Comments on: Putting It All Together: Pt 5 : Backup Your Palm Just In Case

By: admin

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:56:16 +0000

I will have to look into the Ultimate Pack since I originally purchased the Neat Freak Pack for my Zire 71 back in 2003 when I got it. Since it offers a package of programs like the OnGuard Backup that I have not tried myself (I’m a Resco Backup user since NeatFreak didn’t offer a backup program at the time). You may want to look into the uninstall posting that covers the Northglide’s Uninstall Manager, which is essential in my view. Again, the program has been updated since the posting so I will need to look into the program and possibly focus on the NeatFreak Ultimate.

Thanks for leaving your comment.

By: Martin Cleaver

Martin Cleaver — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:59:53 +0000

You mentioned and asked us to support you by buying the NorthGlide Ultimate pack but you’ve not really included more than a passing mention to it in your roundup. Can you add this?

Thanks,
Martin

By: admin

admin — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 20:06:49 +0000

(copied from Blogger)

Hi Maceyr,
this is indeed a great post. However, I can recall that many backup programs only require a VFS manager. This is a part opf the Palm OS; that is available on OS4 handhelds like the m5xx series that have an expansion slot, Visor’s are said to also be able to have one with the right expansions installed altough lacking OS4, same valid for Clie and Handera stuff.

So, the program SyncALL imho is needed only for handhelds without expansion memory.

Best regards
Tam Hanna
http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com

P.s. Beat me if I am wrong-my mind is starting to get full of green worms;)
# posted by Tam Hanna : 12/31/2005 11:19:11 AM

Backing up works only when you make a copy of RAM files and contents to anywhere other than RAM, which can be usually on the flash memory SD card (most likely for most Palm devices with SDIO) or the computer for those without the SDIO. You can manually try to create a copy of all the files in RAM including preferences files to the computer but that is time consuming and tedious, especially if you have to remember to do it yourself.

So, yes, SyncAll will work for older Palms without an SDIO or VFS support.

Thanks for commenting.
# posted by maceyr : 12/31/2005 11:32:08 AM

Hi Macey,

H from BH

Regarding SyncAll, actually it does NOT backup anything. It only sets the backupbit on every file in RAM resulting in a full transfer the next time you hotsync.
But you can just as easily reset the backupbit again with a tool like FileZ.

Just to let you know …

Greetz,
Nico.
# posted by Anonymous : 1/10/2006 11:39:02 AM

Sorry for a late reply. Just forgot to reply when I read the original comment.

Thanks for the heads up! That’s very nice to know. And thanks for the comments.
# posted by maceyr : 1/25/2006 12:24:38 AM