Backups and Stupid people tricks :-) Re: PalmPilot Battery Problem

[Frank Kannemann - SunService Saint John NB - SSE <frank.kannemann@Canada>]

Hi,

Just watchout if you have palmpilot desktop setup to "PalmPilot Overrides
Desktop". And you sync with your empty Palmpilot...

You get an empty desktop... ;-(

Frank

> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 10:49:58 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Lou Ordorica <lou@Central>
> Subject: PalmPilot Battery Problem
> To: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a perplexing problem. Everytime I change my 
> Pilot's batteries, I lose all my data.
> 
> The owner's manual says I have a minute to install fresh 
> batteries while the built-in power source stores the data
> in memory, but this doesn't seem to work on my PalmPilot Personal
> (just upgraded with 2MB PalmIII OS upgrade).
> 
> After installing a new set of Alkalines, I tried removing them
> and replacing them immediately - same results, my data was
> lost (good thing I have PilotManager to restore a backup!)
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -lou
> 
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