Registered: Jun 2002
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all data lost

My girlfriend changed batteries on her visor, then she realized that she had to configurate everything again and that all stored data was lost. Afterwards she admitted that the device was without batteries for more than 24 hours
Problem is, she doesn't connect hers to our laptop, so there is no backup for her
Is there any way to recover everything that was stored???
Thx for help

Registered: Apr 2000
Location: St Petersburg Fla
Posts: 224

Backup module!!!!

Once data is gone from memory, the only recovery is hot sync from PC or restore from backup module/or flash.

I'd recommend the backup module for ease of use.

Registered: Jan 2000
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 1683

Chalk it up as a learning experience.

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Nebraska- the Good life
Posts: 695

I always tell the people I work with getting PDAs that there are three big things to remember:

You WILL drop it, so use a good case or protect it 7/24 (odds are you will drop it when not protected, so try to use a case that is always on.)

You WILL scratch the screen, so use a good screen protector.

You WILL loose the data- dead batteries, hard reset, software problems, etc.

I always recommend two independent back-ups- ideally on a PC and on-board, or on two different computers. I have had problems with loosing the data and then having a bad conduit so I could not use one back-up restore process, and one especially bad crash screwed up my on-board memory AND PC memory. Thank God I had a 80% back-up at Yahoo's site!

If batteries are an on-going issue, you might consider the internal charging system at Stephanie's Visor Pages (http://www.felesmagus.com/visor/index.html) OR going to Metal Halid (NiMH) rechargeables.

I used NiMH- two pair. Kept one in the unit and one in the charger and swapped them every day or two when the charge dropped to about 3/4 full.

For back-ups, I really like Backup Buddy from Blue Nomad- it will back up to my Clie's Memory Stick AND to the desktop, but there are a lot of good back-up programs. You can even use HandMark's SuperUtility as a general file manager AND back-up.

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Registered: Jun 2002
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Posts: 2

thx for the help guys!