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Originally Posted by Gigi
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Unlike many people here, I don't backup daily. I only backup before installs of potentially risky software (stuff that hasn't been used/tested much) and at points at which I think my device is relatively stable and "clean" (temp files, bad registry entries, etc. removed). However, I sync regularly to make sure I don't lose my PIM data.
To me, the problem with backing up daily is that you can only keep so many backups; the older ones are overwritten. You may think you have a stable device, but find out later that one of your newly-installed apps has been causing some problems. If you find this out too late, you will have overwritten some "good", although older backups.
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That is why although I back up to my SD card daily and only keep 7 copies, I also backup to the PC once a day. Those files are not overwritten and I can go back on mine to the day I bought Sprite. At some point I suppose I will need to clean it but for now I let it go once a day. Also, I have a 'clean copy' from the last time I hard reset before I started actively using my Axim stored in Yahoo Briefcase.