How to low level format a SD memory card ?

  1. The command dd is used to low level format the card
  2. The command fdisk is used to create a new primary partition
  3. The command mkfs.vfat us used to create the FAT32 file system
kerphi@ketchup:~$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd
dd: écriture vers `/dev/sdd': Aucun espace disponible sur le périphérique
1974273+0 enregistrements lus
1974272+0 enregistrements écrits
1010827264 octets (1,0 GB) copiés, 1090,36 seconde, 927 kB/s


kerphi@ketchup:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdd
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,
until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous
content won't be recoverable.

Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdd: 1010 MB, 1010827264 bytes
32 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1011 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1952 * 512 = 999424 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-1011, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-1011, default 1011): 1011

Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): b
Changed system type of partition 1 to b (W95 FAT32)

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x
partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional
information.
Syncing disks.

kerphi@ketchup:~$ sudo mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdd1
mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)

Discussion

AbcAbc, 2008/10/14 07:38

heh, you call it low-level format? At most it is wiping the thing. As well often after wiping you need to tell fdisk the heads, cyls and sectors as reported by fdisk before wiping to have the same space to the byte.

ashrafashraf, 2009/06/17 17:42

pls send flash memeory low level format software

nikhil guptanikhil gupta, 2009/07/25 15:01

i want to download low lvel format to format my memory card. please help me

Kyaw winKyaw win, 2009/09/25 05:36

I want low level format for sd memory card

Carey UnderwoodCarey Underwood, 2009/10/09 17:44

This is _not_ a low level format, and in fact is probably a good way to put an sd card into a state where it _needs_ to be low level formatted to recover the performance loss incurred by forcing every subsequent write to read and rewrite an entire erasure block.

For further explanation, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAND_flash#Block_erasure

ahmed rahmaneahmed rahmane, 2010/08/02 12:44

I have a memory card mic sd but suddenly I can't open it nor format it so plz if u have any solution help me out and u'll be appreciated

David WilliamsDavid Williams, 2011/02/18 21:42

pls send flash memeory low level format software, I need to repir some sd memorys

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