Protected card pops up and I cant take any pics?

As it was the camera that put the protection on ..You need to put the card into the camera..And ..UN-TICK each one to unprotect them...The idea of the protected photos is so you cant erase them when you format the card.

If you did not use the card before in your camera, please try to format the card in the camera. But the SD or SDHC card that goes into your camera, has a little switch, on the left side of the card, that should be set to the top of the card. Top is where the gold con acts are (back side when the switch is on the left)

Hello,

Have you checked your memory card to see if it IS in fact protected? It is amazingly easy for some camera memory cards to become accidentally protected.

Check and see if you card has a switch that allows it to be set to read only. And if it does make sure it is not set to read only.

HTH

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

Check the menu, many cameras allow you to enable photo protection, you may have some photos protected. You won't be able until that protection is removed.

Card protected usually means the slide switch on the side of the card is in the locked position. To get the card out of most cameras (since you didn't say what your camera is) you press in on the card and it pops out. Sometimes there is a button alongside the card slot that you push in to get the card to pop out.

remove the card. there is usually a switch on the side. turn it to the other position.

Take out your memory card and see if there is a switch on it. Move the switch to unlock.

Daisyramon, Have you checked the lock tab on your digital card that stors the pictures? You may have inaverdentally pushed the slide lock by accident to the protected side. If you did just push it back to the oposite side of the card. Hope this helps you. I always pull my card from the camera and insert it in the USB port on the front of my computer and open my pictures there and also transfer any to the card from the computer.

Tom

There sould be a very tiny slide switch on the memory card itself. See the pic