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More info?)
Be aware that a soft reset is not always like restarting a hard disk-
it is possible that you can lose the data and can result in an empty
machine. This has happened to me. If your machine has locked it is too
late to back up whether you soft or hard reset the machine so do back
up the machine regularly- once the data has gone is has gone whether
you soft or hard reset. You shouldn't often lose the data by soft
resetting, but it is possible.
"Dave" <dave.barwickns@virgin.net> wrote in message
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| "David Richardson" <dmr54 AT tekguru DOT co DOT uk> wrote in message
| news:41c6e557$0$29000$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
| > A soft reset is used when for example your ppc has hung/stopped
| responding, this simply gets it going again, like turning off your
desktop
| computer and turning it on again.
| >
| > A hard reset puts the ppc back to the way it was when you bought
it, all
| data and additionally installed software is deleted from the unit,
like
| formatting your hard drive on the desktop machine except that in the
case of
| the ppc the operation system is still there.
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| > HTH - Dave
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| > This may be a really stupid question - but I am a little confused.
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| > I keep reading about a "soft" and "hard" reset.
| >
| > What do these terms mean and when should either be carried and and
how (I
| > cannot see anything about it in the manuals).
| >
| > If it helps I have a Compaq H3950.
| >
| > Thanks
| >
| > Dave
| > UK
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| > [microsoft.public.pocketpc]
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| Thanks for all 3 replies - I was as I had envisaged and have indeed
done a
| few of what I now know to be "soft" resets.
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| I also now know if, when and how to do the "hard" reset and hope that
I
| won't need that too often.
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| Again thanks all of you.
|
| Dave
| UK
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