Gigi

A few weeks ago, I was syncing 3 different Axims to a single Outlook profile (i.e., all the PIM info was the same for all three Axims). Somehow, the PIM data from the past (e.g., old appointments and tasks) got deleted, leaving only present and future data. However, I have a few backups made that should include old PIM info. Is there any way to restore the old data AND maintain the new data? Thx.

whitelyt

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Originally posted by Gigi A few weeks ago, I was syncing 3 different Axims to a single Outlook profile (i.e., all the PIM info was the same for all three Axims). Somehow, the PIM data from the past (e.g., old appointments and tasks) got deleted, leaving only present and future data. However, I have a few backups made that should include old PIM info. Is there any way to restore the old data AND maintain the new data? Thx.

I am assuming that your old backup that contains your old PIM information is an Axim backup. If you have another computer to use I would try the following:

With one of your Axims, restore your old backup. Then on a separate computer from the one you use to sync, install AS and Outlook. Sync that Axim to the new computer that you just setup. All of the PIM information on the Ax should now sync to the new computer. All of you old PIM information should be there in Outlook. Now merge the Outlook data on the new computer to the Outlook data on your original computer. The best way of doing this is to export your PIM information to a CSV file. Copy the CSV file to the original computer and then import that CSV file. All of your old and new information should be on your original computer. Now you should be able to sync all of your Axims.

You could try beaming the information by restoring your old data and then beaming it to one of the other Axims but that would be too time consuming depending on how much data you need to beam.

I would back up whatever Ax you use to restore your old information to before proceeding with this.

Gigi

Thanks Ted,

Unfortunately, I do not have another PC to use (I do have access to others but they already have Outlook installed and have work profiles attached to them). However, I DO have an external USB hard drive that connects to my PC. Is it possible to do the installations of AS and Outlook onto those?

whitelyt

I'm thinking it might be better to create a new profile on your Outlook to sync to. Then sync your old data to the new profile, export data to CSV file, open old Outlook profile and import. I have not personally tried this but it should work. I am going to test this out.

Gigi

Ok, I have successfully merged the two profiles using Import/Export...but the problem is that when I sync, it won't sync the old info back onto the Axim Any suggestions to get around this?

Gigi

Ok, I've figured it out...On desktop ActiveSync, I clicked on Tools>Options>Settings. At this point, I just made sure for "Calendar", "Synchronize all appointments" was selected, and for "Tasks", "Synchronize all tasks" was selected!