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I accidentally let the battery run down on my Pocket PC.  I tried to restore  
it using Active Sync, but I get an error message about the restore file, "The  
selected back-up file is not valid, please select another one."  Is there  
anyway that I can ge tthe data back?

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On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:04:02 -0700, "scederberg"
<scederberg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
 
>I accidentally let the battery run down on my Pocket PC.  I tried to restore  
>it using Active Sync, but I get an error message about the restore file, "The  
>selected back-up file is not valid, please select another one."  Is there  
>anyway that I can ge tthe data back?  
 
It could be that you need to set the time zone on the PDA to what it
was before, when you took the backup. I've had this where it's said
it's for a different device - but when I set the region and timezone
on the PDA correctly, it worked fine.
 
HTH
Cheers - Neil

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Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:04:02 -0700, "scederberg"
> <scederberg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>  
>  
>>I accidentally let the battery run down on my Pocket PC.  I tried to restore  
>>it using Active Sync, but I get an error message about the restore file, "The  
>>selected back-up file is not valid, please select another one."  Is there  
>>anyway that I can ge tthe data back?  
>  
>  
> It could be that you need to set the time zone on the PDA to what it
> was before, when you took the backup. I've had this where it's said
> it's for a different device - but when I set the region and timezone
> on the PDA correctly, it worked fine.
>  
 
Yes I nearly had a heart attack when I first saw that message. Luckily  
it is documented in the help file.
 
 
--  
Marc
Visit http://www.iMarc.co.uk/ for contact information and reviews.

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hi - i just posted on this issue - can you tell me what date and time i need  
to set the pocket pc to?
 
thanks
"Marc" <see@signature.url> wrote in message  
news:1123875288.12957.0@doris.uk.clara.net...
> Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:04:02 -0700, "scederberg"
>> <scederberg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I accidentally let the battery run down on my Pocket PC.  I tried to  
>>>restore it using Active Sync, but I get an error message about the  
>>>restore file, "The selected back-up file is not valid, please select  
>>>another one."  Is there anyway that I can ge tthe data back?
>>
>>
>> It could be that you need to set the time zone on the PDA to what it
>> was before, when you took the backup. I've had this where it's said
>> it's for a different device - but when I set the region and timezone
>> on the PDA correctly, it worked fine.
>>
>
> Yes I nearly had a heart attack when I first saw that message. Luckily it  
> is documented in the help file.
>
>
> --  
> Marc
> Visit http://www.iMarc.co.uk/ for contact information and reviews.

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The same region and time zone that was present before the batteries went  
dead.
Terry
 
"gordon" <gordononline@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message  
news:42fd2b44$0$17734$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
> hi - i just posted on this issue - can you tell me what date and time i  
> need to set the pocket pc to?
>
> thanks
> "Marc" <see@signature.url> wrote in message  
> news:1123875288.12957.0@doris.uk.clara.net...
>> Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:04:02 -0700, "scederberg"
>>> <scederberg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I accidentally let the battery run down on my Pocket PC.  I tried to  
>>>>restore it using Active Sync, but I get an error message about the  
>>>>restore file, "The selected back-up file is not valid, please select  
>>>>another one."  Is there anyway that I can ge tthe data back?
>>>
>>>
>>> It could be that you need to set the time zone on the PDA to what it
>>> was before, when you took the backup. I've had this where it's said
>>> it's for a different device - but when I set the region and timezone
>>> on the PDA correctly, it worked fine.
>>>
>>
>> Yes I nearly had a heart attack when I first saw that message. Luckily it  
>> is documented in the help file.
>>
>>
>> --  
>> Marc
>> Visit http://www.iMarc.co.uk/ for contact information and reviews.
>
>
>