Memory card locked!??

I used my Pentax Optio E10 tonight and took the memory card out to put the pictures on the computer, put the card BACK into the camera, turned it on to delete the pictures, and it now says Card Locked on the screen. It won't let me take pictures or do anything at all. How do I UNLOCK the card when I don't know how it got locked in the first place?

Anonymous Nov 03, 2008

i had taken pictures about a week ago and put them on my computer then when i turned y camera on the screen read card locked what do i do?

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The card locked usually means 'protected' Check out the manual for image protection - on/off. Or put card back into computer and delete[NOT FORMAT] from there. A more comprehensive manual is usually found the the CD that came with the camera

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