Balaur

Originally Posted by daverose808

My axim x30, running wm2003, died, so i bought an x51v, running wm5.0, to replace it. the problem is that before i got rid of my x30, i made a backup file with all my vital info. when i tried to use it on my new x51v, it wouldnt read it. i feel so stupid, i should have realized it would not be compatible. bc, i coincidentally also got a new pc and never thought of backing up my outlook, i cant rely on that for the info. all i have is this backup file. PLEASE reply with solutions. if i have to buy another wm2003 pda just to get the data, that would be really annoying, but i am desperate. so please, if u have any ideas, let me know!!

i had a similar problem restoring my backup from a dead ipaq. HP is using Sprite Backup software so all I had to do is to install Sprite on my new PPC and everything got restored. I could be mistaken but I think that the way it works - it backs up itself locally and active sync only transferres the file to PC.