SS: My Palm Pilot lost ALL my information

ufcrusher · 07-31-2003, 06:41 PM

I havent used my Palm pilot in a few weeks and decided that I needed to enter in some information into it. WHen I turned it on, it told me that it had a low battery. Great, so I go to get some batteries out of my cabinet. I grab the batteries, pull out two and then took the batteries out of my palm pilot, just like I have done plenty of times before. Unfortunately, I dropped one of the batteries and I by the time I inserted it back into the palm pilot I lost all my information.

I was thinking that it was no big deal since I have hot synced my palm pilot lots of times. I switch over to my old OS and look for the files.....not there. Crap, it must have been on my laptop. So I check the files that were transferred from my laptop. Once again, not there. I have since gone through 14 or 15 backup discs and I just cant find it anywhere. So now, I realize that I dont have a back up of the information anywhere. I think I have most of the information backed up in hard copies somewhere, but in all truthfulness, I probably dont. This just sucks arse.

SnowSurfer · 07-31-2003, 08:26 PM

yeah i usually dont take the batteries out in mine unless i have two in my hand, and even then i change them one at a time...sorry to hear u lost info..happens to the best of us

revil · 07-31-2003, 09:24 PM

one reason i don't use a palm anymore.

whitak24 · 08-01-2003, 09:03 PM

man, that sucks.

i've never figured out why palm doesn't use a backup battery of some sort. i mean, my cell phone goes dead but it doesn't forget everything it knows....

ufcrusher · 08-01-2003, 11:49 PM

The stupid thing is that I thought it did have a lithium battery backup. I guess I was thinking of some other piece of electronics that I have laying around.

07-31-2003, 06:41 PM	#1
ufcrusher Admiral Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Boca Raton, FL: By way of: Poway, CA; Gainesville, Fl; Penn Valley, Pa. Posts: 5,680	SS: My Palm Pilot lost ALL my information I havent used my Palm pilot in a few weeks and decided that I needed to enter in some information into it. WHen I turned it on, it told me that it had a low battery. Great, so I go to get some batteries out of my cabinet. I grab the batteries, pull out two and then took the batteries out of my palm pilot, just like I have done plenty of times before. Unfortunately, I dropped one of the batteries and I by the time I inserted it back into the palm pilot I lost all my information. I was thinking that it was no big deal since I have hot synced my palm pilot lots of times. I switch over to my old OS and look for the files.....not there. Crap, it must have been on my laptop. So I check the files that were transferred from my laptop. Once again, not there. I have since gone through 14 or 15 backup discs and I just cant find it anywhere. So now, I realize that I dont have a back up of the information anywhere. I think I have most of the information backed up in hard copies somewhere, but in all truthfulness, I probably dont. This just sucks arse. __________________ Welcome my son, welcome to the machine...Where have you been? It's alright we know where you've been....

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07-31-2003, 08:26 PM	#2
SnowSurfer Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,616	yeah i usually dont take the batteries out in mine unless i have two in my hand, and even then i change them one at a time...sorry to hear u lost info..happens to the best of us

07-31-2003, 09:24 PM	#3
revil shibuya girl Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 6,851	one reason i don't use a palm anymore.

08-01-2003, 09:03 PM	#4
whitak24 easily amused Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: my office Posts: 9,781	man, that sucks. i've never figured out why palm doesn't use a backup battery of some sort. i mean, my cell phone goes dead but it doesn't forget everything it knows....

08-01-2003, 11:49 PM	#5
ufcrusher Admiral Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Boca Raton, FL: By way of: Poway, CA; Gainesville, Fl; Penn Valley, Pa. Posts: 5,680	The stupid thing is that I thought it did have a lithium battery backup. I guess I was thinking of some other piece of electronics that I have laying around.

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