Restoring Backup Data question?

I need to be able to restore my pim data from my dell axim x51 that is on a
cf card. I want to restore it outside of the Axim then be able to pull
calander information from the restore and put it back to the Axim. The
reason I can't restore the PIM directly on my Axim is that something is
corrupt in the data which causes the Axim and Active Sync not to work which
in turn causes me to have to reset my PDA. Can PIM data be restore outside
of the PDA via some type of card reader?

I don't think that calendar information is going to be possible without
writing code. If you backup with Spb Backup, they have a desktop program
that will extract the contents of the backup, but the PIM data is in a
database of sorts, not separate files for each calendar item. I think that
you'd have to parse that database and decide what to add to the local store
on the device.

Paul T.

"Robert Davidson" <rdavidson@friantwater dot org> wrote in message
news:%...
>I need to be able to restore my pim data from my dell axim x51 that is on a
> cf card. I want to restore it outside of the Axim then be able to pull
> calander information from the restore and put it back to the Axim. The
> reason I can't restore the PIM directly on my Axim is that something is
> corrupt in the data which causes the Axim and Active Sync not to work
> which
> in turn causes me to have to reset my PDA. Can PIM data be restore outside
> of the PDA via some type of card reader?
>

Let me provide a little bit more information here. Around the first of this
year I did a full backup of the Axim to the cf card. Something in that
backup was corrupt as any restore would cause AS to fail. After that I did
only pim backups of subsequent data to the card as recommended by Dell tech
support. I have information in the original full backup that I now need.
Should I go ahead and do a restore of that original backup, even with it's
corrupt files, then re-backup just the pim data from that and hard-reset the
device? I have information from the original backup that I need but I'm
afraid it's corruption will render my new AS4.2 useless once again. Any
sugesstions?

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
com> wrote in message news:...
>I don't think that calendar information is going to be possible without
>writing code. If you backup with Spb Backup, they have a desktop program
>that will extract the contents of the backup, but the PIM data is in a
>database of sorts, not separate files for each calendar item. I think that
>you'd have to parse that database and decide what to add to the local store
>on the device.
>
> Paul T.
>
> "Robert Davidson" <rdavidson@friantwater dot org> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>I need to be able to restore my pim data from my dell axim x51 that is on
>>a
>> cf card. I want to restore it outside of the Axim then be able to pull
>> calander information from the restore and put it back to the Axim. The
>> reason I can't restore the PIM directly on my Axim is that something is
>> corrupt in the data which causes the Axim and Active Sync not to work
>> which
>> in turn causes me to have to reset my PDA. Can PIM data be restore
>> outside
>> of the PDA via some type of card reader?
>>
>
>

That would be my best guess, yes. Not sure why a restore should cause AS
problems (you did use a soft reset after restore, right?), but that seems
like as good a plan as you're going to get.

Paul T.

"Robert Davidson" <rdavidson@friantwater dot org> wrote in message
news:...
> Let me provide a little bit more information here. Around the first of
> this year I did a full backup of the Axim to the cf card. Something in
> that backup was corrupt as any restore would cause AS to fail. After that
> I did only pim backups of subsequent data to the card as recommended by
> Dell tech support. I have information in the original full backup that I
> now need. Should I go ahead and do a restore of that original backup, even
> with it's corrupt files, then re-backup just the pim data from that and
> hard-reset the device? I have information from the original backup that I
> need but I'm afraid it's corruption will render my new AS4.2 useless once
> again. Any sugesstions?
>
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
> com> wrote in message news:...
>>I don't think that calendar information is going to be possible without
>>writing code. If you backup with Spb Backup, they have a desktop program
>>that will extract the contents of the backup, but the PIM data is in a
>>database of sorts, not separate files for each calendar item. I think
>>that you'd have to parse that database and decide what to add to the local
>>store on the device.
>>
>> Paul T.
>>
>> "Robert Davidson" <rdavidson@friantwater dot org> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>>I need to be able to restore my pim data from my dell axim x51 that is on
>>>a
>>> cf card. I want to restore it outside of the Axim then be able to pull
>>> calander information from the restore and put it back to the Axim. The
>>> reason I can't restore the PIM directly on my Axim is that something is
>>> corrupt in the data which causes the Axim and Active Sync not to work
>>> which
>>> in turn causes me to have to reset my PDA. Can PIM data be restore
>>> outside
>>> of the PDA via some type of card reader?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>