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Kali Carrington Posted on May 30, 2006
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Memory Card is locked up?

I recently removed my memory card from my Canon SD300 to take it to an Eckerd and have pictures printed out. Now when i turn it on it says "Card Locked!" at the top. So it wont let me take pictures or erase or anything. how do i get this to go away or how do i UNlock it?

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  • Kali Carrington May 30, 2006

    it didnt work

  • Anonymous Mar 13, 2009

    I have a Casio Exilim camera and I just went to go print some pictures out and when I turn it on its say "card locked". I can only view my pictures but do nothing with them, I can't delete them, I can't even take new pictures. Most of the things i try to do like go to my camera to TRY to take a picture it says "card locked" so please give me advice on how to "unlock" my card.

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Hi Phatback, There should be a switch on the card, move it in the opposite direction. If this does not work, format it in your PC. Please let me know if this works. Best regards, nightdiver

  • darawcw Sep 07, 2010

    You are a amazing, didn't even know there was a switch on that card. It worked.

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