Digital camera accessories

[mrutter]

Hey all,

   My XD card is reporting back that it is "write protected". In order to continue using it, I have to remove the write protection. The problem is..... How?

 Any ideas?

[Mike54]

Hi mrutter and welcome to the Q&A Board.
You didn't indicate your camera type but many of them include a feature to write protect some or even all of the image on the card. Is it possible that this feature was somehow enabled? Also if you're using a card reader to transfer/view the files on the computer it is possible that perhaps while viewing the card as a "mass storage device" that somehow the properties were set to write protected.

Perhaps you can supply a bit more info?

[mrutter]

Sorry for the lag time....


Here are the specifics:

The camera is the Fuji Finepix S5000

The memory card is the xD128mb (DPC-128)

I have  the card reader: DPC-R1

The issue is that the memory card is reporting write protected . Is there any program I can download that will allow for an "unconditional write" to allow me to reformat the card? Perhaps it will reset the write protection flag?

[Deb]

Hi Mrutter! Have you tried using the "unprotect" feature of your camera?

(Set your power switch to playback mode. Press the MENU/OK button. From the menu displayed press the little key icon then select RESET ALL. This will "unprotect" the files.) Directions from the online manual (page 63-64). http://www.fujifilmusa.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/bin/S5000Manual.pdf