XD memory card corruption

My xD memory card now says ' write protected ' and will not function at all. I cannot take pics or look at old ones on there as it says there are none on there! What should i do?

tasc0525 May 08, 2008

I'm having the same problem with my xd card. I used it today and looked at the pictures, turned off the camera, and 5 minutes later i had this problem. When i try to take pictures, it says "write protect" and when i try to view my existing pictures, it says no pictures as if the card is blank. When I try to upload the pictures onto my computer, it shows that the folder is empty. Any suggestions?

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