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I have a Brand new camera, the cannon SD880.. I just got back from vacation and as I opened my camera it said memory card error, I then clicked the button to view my pictures and it said memory card us locked. ( It was unlocked though) I took the memory card out and it was unlocked... I tried downloading them onto my computer and It read no photos. I am very worried that they are gone, which would make no sense, is their anyway to fix this? how can I recover this problem thanks

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First, do not try to save any more data to that card. Doing so may overwrite whatever pictures might be recoverable.
Then, download and run SanDisk RescuePRO recovery software.
Run it in evaluation mode first, letting it scan the card to see if there pictures are actually recoverable.

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It sounds like you've got a troublesome memory card problem.
If you really want to regain your photos there, I would like recommend you to try a photo recovery freeware that can restore all your inaccessible photos back for free:
http://www.freeware-fix.blogspot.com/2013/02/photo-recovery.html
This photo recovery freeware has offered you four advanced data recovery modes to process almost all your data recovery problems, such as deleted photo recovery problems, formatted drive or memory card data recovery problems and even corrupted drive or memory card data recovery problems, etc. So, I trust this freeware will also do its utmost to get back your inaccessible photos back.
Read more detailed information of this freeware here:
http://www.geeksdo.com/data-recovery/
PS: After completely restoring back all your needed photos, you can format this memory card to see whether it could be fixed.
Next time, you'd better learn a lesson to back up everything important well in case of similar data recovery problems.

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Try some photo recovery software to rescue the files on your digital camera memory card, here are some for your options.

Photo Recovery (for Windows)
Photo Recovery for Mac

Be careful: Before your pictures are recovered, do not attempt to save more files to the card in case the original files(your pictures) are overwritten.

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