Scheduled backup of pocket pc

I have an iPaq and it serves me well -) It was my best companion when I was in India.

My worst nightmare… when the device hangs (rarely)… and on restart (after removing the battery and putting it back) it starts afresh!!! eeks!!!

Especially when you are away from your workstation and cradle.

Lucky me, I had the trust cert for Outlook Mobile Access on the SD Card.

So the point to note : backup - backup- backup. Manual. Yes. So what’s the big deal? In this day and age of automation… you need to be smart and fast -) So? At this stage, a search on Google for scheduled backup of pocket pc, did not really help.

So, I found this amazing treasure on my pocket pc 2003.Follow these steps and ensure that you SD card has enough space to backup - whatever you choose (just like in ntbackup.exe). Shall we start… aw come on!!!

Ok…

  1. Start
  2. Programs
  3. iPAQ Backup
  4. Options
  5. Switch To Advanced Mode (On selection, it will scan your system)
  6. Just like ntbackup.exe - it will show @ root PocketPC and then
  1. My Documents
  2. Email
  3. Personal Databases
  4. System Data
  • Make your choice(s)
  • Click on Options
  • Select Scheduled Backup ( other choices like PIM Mirroring can be useful and dangerous - useful: Restores PIM after device has been reset, so backup or no backup - you are in business. Would have helped me, if I had known this before and also if I didn’t have SD Card with me; dangerous: if you loose your PPC, you are a loser!!!
  • Select Scheduled Backup and take your pick - Once, Daily, Weekly
  • When? Where?
  • Restart device when complete.
  • That’s it! I backup my PPC daily at 0000 hours… -) I am happy! You should be too!!!

    I don’t have WM5, so don’t know how different the steps are. Surely somewhere it would be better. I even installed a Virtual Network and WM5 Image in an emulator, but could not see option for backup!!!

    If you have WM5, can you check out this feature and leave your comments?

    Alpesh Nakar

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