How do you format a memory card?

How do I format my memory card?

• I recently bought a samsung st600. I tried putting in my cell phone's 2gb memory card and it works fine. I purchased a 16gb memory card for the camera but a message keeps popping up to format the memory card. How can I fix this??? When I put the 16gb memory card in my cell phone, the message does not appear and it is able to take pictures, it only pops up when I put it in the camera.

• Answer:

  OK first i woudl like to say that some cameras have a max size limit on memory cards. My old camera would not accept anything larger than an 8bg memory card. If you are trying to format it on the computer here is what you do. Put it in the computers memory card reader, (or in the camera and then connect the camera) When you can access it like a drive in the "computer" or "My computer" menu > Right Click on it> Select format The card will format and you should then be able to use it in the camera, provided the camera can handle such a large card. I would do yourself a favor and google your camera and search for the specs. Read the specifications on it for the storage card capacity.