# Why does my camera always prompt that the memory card needs to be formatted?

**URL:** <https://community.aosulife.com/t/why-does-my-camera-always-prompt-that-the-memory-card-needs-to-be-formatted/224>\
**Category:** Ask aosu\
**Tags:** storage\
**Created:** [March 20, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://community.aosulife.com/t/why-does-my-camera-always-prompt-that-the-memory-card-needs-to-be-formatted/224 "2025-03-20T07:50:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![aosu\_Captain](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.aosulife.com/aosu_captain/32/676_2.png) [@aosu\_Captain](https://community.aosulife.com/u/aosu_Captain)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://community.aosulife.com/t/why-does-my-camera-always-prompt-that-the-memory-card-needs-to-be-formatted/224/1 "2025-03-20T07:50:52Z")

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Please use a Micro SD card with the specification “8-128GB, Class10, fat32 or exfat32” (Micro SD card from Netac is recommended). If your issue persists, please contact online support on aosu app.

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**Author:** ![rdubugnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@rdubugnon](https://community.aosulife.com/u/rdubugnon)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://community.aosulife.com/t/why-does-my-camera-always-prompt-that-the-memory-card-needs-to-be-formatted/224/2 "2025-08-04T10:12:45Z")

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my card is ExFat, but not ExFat32. How can I change his please ? Thanks ! Richard

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**Author:** ![nicholashumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e495f1/32.png) [@nicholashumber](https://community.aosulife.com/u/nicholashumber)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 6:46am UTC](https://community.aosulife.com/t/why-does-my-camera-always-prompt-that-the-memory-card-needs-to-be-formatted/224/3 "2026-06-12T06:46:51Z")

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Scam buy new camera it still won’t work