Dropped Axim; Reset Hard Drive

[kkroeker]

The classic sob-story; I handed my Axim to my little brother while doing some work with both hands, and I find out when I'm done that he dropped it. Twice. I didn't think much of it at the time, because it was still in it's leather case. However, when I got home, I discovered that the battery was not attached, so I reattached it and turned on the Axim, only to see the initial startup screen which showed when I originally set up my profile on the Axim.

The question (to which I fear I know the answer): Is there any way I can recover any data? I suspect that the Axim may possibly have been on when I placed it inside the case; I was in a hurry.

I had not made a backup for my files.

The Axim was likely on when it was dropped for one of the two times my brother dropped it.

Whatever the case, the question remains.

Is all my data lost forever?

Thanks for any and all replies!
-Kurt

[Gigi]

Welcome to Aximsite!

If you saved your data on memory card or Built -in-Storage, then your data should remain. If it's saved in Main Memory, then it will be gone unless you synced it before the accident.

If you are looking for a good backup utility, try Sprite Backup or SPB Backup.

[jamin100]

you've learnt the hard way but backups are your best friend!

[Lodis]

This is exactly why I like the persistent storage on my Axim X51V.

[player911]

Yea worse case scenerio on a x51v is the time getting reset.

I just had mine replaced because I got a button stuck while playing SNES on the axim. The new one I had gotten wouldn't work one day. I was freaking out and tried everything in the world to get it on.

The gf used it the night before and killed the battery while I was at work and didn't plug it up. Once I turned it on all my data was still there.

[Pocketbrain]

What happened to you is, your main battery was no longer keeping RAM alive, and the backup battery was drained. The way a PPC works is, there is an image of the operating system in ROM, along with a little bit (for your PDA) of available ROM storage. When initializing, the PDA copies the ROM image over to RAM. When you install a program, this goes into RAM (which is faster and has a longer lifespan than flash ROM). Normally, there is a charge on your main battery and/or the backup battery, and it takes only a little bit of power to keep the data alive in RAM. If you lose power, then all data in RAM is lost, and the machine re-initializes.

Your info was in RAM (not a hard drive), and is now gone if you don't have a backup. Use of backups and persistent storage is a good way to safeguard your information, but if you have no backups, then you have lost the info. I backup my contacts and put all my files into persistent storage (Built-in Storage or a CF or SD card).

hope this helps.