Data loss

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I accidentally let the battery run down on my Pocket PC. I tried to restore
it using Active Sync, but I get an error message about the restore file, "The
selected back-up file is not valid, please select another one." Is there
anyway that I can ge tthe data back?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.pocketpc (More info?)

Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:04:02 -0700, "scederberg"
> <scederberg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I accidentally let the battery run down on my Pocket PC. I tried to restore
>>it using Active Sync, but I get an error message about the restore file, "The
>>selected back-up file is not valid, please select another one." Is there
>>anyway that I can ge tthe data back?
>
>
> It could be that you need to set the time zone on the PDA to what it
> was before, when you took the backup. I've had this where it's said
> it's for a different device - but when I set the region and timezone
> on the PDA correctly, it worked fine.
>

Yes I nearly had a heart attack when I first saw that message. Luckily
it is documented in the help file.


--
Marc
Visit http://www.iMarc.co.uk/ for contact information and reviews.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.pocketpc (More info?)

The same region and time zone that was present before the batteries went
dead.
Terry

"gordon" <gordononline@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:42fd2b44$0$17734$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
> hi - i just posted on this issue - can you tell me what date and time i
> need to set the pocket pc to?
>
> thanks
> "Marc" <see@signature.url> wrote in message
> news:1123875288.12957.0@doris.uk.clara.net...
>> Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:04:02 -0700, "scederberg"
>>> <scederberg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I accidentally let the battery run down on my Pocket PC. I tried to
>>>>restore it using Active Sync, but I get an error message about the
>>>>restore file, "The selected back-up file is not valid, please select
>>>>another one." Is there anyway that I can ge tthe data back?
>>>
>>>
>>> It could be that you need to set the time zone on the PDA to what it
>>> was before, when you took the backup. I've had this where it's said
>>> it's for a different device - but when I set the region and timezone
>>> on the PDA correctly, it worked fine.
>>>
>>
>> Yes I nearly had a heart attack when I first saw that message. Luckily it
>> is documented in the help file.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Marc
>> Visit http://www.iMarc.co.uk/ for contact information and reviews.
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>
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