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Canon PowerShot A450 Digital Camera Questions & Answers
Card locked! Can't use camera.
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.
Why Canon powershot not holding date
Most likely the date back up battery needs replacing. It is at the bottom left of your camera. Remove the cover and replace the button battery. Please check the battery number (probably CR1220 Lithium 3.0) and and install it right way round. Don't use metallic tweezers to hold the battery as it will short-circuit and drain the battery.
Memory card error
- remove the memory card and try cleaning the contacts by gently swiping with buds
- re insert the card if problem still persist try replacing the card
I used to be able to import pictures onto my laptop but now it does nothing when the usb is plugged into both
Try NOT connecting your camera to your computer.
The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.
Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo management program such as Picasa (
http://picasa.google.com ).
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
I have formated by mistake
Take no more pics until you've recovered your 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 may help you recover your photos.
This article reviews and outlines several of the better ones:
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