SD Formatter 3.0 User`s Manual
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1. 3 2 System Requiremaenls iii ii 3 2 Operating Systems CR NM CM 3 2 2 SB Intendce DEVICES A ra a ee eee ee eee ee aes 3 3 Installation of SD Formatter a 4 4 Uninstallation of SD Formatter aiii liada 4 INS e eroe otc ov Aste of toe t ic o anoo dec eeu 4 Me aoo STA IM 4 43 WINDOWS 4 rr TET 4 5 Operation Guide irri re ei tiic aai niri cer dra evi Fe vi cri dri dcr evi ad de EY ea reti ads 5 5 1 Description of SD Formatter Window sssssssssseseeeeeneeennnnnn nennen nen 5 Sia SO Formatter Main ANM d OW ware ces roe sere tem ie b seco tbe ce fone hee cotton ese esce tbe a fon ese tette ehe te 5 5 1 2 Format Option VY IDdOW i cn eie ce r sre ete 7 5 2 Completing Formatting sissisota e een p aa ees Ea a 8 5 3 Cancel Format Operation bt A EEEE esa fea aee se 9 5 4 SD Formatter Version Information iss cacercadedievde peace vaacodsenespeasasacdeduundo veda teededencapeedsseadedwadspeedevders 10 5 Important Noli lla 11 A A O 12 Table of Figures Figure 1 SD Form tter Main Window icon 5 Fig re 2 Format ODHODUNVIDIOW cette eere ee Pee ee he eite pre eee teque abaratar 7 Figure 3 Window on Completing Formatting 2 5 ces entes to 8 Elgure 4 Cancel Formal seriei ect tette bie beet ii tie ui do tie is utis ii ute 9 Figure 5 After Cancel Formation 9 Figure SD POImallerd60fis oe teta ea A eU tet Ctt LEE Ce 10 Figure 7 Version NOM A 10 Copyright 2010 SD Card2. OFF This option does not adjust the formatted capacity Usually this option should be selected ON This option adjusts the formatted capacity to a multiple of capacity in a cylinder This option may reduce the formatted capacity This option should be used by specific users who encountered a trouble with formatted capacity 3 OK Button This button applies the selected option and quits from the window 4 Cancel Button This button is used to cancel the selected option and quits from the window 5 2 Completing Formatting When completing the formatting the following window is shown on the screen with formatted information SDFormatter Memory Card Format complete Please remove the Memory Card Volume Information File system FAT32 Total space 30 3 GB 32 602 324 992 Bytes Cluster size 32768 Bytes Figure 3 Window on Completing Formatting Copyright 2010 SD Card Association SD Formatter 3 0 User s Manual Version 1 05 5 3 Cancel Format Operation You can cancel formatting operation during either FULL Erase or FULL OverWrite formatting 1 Click on Cancel button during the formatting operation if you want to cancel it Formatting Do not remove the drive during formatting OverWrite ERASE 0 4352 66526208 Flash ERASE OFF Format 0 Cp cancer 5 Figure 4 Cancel Formatting 2 If you cancel the formatting user data will not be erased or overwrit
3. 5 If User Account Control window is displayed on the screen please click on Continue 6 Follow the instructions during the uninstallation of SD Formatter 4 2 Windows Vista 1 Click on Start then click on Control Panel In case of Classic Start Menu click on Start and point to Settings then click on Control Panel 2 Click on Uninstall a program In case of Classic View click on Program and Function 3 Double click on SD Formatter 4 If confirmation window is displayed on the screen click on YES 5 If User Account Control window is displayed on the screen click on Continue 6 Follow the instructions during the uninstallation of SD Formatter 4 3 Windows XP 1 Click on Start then click on Windows Control Panel If you cannot find Setting and or Control Panel from Start menu click on Start then click on My Computer and Change a setting or Control Panel that exists on the left side of my computer menu 2 Click on Add or Remove Programs 3 Select SD Formatter and click on Change Remove 4 If confirmation window is displayed on the screen click on YES 5 Follow the instructions during the uninstallation of SD Formatter Copyright 2010 SD Card Association SD Formatter 3 0 User s Manual Version 1 05 5 Operation Guide 5 1 Description of SD Formatter Window 5 1 1 SD Formatter Main Window When the SD Formatter is starting up the fo
4. Association SD Formatter 3 0 User s Manual Version 1 05 1 Introduction The SD Formatter formats SD Memory Card SDHC Memory Card and SDXC Memory Card collectively SD SDHC SDXC Cards complying with the SD File System Specification created by SD Association SDA The SD Formatter formats SD SDHC SDXC Cards optimizing with these card s performance etc It is strongly recommended to use the SD Formatter to format SD SDHC SDXC Cards rather than using formatting tools provided with operating systems In general formatting tools provided with operating systems can format various storage media including SD SDHC SDXC Cards but it may not be optimized for SD SDHC SDXC Cards and it may result in lower performance than using the SD Formatter SD SDHC SDXC Cards have Protected Area in the card for SD security function The SD Formatter will not format the Protected Area Please use appropriate application software or SD host device which provides SD security function to format the Protected Area in the card SD Formatter does not support the SD SDHC SDXC card encrypted by the BitLocker To Go function of Windows Please format the SD SDHC SDXC card after it is unlocked by the method specified by Windows 2 System Requirements 2 1 Operating Systems 1 For SD SDHC Cards Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP 2 For SDXC Card Windows 7 Windows Vista SP1 or later Windows XP SP2 or later with the exFAT f
