Backupman - proper use of backup program

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Do I install this program onto the card and internal memory,both, of my T3?
If I go to internal memory, run the program (back up the palm) - do the back
up files go on the sd card? This is what I want - in case I lose the
internal memory, I have the files on the card. If I want scheduled back ups
at 1AM, and set the program in the internal memory to back up at 1 AM, and
the program on the card is not set for scheduled backups, is this ok?
Apparently if you set the program on the sd card to backup by schedule it
won't happen. Thanks for any advice.

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Bruno wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 20:59:21 -0500, "larrylook" <noemail@email.com>
> managed to remove the duct tape and said:

>>Do I install this program onto the card and internal memory,both, of
>>my T3? If I go to internal memory, run the program (back up the palm)
>>- do the back up files go on the sd card? This is what I want - in
>>case I lose the internal memory, I have the files on the card. If I
>>want scheduled back ups at 1AM, and set the program in the internal
>>memory to back up at 1 AM, and the program on the card is not set for
>>scheduled backups, is this ok? Apparently if you set the program on
>>the sd card to backup by schedule it won't happen. Thanks for any
>>advice.

> Only programs in memory get to run. So you are right. One copy in
> memory, and one on the card for recovery.

Speaking of Backupman...

Fairly frequently when it runs a scheduled backup (I have it do this
twice a week, middle of the night) to SD card, my T/E is battery-dead in
the morning. Yes, I have Backupman set to turn off display when backup
is finished. And the Palm itself is set to kill the display after two
minutes. And if I watch it, the display does, indeed extinguish.
Battery status is irrelevant -- it can do this from a full charge.
Anyone else seen this? (It's not fatal, because it happens right after
a full backup; but it's certainly a pain in the rear.)

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Stan Gosnell wrote:
> Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote in
> news:slrncpb2be.oij.no.spam@thurston.blinkynet.net:

>> Fairly frequently when it runs a scheduled backup (I have it do this
>> twice a week, middle of the night) to SD card, my T/E is battery-dead
>> in the morning. Yes, I have Backupman set to turn off display when
>> backup is finished. And the Palm itself is set to kill the display
>> after two minutes. And if I watch it, the display does, indeed
>> extinguish. Battery status is irrelevant -- it can do this from a full
>> charge. Anyone else seen this? (It's not fatal, because it happens
>> right after a full backup; but it's certainly a pain in the rear.)

> I think you have something else installed that is killing the battery.
> I've used BackupMan on a Zire 71 and a T3, and never had this happen.
> When the Palm turns off, it should use minimal battery power, only
> enough to keep the clock ticking and housekeeping functions. If

Right.

> BackupMan is turning it off, then something else is turning it on. Do
> you have any other alarm apps installed?

Nope. I don't even run alarms on my calendar events.

And it only happens after Backupman backups.

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On 13 Nov 2004 04:11:27 GMT, Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>
managed to remove the duct tape and said:

>Speaking of Backupman...
>
>Fairly frequently when it runs a scheduled backup (I have it do this
>twice a week, middle of the night) to SD card, my T/E is battery-dead in
>the morning. Yes, I have Backupman set to turn off display when backup
>is finished. And the Palm itself is set to kill the display after two
>minutes. And if I watch it, the display does, indeed extinguish.
>Battery status is irrelevant -- it can do this from a full charge.
>Anyone else seen this? (It's not fatal, because it happens right after
>a full backup; but it's certainly a pain in the rear.)

Never had a problem with it. I own a TT. And in my case, the unit is
in its cradle when the backup kicks in at 6:00.

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