Comments on: Format an SD Card the Easy Way

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:28:49 +0000

I can’t think of an easy way to mask the size of the card, but I’m assuming it’s the HC (high capacity) designation that is probably causing the problem rather than the actual size. But, I did see small SD cards at CompUSA last weekend, so keep looking! There are probably smaller cards on ebay, if nothing else.

By: Kingsley

Kingsley — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:07:00 +0000

I am using SD cards in a Palm T5 PDA. The PDA will not accept cards larger than 1G. 1G cards are no longer readily available. Is there a way to format a 2G card to appear as a 1G card? I tried all the sector copying and partition creating tricks I can think of.

By: AL

AL — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:35:50 +0000

I have a Micro SD card that has my sounds, my images, my ringtones, and my sounds folders for my Samsung SCH-R451C cell phone. The SD Card has been formatted and all of the folders are accessible on my phone except the my sounds folder. The SD card was formatted from my phone, but the one folder still is not recognized on my phone.

What could be the problem and do I need to reformat the card? I don’t want to lose all of my media on the card.

Help if you can. =-]

By: LORENA

LORENA — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:50:52 +0000

el programa sdformatter no esta reconociendo la capacidad de mi memoria que pasa?

By: siva shankar

siva shankar — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:27:00 +0000

I was unable to format my 2Gb Micro SD card even with th help of SD CARD FORMATTER. I think it is corrupted. I was unable to delete files on it, unable to format or even unable to write. Is there any other software to formatt my micro sd card

By: Abbas

Abbas — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:04:30 +0000

thank you for explaining the proper procedure for formatting an SD card. I have had several problems and hopefully this fixes it.

By: froune

froune — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:50:05 +0000

Thanks for writing about this software, I always like doing things the proper way! Keep up the good work!

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:59:18 +0000

Jayney – are you using a USB card reader? Trying to format the card while it is in your camera and connected to your computer is known not to work. Make sure the card’s write protection is also off (this is the little notch on the left).

By: Jayney

Jayney — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:23:44 +0000

Hi there i have a Vivicam3720 and am using a 2gb memory card that wont let me format or reformat it what do i do??

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:26:01 +0000

Hi, can you tell me a program to measure the speed at which my SD card is reading and writing to memory? I want to test and see if my SDHC card actually performs at the advertised speed of 30 MB/s. Thanks!

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:53:44 +0000

The quick format is OK to use, but it is still a good idea to use the full format once in awhile to prevent possible corrupt files and such. It all depends on just how much you’re deleting and taking new pictures. For a card you use all day everyday, a full format every couple of weeks is a good idea. If you are just shooting a few pictures here and there, once a month or so is probably just fine.

By: Frankie

Frankie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:12:06 +0000

Is there any problem with doing a quick format? Will it reduce the speed of the memory card or cause any other kind of problem? I’d rather have the option of being able to recover photos just in case I format pictures I didn’t mean too…thanks!