for removable flash media, and not SSDs?

PC: ThinkPad X60
OS: Vista 32-bit
SSD: PQI DK9640GD2R000A03 (64 GB)

By the way, when it does run, it is much faster than PefectDisk, so it will be really useful in my ThinkPad, since I can't schedule defrags on that anyway.

[jeroen]

When I run the Flash Memory Disks option, the MyDefrag screen opens but remains blank and nothing happens.

Yes, this is a bug in the beta.

Maybe MyDefag only looks for removable flash media, and not SSDs?

Yes, the FlashMemoryDisks.MyD script only processes removable, writable, mounted disks. If your SSD is not seen as "removable" (which depends on it's driver) then it will be automatically processed by the regular scripts, for example the FastOptimize.MyD script.

I do not know of any way to distinguish between a regular harddisk and an SSD harddisk, they are designed to be transparently compatible, so the only thing I can do is look at the removable attribute. If you know how I can distinguish SSD disks then please let me know. In the mean time you will have to adapt the scripts with for example the Name() function.

[JimF]

OK, I tried Name("c:") in the Flash Memory Disks script, but keep getting the error "Lexical error at line 1 column 1.  Unknown symbol".  I tried both notepad and wordpad as editors.  What am I missing?

[jeroen]

There is an issue with the Unicode BOM mark. Delete what you have now, make a copy of an original script, and then open it with Notepad and make sure that you select the "Unicode" encoding while opening the file.

[JimF]

OK, Unicode is selected by default when I go to save the file, but I still get the error, even if I don't make any changes to the script, but just save it under a different name.  Is there another script editor I should try?  In addition to Notepad, I checked Wordpad and even Office Word 2007, saving each as Unicode, with no luck.

[jeroen]

I still get the error

Wait for the next beta, it will solve this problem.

[JimF]

That was my next suggestion.  Thanks!

[poutnik]

OK, Unicode is selected by default when I go to save the file, but I still get the error, even if I don't make any changes to the script, but just save it under a different name.  Is there another script editor I should try?  In addition to Notepad, I checked Wordpad and even Office Word 2007, saving each as Unicode, with no luck.

As a workaround, try PSPad.
It saves unicode with BOM bytes, but you can then open the file back in PSPad in hex editor mode.
Then overwrite the very first 2 bytes ( FF FE ) by e.g. 23 00 ( unicode code for # ) and save.

[JimF]

Thanks much, but it sounds like work.  My SSD will do fine until the next beta.

[poutnik]

It was general suggestion for script editing, not limited to particular use.