i robot

I use my Dell Axim extensively for my contacts. I presently have over 1,000. To keep my contacts organised I use my categories extensively. This was working quite well until I had to perform a hard reset. Although I had backed up my entire pda on the inbuilt backup application after I restored all my contact where restored but there were no categories. Even after I synced with my pc they failed to appear (in fact I overwrote the categories on my desktop).

Why are my categories disappearing and why am I having so much trouble getting them back.

Is there a better backup option that would return my system and mainly my contacts to their original state?

rob1303

Quick

On your desktop you should find that allyour original contacts are in the deleted folder (with their categories).

Restore them and delete the ones without categories and then resync.

No idea why the categories didn't back-up - sorry.

i robot

Is that the 'deleted' folder in outlook?

rob1303

Desktop Outlook - yes