Memory “Card Locked” Error for Nikon D3100

Everyone wants to hold the best moment of their life. For this purpose they take pictures to capture the memorable moments so that they can cherish them later whenever they feel like. As it is an era of high tech devices and gadgets people use digital cameras to click pictures. Numerous of digital camera or various brands are launched in market. There eye catchy looks and brilliant performance attracts more and more customers. Nikon D3100 is one of the recent released models of Nikon. Nikon D3100 substantially refreshes D3000 and has become most competitive in its sector. This model is built up with improved features and fresh look.

It comprised of 14.2 megapixel DX-format ultra slim camera along with 3.0 LCD monitor. It supports both SD and MMC cards for the storage of the pictures. As there is no certainty to life therefore there is always are risk of losing the stored pictures from the memory card. Several reasons are there that can cause picture loss from memory card like:

1.File system corruption
2.Virus or malware infection
3.Switching off the camera while ongoing ReadWrite process
4.Pulling the memory card without proper ejection
5.Using the same memory card in some other storage media

Such factors are responsible for deletion of pictures from memory card. The memory card gets corrupted and hence the images stored in it become inaccessible. When you attempt to access the corrupted memory card you may receive error messages. One of the most common error message is

“Memory Card Locked”

The above mentioned error message appears each time you try to access the pictures stored in your damaged memory card. This error message reflects that your memory card is corrupted and restricts you from accessing the data stored in it. Thus if you want to retrieve all you memory card data you first need to fix the error problem.

To fix Memory card locked error you can follow the given steps:

1.Eject the memory card and reinsert it into the camera
2.Rub it with a clean cloth and insert it again
3.If the problem persists then use the same memory card in another digital camera
4.Format the memory card

After formatting the memory card you may loss all the images stored in it. Therefore it is recommended to create a backup file so that you can restore the lost pictures from backup file. If there is no backup file available then the only option left with you is to use third party Memory card recovery software. Numerous memory card recovery software are available in market. You can select any one among them to recover the lost pictures of your corrupted memory card. The software recovers the lost pictures and also resolves error problem related to it.