Take a good look at the SD card itself.
You should find a tiny sliding switch on one edge.
This is a lock.
Unlock the card.
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I simply cannot make them go away and my camera refuses to format the card or save any additional picture.
I cannot erase the card from my pc or PDA either. The files appear to be erased and they re-appear when I insert the card again in any of the mentioned devices. They appear as locked in the camera but I unlock them and still, they cannot be erased... Next time I try they appear as locked... I refuse to think that I have lost this SD card. I even downloaded a software to my PDA that is supposed to be able to format SD cards in tegh pocket oc and that did not work either.
Thanks for all your help you can bring...

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