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SD Formatter 3.0 User's Manual (English)

1. Table of Contents T troduction kiinni annaa T RR 3 2 System Requirements 5 ea Ea on nti ia cua o eh da Cv tad na era cuo e Ya aao Ta dva n CH Pa Co ka Via va ad Ex AVEA CNE seis 3 2 1 Operating SS Sn 3 22 SDANer ee DEVICES avse E A A AE ea Mion ani uae Ie 3 3 Installation of SD Formatter ioco ied oue etd ouo ed ucc eaea aaae onec eue co eco ue co aco eaiail aiaa 4 4 Uninstallation of SD Formatter 1 ecce ciere ront corri tone iio Ia oo eae n Ie aa en an eaa nennen 4 eL MVIFICOWS Bs clas as iba seat totas bi dantsco Sea faclo is i afe 4 ERT Todes ert et auti ped an TE acd n dE oie asia NE HR ROLL erase hanes Hx ER LEUR 4 4 3 WITIEOWS ISI aree saute tapa aat Hagen Donc a ciatis Coetus a redet manele o laa eek dei 4 SE Blaeu 5 D Operation GUId6 aa r a r aar Ara aa aaa ara aa edad utet oid aeaea ia fs Ubi 6 5 1 Description of SD Formatter WIDQOW aus cae ta ER t a el gen eoo ce Feu e t Reb opis 6 5 1 1 SD Formatter Main Window oderit Een Peiper Pb ve late Peek etae buda c epe ote sies 6 5 1 2 Format Option Window eed es dad ertet rd te e ed ete Ple redeo hule 8 52 Completing Formatting ec HERES 9 5 3 Cancel Format Operaatio eee etate pi estesa dortts 10 5 4 SD Formatter Version Information s eaae 6o smertene d dense add saadan 11 6 IMPOMANt NOMCE Meum Aranan 12 Table of Figures Figure 1 SD Formatter Main Windows RE RR RE E REEL steeds desde cates 6 F
2. 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 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP 2 For SDXC Card Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista SP1 or later Windows XP SP2 or later with the exFAT file 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 c2dff5e30f61 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 Copyright 2013 SD Association SD Formatter 4 0 User s Manual Version 1 08 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
3. uninstallation of SD Formatter Copyright 2013 SD Association SD Formatter 4 0 User s Manual Version 1 08 4 4 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 b Follow the instructions during the uninstallation of SD Formatter Copyright 2013 SD Association SD Formatter 4 0 User s Manual Version 1 08 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 following 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 SDFonnatter V Format your drive All of the data 4 on the drive will be lost when you format it SD SDHC and SDXC Logos are trademarks of SD 3C LLC J 6 30 0 GB Volume Label 6 9 10 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 di
4. 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 8 Right click on SD Formatter icon in Start Click on Uninstall Click on SD Formatter Click on Uninstall If confirmation windows is displayed on the screen click on Yes If User Account Contro window is displayed on the screen please click on Yes Fllow the instructions diring the uninstallation of SD Formatter ERR Oo ISI 4 2 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 b 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 3 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 Double click on SD Formatter If confirmation window is displayed on the screen click on YES If User Account Control window is displayed on the screen click on Continue Follow the instructions during the
5. S S SD gt p HCE XC SD Formatter 4 0 User s Manual Version 1 08 January 30 2013 SD Association Copyright 2013 SD Association SD Formatter 4 0 User s Manual Version 1 08 Revision History Date Version Changes compared to previous issue Feb 15 2010 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 June 15 2011 January 30 2013 Publisher and copyright holder of this document SD Association SDA 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 4 0 Trendy Corporation and Panasonic Corporation jointly own copyright of SD Formatter 4 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 Copyright 2013 SD Association SD Formatter 4 0 User s Manual Version 1 08
6. igure 2 Format Option WIDOOW tissus sce oec Ee aeneae etate nU de dva to erue suene neat 8 Figure 3 Window on Completing FER ec detects darte ne caet 9 Figure d Cancel Formatting asis eee tala nas nc eae cae uncut dad BC a e crate S pea AM e DM Ee adel 10 Figure 5 After Cancel Formatting tre tt ttd b e e i e c ce de skadede 10 Figure 6 SD romaler Ea 11 Figure 7 Version Information kua o me de RAR A RTS Paet 11 Copyright 2013 SD Association SD Formatter 4 0 User s Manual Version 1 08 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
7. mation E W SDFo matter V Format your drive All of the data on the drive will be lost when you format it AC SD SDHC and SDXC Logos are trademarks of SD 3C LLC Drive EA 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 Copyright 2013 SD Association SD Formatter 4 0 User s Manual Version 1 08 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 SD 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 If the SD SDHC SDXC Card cann
8. n 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 2013 SD Association SD Formatter 4 0 User s Manual Version 1 08 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 C came 7 Figure 4 Cancel Formatting 2 If you cancel the formatting user data will not be erased or overwritten 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 10 Copyright 2013 SD Association SD Formatter 4 0 User s Manual Version 1 08 5 4 SD Formatter Version Information Click on the following SD Formatter Icon and select About SD Formatter A to display the version infor
9. ot 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 SD 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 delete 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 L 12
10. rmat 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 2013 SD Association SD Formatter 4 0 User s Manual Version 1 08 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 2 NER OFF 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 OverWrite 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 suppor
11. sabled Gray They are disabled It may be no SD SDHC SDXC Card is recognized by the SD Formatter Copyright 2013 SD Association SD Formatter 4 0 User s Manual Version 1 08 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 b 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 card 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 Fo
12. t 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 2013 SD Association SD Formatter 4 0 User s Manual Version 1 08 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 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 scree

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