Converting old User Data to new Palm Desktop

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On 14 Oct 2004 09:40:54 -0700, Tim had this to say...


> I have some old Palm Desktop User Data I want to convert over to my
> new Palm Desktop (4.2.1) My old data is from version 2.5 but my new
> desktop won't open it or even see it. Is there any way I can bring
> this data into my new desktop. Any ideas on what would happen if I
> tried syncing up to the old data?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> -Tim
>

Goto <http://kb.palmone.com> PalmOne Knowledge Library, and search by
Solution ID 3797 Copying data from one Palm Desktop user profile to
another.
-=OR=-
13371 Upgrading to a new handheld: Creating a new username and retaining
PIM data (Windows).
-=OR=-
23356 Upgrading from a previous Palm OS(r) Handheld.

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Hope this helps.
Jim Anderson
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On 15 Oct 2004 12:08:29 -0700, Tim had this to say...


> Thanks Jim for your suggestion. I tried this and unfortunately it
> didn't work because the Palm Desktop isn't seeing the old user data. I
> also could not locate the two KB articles you reference 13371 or
> 23356, the KB search result said they couldn't find them. I'll keep
> looking through the KB but if you can think of anything else, I'm open
> to suggestions.
>
> -Tim
>
>
> Jim Anderson <fro2750@frontiernet.my_finger.net> wrote in message news:<MPG.1bd8791fe32a4c049898ab@news.frontiernet.net>...
> > On 14 Oct 2004 09:40:54 -0700, Tim had this to say...
> >
> >
> > > I have some old Palm Desktop User Data I want to convert over to my
> > > new Palm Desktop (4.2.1) My old data is from version 2.5 but my new
> > > desktop won't open it or even see it. Is there any way I can bring
> > > this data into my new desktop. Any ideas on what would happen if I
> > > tried syncing up to the old data?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > > -Tim
> > >
> >
> > Goto <http://kb.palmone.com> PalmOne Knowledge Library, and search by
> > Solution ID 3797 Copying data from one Palm Desktop user profile to
> > another.
> > -=OR=-
> > 13371 Upgrading to a new handheld: Creating a new username and retaining
> > PIM data (Windows).
> > -=OR=-
> > 23356 Upgrading from a previous Palm OS(r) Handheld.
>

I just went to both of them.

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Jim Anderson
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In article <srj5v0hqbga2vaacm382u11dl401n771ga@4ax.com>,
see.my.sig.4.addr@nowhere.com.invalid wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:54:33 GMT, Jim Anderson
> <fro2750@frontiernet.my_finger.net> spewed:
> >> I have some old Palm Desktop User Data I want to convert over to my
> >> new Palm Desktop (4.2.1) My old data is from version 2.5 but my new
> >> desktop won't open it or even see it. Is there any way I can bring
> >> this data into my new desktop. Any ideas on what would happen if I
> >> tried syncing up to the old data?
> >
> >Goto <http://kb.palmone.com> PalmOne Knowledge Library, and search by
> >Solution ID 3797 Copying data from one Palm Desktop user profile to
> >another.
> >-=OR=-
> >13371 Upgrading to a new handheld: Creating a new username and retaining
> >PIM data (Windows).
> >-=OR=-
> >23356 Upgrading from a previous Palm OS(r) Handheld.
>
> Looked at the 1st 2, but I don't see why the 2 different procedures.
> Why the hassle of the longer way if the other works just as well?
> Also, would the short copying dirs/files way be advisable regularly, to
> get around the problem of syncing 2 or more palms to 1 Palm Desktop user
> ID? So far I have been afraid to sync back, just used "desktop
> overwrites" to goto the backup Palm, and only used "synchronize" on the
> main one since I know the dat files have refs to user dir.
>
> Would it be better to have them both set to the same username, but swap
> around all the apps, conduits for 3rd party apps, etc. instead - way more
> of a pain, but if I get any more conflicts than I've already had over then
> months I'm gonna scream

The how-to on PalmOne used to list the pros and cons.