I'm in total shock.. My pda slipped off the dresser this morning and fell with the screen up, and so it turns on and I see the Dell Logo, then it tells me to Tap to Set up WM2003...

What the Hell??

I had a fully charged battery and Backup battery?

 

Unfortunately hard resets are part of the Pocket PC world, all your data which wasn't in ROM or on a card is lost. This is why backing up your data regularly is so important ( I backup mine every night, more often if I am doing a lot). I would recommend using either the built in backup program or get sprite backup (the best backup software in my opinion).

 

But why did it do that?

I did not press Anything it just turned on and Bam...

Now I have to try and locate the software I used before...

 

Probably the jolt when it fell disconnected the battery for a seconds, causing it to reset.

Hmm I see it still has the Notes and the Recording that I did a few days ago at the airport.. Thats there but none of the other files...

Oh well.

 

It did bounce off the floor though...

Hard resets do happen from time to time.. sometimes with no apparent reason. Thats why having a propper backup regime is a good idea., If like me you aren't disciplened enough to get the Built in backup utility to back up everynight then use sprite.. it will do it all automatically

This week I have been mostly listening to..... Short cummings audio

Life — In Funny, Six-Minute Slices

     

nope did not bounce off the floor.

And no freeware backup utillty?

 

It sounds like the little backup battery got jarred and lost its connection for a split second.

yeah but I still have my calander date set for my trip next week.

 

I think you have one built in... but you have to remember to start the backup

I just assumed it hit the floor when you said

This week I have been mostly listening to..... Short cummings audio

Life — In Funny, Six-Minute Slices

     

Ooh...>_> harsh

hope you didn't mean me...
If you do a bit of searching on aximsite you'll find a similar thing happend to me. No bounce just a random hard reset. I had a backup from a week or so before and spent the next few days rebuilding the thing. That's when i tried sprite.. and it works for me. I was just passing on the info.

This week I have been mostly listening to..... Short cummings audio

Life — In Funny, Six-Minute Slices

     

The built in one I don't think saves it to the Pc.. just BIS or CF card.

 

No, I was talking to the topic creator.

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In the future, if this should happen again (or to anyone else), try Canceling the Hard Reset when prompted by pressing the indicated Hard Button.

This is what's commonly referred to as a "Fake Hard Reset". It will also, sometimes, work as a last resort when your Axim freezes up, by starting the Hard Reset process manually.
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