On vacation, removed the photo card and it now says LOCKED. HELP

ALTERNATE WAY TO TRANSFER PHOTOS TO COMPUTER
If your photos are stored on the memory card, then removethe memory card from the camera and insert it into an USB memory card reader.Connect this USB memory card reader and memory card into the USB port of yourworking computer. Your computer will see this as an USB Mass Storage Device oran external storage device; you can then open the folder on the memory card andcopy the photos to your computer.Memory card reader is a handy device and is inexpensive. Youcan copy photos from other cameras and you can also download photos off yourmemory card to someone else's computer without the need of installing anyprograms.

this is generally a slid on the side of the card so that you can protect the data in case you are on vacation and go to grab another card and shoot photos over it and didn't know it was not the blank one. check the sides of the card for a little moveable item.

Can't help with the camera- sounds like it has a fault.

The photos, however, should be recoverable by putting the memory card into a card reader on a computer.

The likely reason this keeps happening is that these cards weren't formatted in the camera when you first got them. However, don't do so just yet as formatting also erases the card. If you are using a memory card, take no more pics until you've recovered the photos, take the card out of the camera. This is to reduce the chance of you overwriting some of your "lost" photos. There are many good freeware photo recovery software options that are available to help you recover your photos. This blog article reviews and outlines several of the better ones. Now AFTER you've recovered the photos, format the cards IN THE CAMERA USING THE CAMERAS FORMAT FEATURE. Look for it, it's located under the "tools" menu (look for the item stating the card's memory capacity). This should rejuvenate both cards, and prevent reoccurrence.

try and get a card reader. remove the card form the camera insert it to the crad reader and plug it into a computer USB port. I the port is Ver 2.0 this will auto read the photos. save all in the computer. I hope this will help.
Ravie

I guess your best bet is to have them on a PC/Mac.

Hi,
Is the card locked? A small switch on the card in the lock position? If that isn't the case you may want to consider having a professional recover these photos. Once I have more information I can assist you further.
Thank you,
Lee

Have you tried using a card reader by removing the SD card/memory card from your digicam and inserting it in a card reader. It is much faster copying your pictures to your computer than transferring by installing/connecting the digicam to the computer. I hope this helps.

no solution yet....Kodak said to find out from WalMart why it's locked....haven't had time. Thanks for your inquiry.  I probably just have to get the prints made at WalMart and not anywhere else on line.

There is a lock on SD cards. It usually is a white switch on the left side of the card. Turn the switch in the opposite direction and try it.