You don't need to roll back the PC at all. Just do the filename changes, hotsync. Assuming the target Treo is a new unit with nothing in it, you'll be asked to select a user, then the desktop will write into the Treo. If the Treo has anything in either the calendar or contacts, you might want to set the hotsync to "Desktop overwrites Handheld" for the calendar and contacts, just to make sure you get replace someone else's data with your own. The date on the desktop makes no difference to this process. Whatever data is in those renamed .bak files will become the latest of which Palm is aware. If that's three weeks old, you'll have to reenter anything you entered in the intervening weeks. The individual entries include the date to which they were assigned, but the database -- the collection of entries -- cares not a whit what day you entered them or what day you do the backup.
On 05/12/2008 at 1543 -0400 "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, that helps me understand...one more beforehand, do I leave the > computer restored back to the Date prior to my deleting or does it > matter you think? > --- In [email protected], "Jennifer Shelamer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> They are database files. The .dat file is the active file, >> > and .bak is the > >> backup file, which may or may not still have his contacts. Rename >> > the .dat > >> file first so you don't overwrite it. You can always rename it >> > back from > >> address.old to address.dat. When you rename the .bak file to .dat, >> > it > >> becomes the active database. >> >> Jennifer >> >> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> I don't understand renaming the files? Are thse operating >>> > files or > >>> for sure are they database files with his contacts >>> >>> --- In [email protected] <treo%40yahoogroups.com>, "Jennifer >>> > Shelamer" > >>> <jennifer@> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Try renaming the .dat file to address.old, for example, then >>>> >>> rename the .bak >>> >>>> file to address.dat. >>>> >>>> Good luck! >>>> >>>> Jennifer >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Jim <spillaneja@> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I can see three files address.bak address.dat uiprefs.dat. >>>>> > Are > >>> these >>> >>>>> just basic required operating system files for the address >>>>> > book > >>> or >>> >>>>> would these/one of them have all of his old contacts? If so, >>>>> > do I > >>>>> just double click.copy past to quick install or what???? >>>>> >>>>> --- In [email protected] <treo%40yahoogroups.com> <treo% >>>>> >>> 40yahoogroups.com>, "Jennifer >>> Shelamer" >>> >>>>> <jennifer@> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Look in the address folder in his c:\Program >>>>>> >>> Files\Palm\<username> >>> >>>>> folder. >>>>> >>>>>> Jennifer >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Jim <spillaneja@> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thankfully not for myself...But in a way Worse...My >>>>>>> > nontech > >>>>>>> understanding Dad lost his phone(700p) shortly after he >>>>>>> > told > >>> me >>> >>>>> to >>>>> >>>>>>> delete all his info off of the computer.Didn't want >>>>>>> > anyone > >>>>> seeing his >>>>> >>>>>>> info. Probably nudy pics of my mom...Yuck..Anyways I >>>>>>> > deleted > >>> his >>> >>>>>>> contacts, datebook, media, etc by opening them up in the >>>>>>> > Palm > >>>>> Desktop, >>>>> >>>>>>> selecting all and deleting. Isn't it retained somewhere >>>>>>> > in > >>> the >>> >>>>> backup >>>>> >>>>>>> folder under a .bak .dat or .pdb file. I've already >>>>>>> > tried the > >>>>> open >>>>> >>>>>>> archive option in the file menu while having his contacts >>>>>>> >>> open >>> >>>>> and >>>>> >>>>>>> didn't work. Also tried a system restore on the computer. >>>>>>> >>> That >>> >>>>>>> restored the datebook but not contacts...HELP ANYONE??? >>>>>>> > Maday > >>>>> Mayday.. >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > -- /“Thirty-five million deaths leave an empty place at only one family table.” / (News commentator Eric Sevareid in a radio essay on the 25th anniversary of the start of World War Two. 8/31/64) ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