5. D SDHC SDXC Cards while formatting 3 Once formatting has started all recorded information will be no longer available 4 Check the position of write protect switch on your card before formatting The position shall be on the NOT PROTECTED position 5 If the SD Formatter does not recognize the SD SDHC SDXC Card re insert the card and click on Refresh button 6 The SD Formatter does not format the protected area in the SD SDHC SDXC Cards The protected area shall be formatted by appropriate PC application software or an SD host devices which provide SD security function 3 If the SD SDHC SDXC Card cannot be recognized by the SD Formatter after the card is inserted into an SD interface device SD slot on PC USB SD reader or SD adapter check the SD interface device is compatible with SD SDHC SDXC Card Some of SD interface devices are interoperable only with SD Card or SDHC Card And Some PCs need to install drivers and file systems to work with SD SDHC SDXC Cards If your system is compatible with SD SDHC SDXOC Cards but the card is not recognized try to restart your PC and execute the SD Formatter again 8 If you choose QUICK format option all files in the card are deleted and disappear from PC However there is a possibility that the files is restored under such a condition by using special software as the data recovery software Please use FULL Erase or FULL OverWrite formatting option if you want to del
6. S S S EI XC SD Formatter 3 0 User s Manual Version 1 06 December 6 2010 SD Card Association Copyright 2010 SD Association SD Formatter 3 0 User s Manual Version 1 05 Revision History Date Version Changes compared to previous issue Feb 15 2010 1 00 The first release Dec 6 2010 1 06 Change types of format operation Add the notice for BitLocker To Go Change sentences in this document Change display images Publisher and copyright holder of this document SD Card Association 2400 Camino Ramon Suite 375 San Ramon CA 94583 USA Telephone 1 925 275 6615 Fax 1 925 886 4870 E mail office sdcard org Disclaimers Downloading or using the SD Formatter is required to agree on the End User License Agreement shown in the SDA website when downloading the SD Formatter Copyright holder of SD Formatter 3 0 Trendy Corporation and Panasonic Corporation jointly own copyright of SD Formatter 3 0 programs for both the source code and object code Trademark Notice SD Logo SDHC Logo and SDXC Logo are trademarks of SD 3C LLC Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Other product names and company names described in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks OCopyright 2010 SD Card Association SD Formatter 3 0 User s Manual Version 1 05 Table of Contents A
7. ard and enter new volume label to be written into the card during formatting You can enter up to 11 characters in the Volume Label field If volume label has been written in the card in other language except English this field may not be shown correctly In this case you should enter new volume label 7 Option Button This button is used to select options of the format operation When this button is clicked the format option window is displayed on the screen Refer to 5 1 2 Format Option Windows for more information 8 Format Options This area indicates the current format options selected in the Format Option Window 9 Format Button This button starts the format operation After clicking on this button the confirmation window will be shown on the screen You can continue or cancel the formatting 10 Exit Button This button is used to terminate the SD Formatter Copyright 2010 SD Card Association SD Formatter 3 0 User s Manual Version 1 05 5 1 2 Format Option Window When Option button is clicked the following Format Option Window is displayed on the screen The following format options can be selected Types of formatting operations Format Size Adjustment options Option Setting FORMAT TYPE QUICK FORMAT SIZE OFF 2 ADJUSTMENT Figure 2 Format Option Window 1 Types of formatting operations The following types of formatting operations are shown on the list QUICK FULL Erase FULL OverWr
8. essage from Windows during installation Change PercentInUse in Reserved BootSector to OxFF Ver Change messages on display e Fix problem after resume from hibernation of Windows Ver e Inhibit showing dialog in foreground of display Change message for Quick format Ver 0 10 Add Volume Label check before formatting Ver Change PercentInUse in BootSector to 0x00 Ver Change messages for Quick format and non administrator user in English version Correct shape of SD Logos and add trademark notice For FAT32 if Windows changed format parameters when Volume Label is modified then rewrite format parameters e Inhibit update device list during formatting 12
9. ete the files completely so that the files might not be restored after formatted SD Formatter doesn t support the SD SDHC SDXC card encrypted by the BitLocker To Go function of Windows Please format the SD SDHC SDXC card after it is unlocked by the method specified by Windows 11 OCopyright 2010 SD Card Association SD Formatter 3 0 User s Manual Version 1 05 7 History Ver 2 9 0 3 Fix layout for English version Ver 2 9 0 4 Modify corruption of Volume Label during formatting with exFAT if the MBR is broken or formatting from other than exFAT to exFAT Note that this problem does not affect if MBR is not changed Change default of installation folder to SDA The default folder is c Program Files SDA for 32 bit OS e Installer checks Windows OS type and only Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 is permitted Ver Fix progress indicator on display for Erase operation Ver Change to reuse current OEM Parameters for new formatting Add invalid characters check for Volume Label invalid characters are different for FAT12 16 32 and exFAT Add unused file entry when Volume Label is not defined in exFAT Correct capacity calculation for 2TB Correct typo Ver Change format types Add warning dialog when starting formatting Change installer using Install Shield and unify English and Japanese versions Add certification to avoid warning m
