Apologies if this has been asked before - I typed the above words in to the search engine but couldn't find any info on this - just seemed to bring up every thread that has ever been posted.
I deleted some files on my T-mobile MDA and I was wondering if it is possible to recover them or are they lost forever?
Thanks
They are gone unless they are syncronised with your desktop. If you do have them on the desktop copy them to another folder before you sync again, then copy them back in and you'll be fine.
Get Resco Explorer, which offers a recycle bin as one of it's features. http://www.resco-net.com
Cheerio
Howard
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Although I have been able to copy this file in the past, recently I began getting a message that says it is locked because another process is using a portion of it. And this when there are no running processes on the device (according to Spb Pocket Plus). Anyone have an idea on what may be accessing the file?
Thanks!
Tref said:
Although I have been able to copy this file in the past, recently I began getting a message that says it is locked because another process is using a portion of it. And this when there are no running processes on the device (according to Spb Pocket Plus). Anyone have an idea on what may be accessing the file?
Thanks!
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Maybe a today calendar plugin like todayagenda, pocket breeze etc.. disable them thru today\options then try copying again.
My question to you would be are you using resco order the default file explorer. only the default explorer will let you copy this file. resco and other file explorer are guarded against this due to it being a
"safe " file . Good luck
...it must be something else because i can copy it with gsplayer while it isn't my default file-explorer. Even with pocketinformant opened it's not locked for me. Can you see with i.e. SK Tools processes if one of the program/system processes uses pim.vol?...
meschle,
I had thought of that and removed Calendar from my Today screen Items. I had no other plugins that would utilize PIM data. But thank you for the suggestion. BTW, I also want to thank you for some very good information I've learned from reading your posts. And I'm also running your Black Skins on my Today screen and dialer.
kinmont,
That was it, thank you! I had been using Resco. As soon as I switched to MS Explorer all was well again. And even though I'm backing up with Spb Backup I still like having the actual pim.vol file in a couple of places as backups.
Regards,
Tref
p.s. Thanks to you also Krinkiespijer for trying to help!
Try to DL a taskmanager program and cancel out anything that maybe running. OR try to clear out any currently running programs under start>setting>system>memory>running programs
Also, if you have a backup copy of the pim.vol file, rename the existing file to pimold.vol and copy the one you want into the "my device" directory
I try to keep an updated copy of the pim.vol file on my storage card.
Anytime before upgrading my phone, I copy the pim.vol file over to the storage card, upgrade the phone, rename the new file to pimold.vol and copy the one from the storage card back into the default directory.
Hope this helps.
It was Resco's refusal to copy the file that was the problem. Nothing was open or using it. MS File Explorer copied it fine. And yes, keeping a copy on the storage card is excellent advice. So is keeping a copy of the corresponding .pst file on the PC somewhere safe.
Cheers
Hi.
I've got an i-mate JASJAM and stupidly managed to delete all of my contacts while upgrading to WM6. Having realised I could one day be this foolish I backed my contacts up about a year ago by copying the "pim.vol" file which I'd read somewhere is this phone's contact list.
Unfortunately I can't seem to copy this file from my computer back onto my phone as it won't let me replace my current pim.vol file as it say's there is a sharing violation. I've tried renaming the files etc, so my old contact list might be recognised but it doesn't seem to work.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt
Australia.
mattward74 said:
Hi.
I've got an i-mate JASJAM and stupidly managed to delete all of my contacts while upgrading to WM6. Having realised I could one day be this foolish I backed my contacts up about a year ago by copying the "pim.vol" file which I'd read somewhere is this phone's contact list.
Unfortunately I can't seem to copy this file from my computer back onto my phone as it won't let me replace my current pim.vol file as it say's there is a sharing violation. I've tried renaming the files etc, so my old contact list might be recognised but it doesn't seem to work.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt
Australia.
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try to delete poutlook.lnk from the windows\startup folder
softreset
connect pda to your pc
rename pim.vol to pim2.vol
restore your pim.vol
immediately perform a soft reset
egoist6 said:
try to delete poutlook.lnk from the windows\startup folder
softreset
connect pda to your pc
rename pim.vol to pim2.vol
restore your pim.vol
immediately perform a soft reset
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This worked! Thanks!
Thanks alot m8!! you saved my life, this is usefull help!
Regards,
Newbie, but learning
I'm sorry interrupt, but I had and still have a problem with pim.vol. I accidentally deleted those contacts from happiness, I saved the pim to card, and now when I want to put back the original pim.vol every time the WM is creating a new empty pim.vol. I tried the version that gave success to Axelman8 but I would like to ask if you could help me with some suggestions.
P.S.: I have a HTC Tytan II with WM 6.1
I'm sorry for the language I use the Google translate, hope You understand me.
Regards
Hi all,
I need to replace the pim.vol file on my Blackstone with an older copy. I tried a simple copy and rename procedure, but after rebooting my device, cprog.exe crashes and the device remains frozen until I change back to the original pim.vol ( via PC using Activesync).
