What does it mean when a sd card has experienced an anomaly?

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Use USB card reader&writer to retrieve the pictures directly from the card.

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Sounds like the camera does not support SDHC. Check manual to see if this camera supports high capacity SD cards.

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I get a memory card error everytime I insert a memory card. They are not locked and I have tried 4 different memory cards and nothing works. How can this problem be fixed?

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I assume that you know that there is a tiny tiny on-off switch on the edge of each SD card. If they are locked in the off position....

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• Posted on Jun 30, 2009

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The card's filing system has likely become corrupted. This usually occurs with time if the card was never formatted for the camera. It will work at first, but this eventually happens. But this can be corrected. First of all, you'll probably want to recover the photos that are already on the card. For this you'll need recovery software (plenty of freeware available):

http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/12/recovering-those-accidentally-lost.html

You will need to use a flash card reader with this software. If you don't have one, get one, they're cheap:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?keywords=card+reader&rs=172282&page=1&rh=n%3A172282%2Ck%3Acard+reader&sort=price

AFTER you've recovered the photos, format the card in your camera to prevent this from happening again (dig out that instruction manual to figure out how). For Canon cameras, normally just go to the tools menu, select the item stating the card's capacity, and then follow the on-screen prompts to format (select "low-level" if asked). BUT keep in mind formatting will also totally erase your card, so again only do this after you've recovered the photos!