DownloadEasy-to-use multi-platform disk cataloguing program supporting local or removable media - drives and folders. Uses XML files as a data storage.
It was originally created in 2010 to catalogue software compilations (also called freeware compilations) and CDs distributed with computer magazines. It was later improved to support any kind of disk and folder.
It can be used to catalogue fragile disks like CDs, floppies, external hard drives, usb sticks, memory cards which are easy to damage. Cataloguing enables user to check what they contain without putting them physically into drive and avoid a possibility of a mechanical damage.
Download package consists of a jar file and a Eclipse project with a full source code. No installation is required. You can copy this program anywhere or transfer it to another computer. Setting unique volume label to a drive before cataloguing is recommended.
See blog or homepage for news and changelog.
This program requires JRE 6 or newer.
Features
- Drive folder and file structure recording for offline browsing
- File searching without putting the external media out of storage and plugging into computer/putting physically into drive
- Any type of drive or folder is supported (optical, flash, internal and external hard drives)
- Volume information is stored using XML documents
- Scanning multiple disks in one batch
- File searching on multiple disks often takes only a few seconds
- Portable and multiplatform
- Can detect updated external drive letter if windows associated different one since last scanning
- On Mac OS X Ventura or newer it is required to give "javalauncher.app" Full Disk Access via Privacy & Security settings (in System Settings) to access external disks in java applications (including JDiskCat).
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