iPAQ 5500 file saving. (Main Memory or iPAQ File Store?)

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"SBC" <jarjoura@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>I have the iPAQ 5500. My question is regarding saving files to Main Memory
>or to iPAQ File Store.
>
>If I am in Pocket Word and I close a new file, it is automatically saved to
>Main Memory. Then I can click on the file and hold it and select Rename/Move
>and in the location: box it shows it is in Main Memory. I then select iPAQ
>File Store, and click on OK.
>
>Now the file name icon has a floppy disk added to the lower right of the
>icon.
>
>Did this pull it out of main memory and now is stored out of RAM and into
>ROM or some type of EPROM?

It is now in the user accessible area of FlashROM.

>NOW the file Does Not show up in Windows Explore on the laptop or in File
>Explorer in the iPAQ, when it did when it was stored in Main Memory!

Right. ActiveSync only syncs files in main memory, not on storage
cards or flashROM. Use MightSync to get around this -
www.mydocsunlimited.com

>Does this also mean that when I perform a full backup, anything stored in
>iPAQ File Store will not be backed up?

Depends on the software. Many won't but some will. Sprite Backup will
allow you to back up the FlashROM.
>
>Why store in iPAQ File Store?

Because it is more or less permanent. If your battery dies or you hard
reset your device, 100% of the files in your FlashROM will be safe.
Files in your main memory will be gone.
>
>Also if I added a SS card for extra memory, how will this affect the backup
>process and viewing it from the laptop?
>

Not sure what you mean by SS card. If you mean SD (Secure Digital)
your laptop will treat it like the FlashROM - ie, pretty much ignores
it. The exception to that is Windows Media Player on your desktop. it
can move files to your SD card quite easily.
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