Camera won't format 512GB SD card
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04-03-2024 11:25 PM - last edited on 04-04-2024 08:59 AM by Danny
I bought a 512 GB Sandisk card and it is not wanting to format with my camera. It keeps telling me to instert new card. Is the GB too big or why would it not format?
Card and slot are clean and it is a brand new card.
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04-03-2024 11:35 PM
Does your camera support SD (2GB), SDHC (32GB) or SDXC (more than 32GB)?
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04-04-2024 08:03 AM
@Aflower wrote:I bought a 512 GB Sandisk card and it is not wanting to format with my camera. It keeps telling me to instert new card. Is the GB too big or why would it not format?
Card and slot are clean and it is a brand new card.
What is the model of your camera?
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04-04-2024 10:07 AM - edited 04-04-2024 10:08 AM
For example, My T6S has a section of the manual that says this:
So I can use SD, SDHC and SDXC cards. Going to the SD card wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD_card
Where we find:
So my camera can use up to 2 TB, but I would never use one that large, it is usually best to use multiple smaller cards (I tend to use 32 GB) so that all your eggs are not in one basket.
Also, make sure it is a full size card and not a micro card with adapter.
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04-04-2024 10:06 PM
That's an ungodly large memory card for a camera. If your camera works with other cards, like maybe up to 128GB, stop there.
Besides, if you want that big a card so you can keep huge numbers of photos on it, you are going about things the wrong way. You SHOULDN'T keep huge amounts of data on a little old SD card. Cards fail. Cards can get corrupted in the camera. And you lose your huge amount of data in one fell swoop. Is is a better practice to have multiple cards of a more reasonable size with you. Your card data should be moved to a computer frequently, and backed up from there if it is important to you. Don't think of your camera as a portable photo album.
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08-09-2024 04:26 AM
Or, you can try formatting your newly purchased SD card on the computer. disable the write protection, connect the card to your PC, press Win+E, find and locate your SD card, right-click on it, select format, select NTFS as file system, click on format. Then, you should be good to go.
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08-09-2024 09:09 AM
NTFS? For a camera? Not likely. Try FAT32.
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08-09-2024 04:51 AM
What model is your camera?
is the card full-size or a micro SD with adapter?
What brand is it and where did you purchase it?
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08-09-2024 04:57 AM
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