Restoring a Zire71

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Right, I've got a replacement Z71 for my unlit old one.

How to fully restore?

Presumably, install all my non-palm software first?

Do I just drag and drop my .dat files from ...\palm\oldZ71\address
(datebook\todo etc) to ...\palm\newZ71\~?

I have an archive and backup directory in oldZ71 do I just do the same
with them?

Alan Sherman

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On 27 Mar 2005 06:16:14 GMT, Stan Gosnell <murkuhn@gmail.com> wrote:

>Alan Sherman <alansherm@aol.com> wrote in
>news:b3s841hdpfkvmrbqjskh1elu0hcsg7ei3t@4ax.com:
>
>I use BackupMan. It does automatic backups on 2 different schedules, and
>it backs up *everything*. I've had numerous hard resets, and always had
>a perfect restore from the backup on the card. It costs all of $10, and
>well worth it. There are other backup programs around, but I've settled
>on BackupMan. Works for me.

Thanks, superb.
Backed up dark Z71, restored to new Z71.
Bizarrely (well maybe not) the new one now has the Hotsync ID of the
old one.

Cost $11.75 in the UK (tax @ 17.5%).

Thanks again

Alan Sherman

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Stan Gosnell <murkuhn@gmail.com> wrote in news:Xns96279167EA3mework@
204.52.135.8:

> No, not bizarre. BackupMan restores *everything*. Saved preferences,
> unsaved preferences, all files, *everything*. That's why I use it.

To elaborate, if the new Palm has a different hotsync name, then all your
registered programs will become unregistered, and stop working. Almost
all shareware and retail programs rely on the hotsync name for
registration information.

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Regards,

Stan

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