Disk Utility wont erase SD card on my Macbook Pro

Im trying to erase an SD card on my Macbook Pro OS X (10.6.8) through disk utility. When I select the SD card in the left window, then after selecting the erase tab next to first aid, raid and restore, at the bottom of erase, all 3 tabs : erase free space, security options and erase are grey and unavailable. All i want to do is format my sd card. What do i need to do?
Thanks,
tellparksy

Hi,
zezzerinsnow wrote:
And its just more for understanding, than a reel problem. If I chose "Annuller", the finder window dos not close down.
Because "Annuller" is the localized name of the cancel button.
The normal behavior of the cancel button is immediately leave the script.
The solution is to use another word
on run {input, parameters}
-- åbner mappen
tell application "Finder" to open "32 GB Kingston:Overførelse til harddisk"
--undersøger og fordeler
--beder om bekræftelse på at filer må slettes
set question to display dialog "Vil du slette filerne?" buttons {"Annullere", "Slet filer"}
set answer to button returned of question
if answer is equal to "Annullere" then
tell application "Finder" to close front window
else -- the answer is equal to "Slet filer"
tell application "Finder"
delete (every item of folder "Overførelse til harddisk" of disk "32 GB Kingston")
close front window
end tell
--bekræfter at filerne er overflyttet
display dialog "Filerne er overflyttet" buttons {"Ok"}
end if
return input
end run
or a try block
try
set answer to button returned of (display dialog "Vil du slette filerne?" buttons {"Annuller", "Slet filer"})
on error --cancel
set answer to "Annuller"
end try

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