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07-15-2003, 12:57 PM	#1
GnR qwi$n)(w#%M-wRM_(TEM_(etM Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 34	Old memos deleted? My battery ran out on my Clie. So I hotsynced it, everything is there but the memos. That was the most important stuff. The todo and everything is there, but the memos are gone. I looked in the backup folder under memopad and it only has some memos, I think those are the ones from my old m505. Is there anyway to get back my old memos?

07-15-2003, 07:18 PM	#2
n2ifp Retired Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Manchester, NJ Posts: 12,444	Do you have Norton's undelete? Look in the Recycle bin to see if it's still there. When a file is erased, it's usually just the first letter. Norton's undelete has bailed my butt out many times. I suppose you didn't nack it up to the memory stick. Never rely on the desktop for backup, for a variety of reasons. Are you sure in the memopad folder there is no memopad.bak? Backup file, just rename it to memopad.dat to restore it. __________________ Cheers! Larry Winward T\|T3 + SE T610 + SE HBH-65 = BT Heaven!

07-15-2003, 08:01 PM	#3
DanT TH55 Nutcase member Platinum Contributor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 29°4'N/95°27'W Posts: 5,805	Yes, the memopad backup should be in something like: C:\Program Files\Sony Handheld\[your CLIE's username]\memopad\memopad.bak __________________ Vx, M500, N760P, NX70V/U, NX73V/U, NZ90/U, SL10/U, SJ30/U, T415, T615C, TJ25/U, TJ27/U, TJ35/E1, TH55/U, TH55/E1, TH55/E2, UX40/U, UX50/U, UX180P, iPhone, iPhone3G

07-15-2003, 10:40 PM	#4
GnR qwi$n)(w#%M-wRM_(TEM_(etM Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 34	IT just opens a word pad file with the file name and a bunch of squares. Do I drag that .bak file somewhere?

07-15-2003, 10:50 PM	#5
Griff Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA Posts: 492	Depends on if you use Palm Desktop as your main program. Does the .bak file have the current date? If so, close down Palm DT, open windows explorer and cruise over to the directory mentioned above. Then rename the existing memopad.dat to memopad.new, and rename the memopad.bak to memopad.dat. Open up Palm Desktop and check to see if your memos are there. If they are, just do a dt overwrites handheld sync for memos and you are set. If they are not and the file looks old, close down Palm Desktop, go back to the directory, rename memopad.dat to memopad.bak and rename memopad.new back to memopad.dat. Hopefully you get everything back...good luck.

07-16-2003, 12:06 AM	#6
rob_squared That Voice In Your Head Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,694	DanT, love your sig. __________________ Main Site Silkskins <--Read Disclaimer Over 2200 downloads at Cliesource

07-16-2003, 12:06 PM	#7
Griff Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA Posts: 492	Well...did you get your stuff back?

07-16-2003, 04:45 PM

DanT

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DanT, love your sig.

.  Hoping to get the message across to some people.

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07-16-2003, 08:22 PM	#9
GnR qwi$n)(w#%M-wRM_(TEM_(etM Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 34	I didn't even try it yet, I'm so lazy in the summer all I want to do is play chess.

07-16-2003, 10:07 PM	#10
Griff Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA Posts: 492	Heh...make sure you do it before you hotsync again...

07-16-2003, 10:13 PM

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Originally posted by DanT

.  Hoping to get the message across to some people.

Dan, I think you have a typo in your Sig though. Not being critical, but I just noticed it

"Having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section in a swimming pool."

Shouldn't it be?

"Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool."

'is like' instead of 'like'

07-16-2003, 10:15 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by GnR
I didn't even try it yet, I'm so lazy in the summer all I want to do is play chess.

It's really quick to do, but as Griff said, make sure you do this before you hotsync, otherwise you will lose the info.

Last edited by Hannibal : 07-16-2003 at 11:13 PM.

07-16-2003, 10:44 PM	#13
DanT TH55 Nutcase member Platinum Contributor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 29°4'N/95°27'W Posts: 5,805	Hannibal, thanks for the correction. If there are more people like you, my English would be much better by now. __________________ Vx, M500, N760P, NX70V/U, NX73V/U, NZ90/U, SL10/U, SJ30/U, T415, T615C, TJ25/U, TJ27/U, TJ35/E1, TH55/U, TH55/E1, TH55/E2, UX40/U, UX50/U, UX180P, iPhone, iPhone3G

07-16-2003, 11:04 PM

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Originally posted by DanT
Hannibal, thanks for the correction.

And I'm a smoker to boot, but a courteous one and am in the process of quitting. BTW, I am VERY careful when in the pool.

07-16-2003, 11:32 PM	#15
DanT TH55 Nutcase member Platinum Contributor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 29°4'N/95°27'W Posts: 5,805	I hope you quit it for good. 'VERY careful', hmm, what an ambiguous choice of words, you either being sneaky and spread the leak unnoticeably or just trying to keep your cigaret dry while skinny dipping, or may be both. I better keep an eye on you when you are in my swimming pool. __________________ Vx, M500, N760P, NX70V/U, NX73V/U, NZ90/U, SL10/U, SJ30/U, T415, T615C, TJ25/U, TJ27/U, TJ35/E1, TH55/U, TH55/E1, TH55/E2, UX40/U, UX50/U, UX180P, iPhone, iPhone3G