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SD Card Formatter

SD Card Formatter is a program that provides quick and easy access to all memory card formats like SD, SDHC and SCXC, and has been designed so that you can get rid of all the content stored on your SD card in one go.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Proprietary

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows  Fix nonworking/problematic sdcards with CHS format option.
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about SD Card Formatter, and it has gotten 31 likes

SD Card Formatter was added to AlternativeTo by julien23 on and this page was last updated . SD Card Formatter is sometimes referred to as SDFormatter. 

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Top Positive Comment
NetworkPro
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  • Use SD Formatter "CHS" format option, to fix problems with sdcards not working with some devices
  • SD Formatter also claims faster IOPS than other formatting tools.
  • Aligns partitions to 65KB which may reduce latency to increase IOPS (ref: flashbench erase block size superuser)
Top Negative Comment
Ivan90
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-There is no way to select a file system. -Such a tiny program requires installation. It's useless.

kusarebaita
Replying to @Ivan90

The most suitable file system is picked automatically as it's part of the optimization process. Even if exFAT seems to make more sense on SDHCs larger than 4 GB, the program will still pick FAT32 because it's a standard for this type of cards. It's explained on the official site too. https://www.sdcard.org/developers/sd-standard-overview/capacity-sd-sdhc-sdxc-sduc/

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Install from the command line

  • winget install -e --id SDAssociation.SDMemoryCardFormatter
  • brew install --cask sdformatter

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is SD Card Formatter?

The SD Memory Card Formatter formats SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card and SDXC Memory Card (respectively SD/SDHC/SDXC Cards) complying with the SD File System Specification created by the SD Association (SDA).

It is strongly recommended to use the SD Memory Card Formatter to format SD/SDHC/SDXC Cards rather than using formatting tools provided with individual 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.

The Formatter offers:

Data portability of SD memory cards among SD host products like computers, digital still cameras, digital video camcorders, broadcast recorders, set top boxes, drive recorders, smartphones, drones and many other devices. Formatting within FAT parameters optimized for flash memories in SD memory cards for better performance and endurance.

SD/SDHC/SDXC Cards have a “Protected Area” for SD Card security purposes. The SD Memory Card Formatter does not format the protected area in the SD/SDHC/SDXC Cards. The protected area shall be formatted by an appropriate PC application or SD host devices that provide SD security function.

The SD Memory Card Formatter doesn't support SD/SDHC/SDXC Card encrypted by the “BitLocker To Go" functionality of Windows. Please format the SD/SDHC/SDXC Card after it has been unlocked.

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