Media Card won't format

I just got the blackberry curve, 8330, and bought a media card. I inserted the card and have been trying to format it, but all it does is freeze my blackberry. is it a bad card? what am I doing wrong here?

You could have a bad card. Try formatting it on a pc and see what happens.
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Hi and welcome....
Depending on your OS, you may have a card that is larger than what your Blackberry Handheld OS can support.
You can try to format your new card on a PC using FAT and then install the card. This will work in some situations.
To understand the specifications, 4.2 OS will not support 8gb cards but they will work sometimes if you format the card in a PC. If your phone has the new 4.5 OS (or Bold has the 4.6), the larger cards will work...
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Media card wont format

recently everything on my media card dissapeared after uploading pictures to laptop, i keep receiving error msg saying media card can not be accessed due to fatal errors. iv tried to format it but it just says formatting failed.

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hi
anybody please help me. when i insert media card in blackbeery 8520 mobile i am getting the below message.
"media card can not be accessed due to fatal errors" and
when i try to format the media card on mobile i am getting the following message.
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I updated the software in my 8310 from 4.2 to 4.5, having been told that was the problem. I've taken the battery and the memory card out of the phone for several minutes and reinstalled just to get the same error message. Why is is so difficult to get this thing to work? Are there settings that need to be change or is there a way of doing this through desktop manager? I'm reading that you can format the card on your computer, I have no clue how to do that and especially with a PC with Vista.
Is it easier to return the memory card and buy one that is formatted? Please help, I've wasted the better part of a weekend with this already.
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The message says the Blackberry can sense a media card but cannot read the card.
Irwinll is correct that returning it is the easiest, but a card reader will be useful to you.
They are about $10.00 and well worth the price.
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