rybshik

I am switching from X5 to X51. Running X51 for the fist time. I do not see the familiar folder structure. Where is “Main Memory”, there is “Built-in storage” ? What are those new folders I did not see in X5?

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Dell Axim X5, PPC 2003 OS, SD 512M, CF 512M, Garmin PC 18 (via COM port), Mapopolis

Frenchy

All memory is as one big pool in WM5. What new folders are you refering to as I do not have access to an X5.

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Frenchy

rybshik

Originally Posted by Frenchy

All memory is as one big pool in WM5. What new folders are you refering to as I do not have access to an X5.

To which folders/ parts of the memory can I (a) copy files and (b) install programs?

How folders/parts of the memory are affected by (a) soft reset and (b) hard reset?

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Dell Axim X5, PPC 2003 OS, SD 512M, CF 512M, Garmin PC 18 (via COM port), Mapopolis

rybshik

I run Activesync 4.2 with X51v and noticed that the option “install to default location” in Activesync settings cannot be unchecked (always checked and shaded). So when I installed a couple of programs via Activesync, I could not install them to any memory part other than “default location”.

Is something wrong?

I have not yet tired cabinstall program to see where it can install *.cab files.

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Dell Axim X5, PPC 2003 OS, SD 512M, CF 512M, Garmin PC 18 (via COM port), Mapopolis

Mokubai

Originally Posted by rybshik

To which folders/ parts of the memory can I (a) copy files and (b) install programs? How folders/parts of the memory are affected by (a) soft reset and (b) hard reset?

For the first part you can copy files anywhere you like, the whole filesystem is writable, but it just makes more sense to copy files to My Documents or the SD / CF Card. By default you can install programs either to an SD/CF card or main storage memory ("Device" in the installer). All the folders should survive a soft reset (poke the stylus in the hole in the back of the device) when you copy stuff into them but when you hard reset (as per the manual) you will loose everything that is not stored on an SD or CF card.

You shouldn't need to use Cabinstl at all, the X51 does not install anything to the RAM of the device so forcing it to install elsewhere is not necessary. The X51 uses RAM only to run programs and Flash ROM to store programs and data, no RAM at all is used to store program files or anything like that. This is a more PC-like behaviour.