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Marshall Merriam Posted on Mar 26, 2014
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Card is locked and I am unable to unlock it

Card is locked and I am unable to figure out how to unlock it

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SD cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the metal contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card.

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All these answers are correct but if the white plastic slider gets knocked off or is missing the card reverts to locked.solution find similar card and swop the white slider to gain access to card contents.

  • kakima May 12, 2014

    Or just glue a small piece of wood in place.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 26, 2008

SOURCE: Memory card locked

Hi everyone,

Here's the solution, I just had the same problem LOL!
1. take the memory card out
2.On the memory card there is a little switch (it will be the little tiny piece on the side of the card thats a different color) slide it up.

That's it!

Bye

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  • Posted on Jul 04, 2008

SOURCE: Memory card locked

Take the card out. On the left side of the card is a tiny white switch. Reverse the position.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 12, 2008

SOURCE: memory card

If the card is locked, you could the steps below:

- Turn off camera
- Remove memory card
- Take a look on the switch of the memory card itself
* If it's at the TOP = card is UNLOCKED
* If it's at the BOTTOM = card is LOCKED

- So, you just have to make sure that the switch is at the top
for the memory card to be UNLOCKED

After doing that, you just have to put back the memory card to your camera and turn on the camera. Try to check if this works.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 13, 2008

SOURCE: Memory card locked

I had the same problem - just put the lock button of the card to the lock position and than again to the unlock position

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 03, 2009

SOURCE: CARD LOCKED

There should be a small toggle along the end side (it is tiny and easily missed, but it is there, I just checked my memory card / mine is 4GB SD card from Sony) that you can swtich to unlock and your images may come back that way.

Look for it this way, hold the card face down it should be on the back edge where you use your thumb or finger to push it into the slot on your camera.

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