10. ile system update KB955704 The exFAT file system update is available at the following Microsoft Download Center http www microsoft com downloads details aspx FamilyID 1cbe3906 ddd1 4ca2 b727 c2dffi5e30f61 amp displaylang en 2 2 SD Interface Devices The following interface devices to access SD SDHC SDXC Card are available SD slot on PC USB SD reader PC Card CardBus or ExpressCard SD adapter Please check your SD interface device is compatible with your SD SDHC or SDXC Card before formatting OCopyright 2010 SD Card Association SD Formatter 3 0 User s Manual Version 1 05 3 Installation of SD Formatter 1 Close all application programs on your PC 2 Execute the SD Formatter installation program which you downloaded from SDA website 3 Follow the instructions from the SD Formatter installation program and complete the installation Note If you have installed the SD Formatter already you must uninstall the SD Formatter as described below then install the SD Formatter again If User Account Control window is displayed on the screen during the installation please click on Allow 4 Uninstallation of SD Formatter 4 1 Windows 7 1 Click on Start then click on Control Panel 2 Click on Uninstall a program If View is Big Icon or Small Icon click on Program and function 3 Double click on SD Formatter 4 If confirmation window is displayed on the screen click on YES
11. ite QUICK This option is a quick formatting and only initializes the file system parameters in the card but not initializes user data area in your card If you need to initialize user data area use the other types of formatting operations shown below FULL Erase This option initializes the file system parameter in the card and initializes all the user data areas Initialize it by executing erase processing data deletion of the card to all the user data areas This option has the possibility that it takes the format time long according to the capacity of card There is something that doesn t support to the erase processing according to the SD interface device The erase processing is skipped when FULL erase format type is selected in the unsupported environment In this case it is same as selected QUICK option FULL OverWrite This option initializes the file system parameter in the card and initializes all the user data areas Initialize it by overwriting the meaningless data to all the user data areas This option has the possibility that it takes the format time long according to the capacity of the card Copyright 2010 SD Card Association SD Formatter 3 0 User s Manual Version 1 05 2 Format Size Adjustment If the formatted capacity of the card is not a multiple of capacity in a cylinder some hosts may not access the card successfully This option adjusts formatted capacity to a multiple of capacity in a cylinder
12. llowing main window is shown on the screen Formatting of SD SDHC SDXC Card is executed by clicking on the Format button in this window 1 E SDFormatter V Format your drive All of the data 4 on the drive will be lost when you format it C SD SDHC and SDXC Logos are trademarks of SD 3C LLC I B Size 30 0 GB Volume Label 6 Figure 1 SD Formatter Main Window 1 Status This field indicates the status of SD SDHC SDXC Card and its interface device Blue They are functional No Logo Either SD SDHC SDXC Card or SD interface device is disabled Gray They are disabled It may be no SD SDHC SDXC Card is recognized by the SD Formatter OCopyright 2010 SD Card Association SD Formatter 3 0 User s Manual Version 1 05 2 Drive This list indicates drives of SD SDHC SDXC Cards recognized by the SD Formatter A drive on this list can be selected for formatting the card 3 Size This field indicates the capacity of SD SDHC SDXC Card on the selected drive 4 Message Area This area shows messages or instructions to users 5 Refresh Button This button is used to update the information of SD SDHC SDXC Card drives When this button is clicked the SD Formatter obtains the latest information of SD SDHC SDXC Card drives Click this button when new SD SDHC SDXC Card is inserted to an SD interface device 6 Volume Label This field is used to display volume label written in the c
13. ten but the file system parameters are initialized as same as the QUICK formatting The following window will be shown after cancelling the formatting SDFormatter Drive Format complete OverWrite ERASE was skipped Volume Information File system FAT32 Total space 30 0 GB 32 283 557 888 Bytes Cluster size 32768 Bytes Figure 5 After Cancel Formatting Copyright 2010 SD Card Association SD Formatter 3 0 User s Manual Version 1 05 5 4 SD Formatter Version Information Click on the following SD Formatter Icon and select About SD Formatter A to display the version information q SDFo matter V Format your drive All of the data e on the drive will be lost when Ss you format it C SD SDHC and SDXC Logos are trademarks of SD 3C LLC Size 30 0 GB Volume Label Format Option QUICK FORMAT FORMAT SIZE ADJUSTMENT OFF Figure 6 SD Formatter Icon About SDFormatter SDFormatter Version C Panasonic and TRENDY Co Figure 7 Version Information 10 OCopyright 2010 SD Card Association SD Formatter 3 0 User s Manual Version 1 05 6 Important Notice 1 Do not format recordable media other than SD SDHC SDXC Cards using the SD Formatter If you accidentally formatted a recordable media other than SD SDHC SDXC Cards reformat the media using the appropriate formatting software which came with the media 2 Do not remove the S
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