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Canon PowerShot SD600
Canon PowerShot SD600
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Alli (alli16) 7 pts
February 13, 2007 5:28 PM
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How do I get my memory card off "locked"?

Every time I turn on my Canon Powershot SD 600, a message at the top of the screen reads "card locked!", and dosen't allow me to take photos. At the bottom of the screen there is a "0" saying there is no memory left, although I only have about 20 pictures stored, and the memory card says 256 MG. Also, when I review my photos, the same message shows up, and dosen't allow me to delete any photos. I've only had this camera for about three weeks, and I haven't found anything about this problem in any of the information packets the camers came with. PLEASE HELP!!! Thank you,
Alli Barry
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bukit97 (bukit97) 12611 pts
February 13, 2007 7:14 PM
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The SD card that your Canon SD600 is using has a miniature switch for the protection of the data from accidental erasure.

Hold the card against the light and you will see a tiny switch, about 1mm thick, in the small cut-out on one side. Now that your card is locked, sliding the switch to the opposite direction will unlock it.


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Alli (alli16) 7 pts
February 13, 2007 7:56 PM
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Ok, i see a switch, it's left to the memory card insert.I keep holding it down, and itkeeps turning on the camera. I can't slide it though. It still says "card locked!" when it switches on!
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marc 0 pts
February 25, 2007 7:12 PM
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How about trying another brand sd card?
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Alli (alli16) 7 pts
February 26, 2007 3:07 PM
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I can use every other memory card with no problem, amd I used to with this one. All other memory cards work, just not this one.
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badgerman 5 pts
March 5, 2007 9:02 PM
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the switch is on the memory card itself: not by the insert. Thanks bukit97!
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Alli (alli16) 7 pts
March 6, 2007 3:26 PM
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Well I honestly dont see a switch. On the sticker on the card, it says "lock" in tiny letters, with an arrow pointing down. Still, I see and feel no switch.
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JAM 0 pts
March 21, 2007 6:09 PM
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Alli--

The switch may have fallen out, leaving it permanently locked. This just happened to one of my SD cards. Very frustrating. Try to get the data off and replace the card.

I read somewhere that one fellow just glued the switches on all of his new cards. Not a bad idea, frankly.

My sympathies!

JAM
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Alli (alli16) 7 pts
March 21, 2007 8:03 PM
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Thanks. I wonder if I can take it back though. It was about $60. Thanx for all the advice. =)
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Dee 0 pts
October 14, 2007 10:41 PM
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I am having the same problem right now. However, i do have the switch and it is in the unlocked position. i was just using my camera 5 minutes ago and turned it off. i then turned it on about 3 minutes ago and it said the card locked thing (same as the person up there). i don't understand why it is doing that, and i have tried switching the lock to locked and unlocked. nothing works.

i'm afraid to put my other card in in case it locks those images too.
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Bonnie 0 pts
October 25, 2007 7:26 PM
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Ahh! thanks sooo much the person who answered it!!! i had the same problem! thanksssss!
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Joe 4 pts
February 7, 2008 6:05 AM
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Hi there. I had the problem with several SD cards I put in my Canon camera though all cards worked otherwise in different cameras and card readers, so I figured the problem is with the camera. I put a thin stripe of Scotch tape around the lock-slider on one of the cards and -surprise, surprise- the error message is gone and the camera works as it alway did. So the switch that is activated by the lock-slider had a bad contact and the tape put more pressure on it to fix it.

Sometimes all it takes is some tape...
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britz 1 pts
September 6, 2008 2:32 PM
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I have the same problem as dee but every other memory card works just not my 2nd sc impact. The first one worked no problem (it was a 2pack) but this one keeps saying locked!

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jadasmommy 1 pts
October 20, 2008 3:06 PM
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I have a sd memory card and i have had it for over a year i tooksome pix of my baby yesterday and when i got home last night my camera kept saying memory card error....card locked. How cani get my pix off?
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twadams 3 pts
November 11, 2008 12:38 AM
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I kept getting the locked message for all of my cards.... all I did was blow into the slot without the memory card in and it works find now
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duffy 1 pts
November 11, 2008 9:56 AM
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blowing on it worked for me with a cannon powershot sd1000 (after taping it, etc.)
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Amy Creasey 1 pts
January 14, 2009 7:17 AM
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ive just had the same problem... it was on.. i turned it off then needed it again and it said card locked... i blew in the memory cars slot and the memory card and it worked!!! mad eh!!!
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Aparna 0 pts
January 26, 2009 11:33 PM
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Nyc quick fix to a problem I just faced
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cockorochi 1 pts
February 16, 2009 3:15 PM
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i turned the switch on my card and every time i inserted it back into the camera and took it out i noticed it had locked again.
looks like something inside my camera kept moving it. Thanx to Joe's advice i cut a thin strip of tape
and taped down the switch, inserted my card voila!!!! it worked after stressing all evening trying to read
on how i can unlock it. thx Joe
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Ashley 0 pts
August 13, 2009 8:50 AM
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I bought a 32 gb card and it worked fine and everything.. it has about 8+ gigs of video on it.. now it says card locked in both digital cameras I have and my computer's card reader won't accept it. I REALLY want the stuff off of it..it still has the switch and everything on it and I even went and bought an external card reader for it..what can I do to try and make it work? Any ideas would be a huge help thanks.
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Gee 0 pts
September 12, 2009 10:33 PM
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Today, I just bought a BRAND NEW 4GB Patriot SDHC memory card. I saw a little yellow switch and didnt know what it did so i switched it to lock. Then when I switched it back I put it in my camera and it says Memory Card Error. Then when I try to view pictures on the camera its says Memory Card locked.
Please help me.
Thanks a bunch.
(:
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