Any ideas how I can replace my pim.vol without my phone freaking out?
Thanks in advance...
Bumping for the first and last time only... anyone?
danrop said:
Hi all,
I need to replace the pim.vol file on my Blackstone with an older copy. I tried a simple copy and rename procedure, but after rebooting my device, cprog.exe crashes and the device remains frozen until I change back to the original pim.vol ( via PC using Activesync).
Any ideas how I can replace my pim.vol without my phone freaking out?
Thanks in advance...
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Just simply replacing a file may not work due to which rom it came from. The replace new files with an older version may not be compatible and may also affect registry enties. Always better to use 3rd party apps for backup.
How did you originally backup your PIM data. Did you just copy a file over or did you use 3rd party apps like SPB Backup, Sprite etc?
Thanks for the reply, Fallen... the PIM file is from the same ROM as the one I'm trying to replace for (1.19 that ships with handsets with Orange UK).
I understand what you're saying about using back up software; in fact I had used PIMbackup, but I had stored the backup file generated by this program on the SD card on my phone only, and unfortunately my phone got lost/stolen - a possibility I hadn't taken into account. I've got a replacement handset now.
The pim.vol file I'm trying to replace with was simply copied from my phone's main folder to my PC a long time ago. Although I can view the pim.vol file as a text file and extract contact names and phone numbers amidst the rest of the ASCII junk in there, I was hoping there might be a way to replace it.
Could I get access to the phone internal storage memory without booting up the phone into Windows somehow and then replace the pim.vol file?
Rename the \pim.vol file, to something like pim2.vol, then copy your old replacement into the root of the device.
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Rename the \pim.vol file, to something like pim2.vol, then copy your old replacement into the root of the device.
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Don't mean to be rude, but if you read my original post, you'll know that I've tried that and it didn't work for me, hence this post.
The most weird thing i ever encountered today with my HTC Pro2.
I renamed the folder "Beauties" to "Beauties." with Resco File explorer 2008 (note there is a dot after Beauties).
The Original path is" Storage card/Pictures/Personal pictures/secret/Beauties".
After existing Resco Explorer,I went back to see the folder again,jesus christ, the folder has gone! just disappeared without a trace.
I tried all means,soft reset,Resco Explorer,show all the files and folders, Resco photo viewer, connected with PC etc etc,all of them cannot find this "Beauties." folder.
Inside this Beauties folder,there are many pictures that I collected over years,no no I dont want to lose them.
Is this bug?
Am I being cursed? (lots of porn pictures in this folder as well)
How to get my folder back??? please help,help,help!!!!!!!!!
If there is a way to get the folder back,maybe we will have a best way to enscrypt folders?
Why don't you sync with your computer and use the MS ActiveSync to explore your phone? It is much easier on the eyes to look for a file on your computer screen than on your phone.
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Why don't you sync with you computer and use the MS ActiveSync to explore your phone? It is much easier on the eyes to look for a file on your computer screen than on you phone.
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thanks for suggestion,As I said,I tried all means,including your suggestion. Got nothing.
no idea what could have happened.
folders with a period show up fine on my tp2, both in explorer and commander, never used resco though.
ne how, before you do anything else, do the following
remove the sd card,
plug it into a pc,
run a data recovery program on it.
tried everything,no cure for it.
My conclusion is that after you add period(dot) at the end of the name of the folder,this folder is deleted forever.
A bloody lesson.
Bye bye pictures,bye bye ladies.
Hmm . Files may be gone..
but I'd try another file explorer app if I was you
Total Commander --> http://www.ghisler.com/pocketpc.htm
You sure you renamed it xxxxx. and it took? Perhaps you did a typo (accidentally touch the touchscreen thereafter and it's called something else your not expecting?)
this just happened to me today using resco file explorer!!! dot on the end of a folder bam!!! all folder is gone!
bring it back
if you ever do this again press ctrl+z to get back the folder, it happened with me so being a photoshop freak instantly went for the keys and thankfully got the folder back with the old name, still cant understand what's happens when you put a dot (.) at the end of a folder name.
Ps. this will only work for a few mins after the rename before any other changes are made after which it is useless
Disclaimer: Ok, I know this is off-topic but I have found that the people here on this forum are pretty smart with their computer stuff so I'm fairly confident that someone here can help me with this.
I have a folder on my desktop called com2. I was using this folder a while ago for no important person, it was just a random name for a temporary new folder. When I was done using it, I deleted it. Or so I thought.
Now as you can see the folder is still there, and when I try to delete it Windows doesn't want to play along.
I can still drag and drop files into the folder, but then if I try to open the file that I place in there, it says there's a problem with the directory. I tried creating a new folder on my desktop with the same name but that spat an error at me.
Basically it seems that this folder doesn't exist at all yet for some reason it won't go away! Anyone know what to do?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Try these:
http://forums.techarena.in/vista-file-management/1038943.htm