my rebel XS won't format sandisk memory card 64GB

[amie22]

I have never bought a card with this much GB.  But the camera wont format it.  Too much GB or bad card and I'm making a trip back to the store.  Please help

[RobertTheFat · Accepted solution]

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@TCampbell wrote:

That's an SDXC card.  Your Rebel XS camera will accept SD or SDHC cards only.

SD cards are up to 16GB and use the FAT12 filesystem.

SDHC cards are up to 32GB and use the FAT32 filesystem.

SDXC cards are 32GB to 2TB and use the exFAT filesystem.

You have an older camera which was manufactured before the SDXC standard existed and, as such, your camera does not know how to deal with those cards.

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Most people here will urge you not to use a card that large anyway, because it can be a temptation to engage in risky behavior. Like putting an entire important photo shoot on a single card or leaving files on a card too long before copying them to a computer.

[RobertTheFat]

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sdleasia wrote:

Thanks! I have a bunch of 64gb cards laying around. That linked worked great. Now I have a 64gb card installed, took a test picture, works on the PC. Will use it cautiously though. Can't format it with the camera, but I'm good with that.

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Ask anyone in this forum (including, I suspect, the Canon product experts). Each will tell you that even if you have to format a card on a computer first, you should always format it again in the camera before trying to use it.

For some people, I suppose, risk is its own reward. If that applies to you, have at it. If you lose an important shoot, at least you won't have to ask why.

[kingrp]

WOW, great fix, thank you !! channging the format did the trick.

[elizabethcs]

That worked perfect. Thank you!

[Dereklj]

This Might sound obvious but i was having the same trouble, i kept putting the memory card in and i was getting the same error message but then i realised that the memory card was just an adapter to hold the micro card so i put the micro card in to the adapter and everything was fine from there

[kvbarkley]

Just for the record, micro cards are not recommended.