Thanks for this. I suspected corruptions and thought DBscan would have helped. (It didn't).
Have tried DBFIXIT and it has found lots of corruptions. So I'll buy it. Thanks again. Jean --- In [email protected], "cwwees" <cww...@...> wrote: > > Look for dBfixit at the same vendor that sells DateBk. I would immediately > suspect corrupted records, especially if you're porting data from an earlier > machine/different format. > > Charlie > > --- In [email protected], "jeanmorgan01" <jean.wilhen@> wrote: > > > > > > I'm wondering if anyone can offer some advice. Long story, summarised. > > > > I had some old Psion agenda files which were converted for me into Outlook > > files. So i imported them into Outlook on a borrowed laptop (as I don't use > > Outlook), installed palm hotsync on that laptop and tried to sync them into > > my Centro. The sync failed with various Ol-xxxx errors, said it had > > restored the database. > > > > Since then, I haven't been able to open Datebk5 on my Centro. Then hotsync > > kept hanging when I tried it back on my own laptop which made me think the > > datebook file had got corrupted on the Centro. > > Previously no problems at all. > > > > I have removed palm desktop from my laptop and re-installed, deleted the > > datebook.dat file from my laptop and restored the back-up I took before > > this adventure began, done several hard resets on the Centro, deldeted > > Datebk5 and re-installed on the Centro, installed DBSCAN and tried to run > > that. > > > > Datebk5 and DBSCAN start to open, display some info e,g, "scanning" in > > Datebk5 case, and then the Centro screen goes blank and it resets. > > > > At least I can now hotsync to and from datebook but I miss datebk5. > > > > I'm running out of ideas. And I LOVE datebk5, sob sob. > > (I also have Pimlical on the desktop and would love to be able to run it on > > a handheld device.....) > > > > Any suggestions gratefully received. > > > > Thanks,Jean > > >
