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MadBison

11-19-2003, 11:34 AM

Hello
I have been installing and uninstalling a couple appd on my iPAQ 5550 with PPC 2003.

I turned on the iPAQ after a soft reset, and EVERY file in my "My Documents" folder has been deleted. All folders remain.

Damn that is annoying. I can reproduce the data, at the cost of time. I have a backup, but its about a week old. Seems like you have to back up every time you dock with these things. This is the second lot of data I have lost in about 2 weeks.

Anyone else had this?

Any way to recover them?

Thanks
David

PR.

11-19-2003, 11:49 AM

If you sync them with your PC check the deleted items folder as ActiveSync drops them in their when it deletes files

MadBison

11-19-2003, 12:37 PM

Unfortunately I never synched the files. It takes far too long over the infrared which I use at home.

piperpilot

11-19-2003, 01:58 PM

I don't have that particular problem, but while restoring a colleague's Toshiba e335 after a hard reset, I noticed that this woman's entire Pocket_PC_My_Documents folder on her PC has disappeared. I searched the entire hard drive and the network. It's just gone!

Jason Dunn

11-19-2003, 11:47 PM

This is a long shot, but if you have Windows XP, turn on "Show Hidden Files", then look here:

C:\Documents and Settings\Jason Dunn\Application Data\Microsoft\ActiveSync\Profiles\Shogun\Synchronized Files Backup

"Shogun" is the name of my Pocket PC...

piperpilot

11-20-2003, 12:12 AM

Thanks Justin. I'll give that a try. She is using XP.

Dave Beauvais

11-20-2003, 12:31 AM

Thanks Justin. I'll give that a try. She is using XP.
Justin Dunn, Jason's evil twin. (Sorry, it had to be said. ;) )

piperpilot

11-20-2003, 01:09 PM

That tells you something about the kind of day I had yesterday. Sorry Jason :oops:

Oliver Mitchell

11-20-2003, 04:03 PM

are you sure you didn't really mean justin? maybe there's something we don't know

piperpilot

11-20-2003, 04:12 PM

Hmmm . . . actually, I had been posting earlier in the day to iPAQ Headquarters in response to a member named Justin. I just got the names mixed up. Big OOPS!

By the way, Jason, your suggestion did the trick. Once I turned off the "hidden file cloaking device," I found her Pocket_PC_My_Documents folder. Thanks again!