Backup Program for TT5 and XdaII (Pocket PC)

[Henry]

Hi, sorry this is not strictly a TomTom post, but related to it and PDA’s in general.

Mt PDA XdaII is running TomTom 5 with no problems; the UK map is stored on a 1GB SD card and the TT application runs off the the PDA main memory.

All is well with the world, but every now and again I’m a bit stupid and let the battery go flat… I must have re-installed TT at least five times now…

Now this is not normally a problem as I just drive home, sync my PDA to my PC and re-load the TT application from my DVD’s. But shortly I’m off to the USA on a driving holiday and I just know what’s going to happen… and I won’t have a PC with me…

Does anyone know of a PDA “backup program” which will take a true copy of my PDA’s volatile main memory (bearing in mind that I guess some programs like the diary will always be running) and allow me to store the backup image onto my SD card (I’ve plenty of free space for this).

Then if (when) the worst happens, and I have a factory reset PDA, I need a way of running a restore program (I assume I can also keep this program on the SD card) to put everything back in the PDA main memory.

Sorry it’s a bit long winded, but hope it makes sense.

Thanks Henry

[JockTamsonsBairn]

[widu]

I use SPB Back up as it integrates with my other SPB software and can be found here

EDIT Once - Mike Alder - It is against the forum rules to post links to illegal software, please refrain from such behaviour.
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[mikealder]

I would also carry the CAB files on your memory card in a folder, these are the installation files for your software so if everything goes wrong you can still install applications such as TomTom.
One other tip, before copying the CAB files to your PDA's memory card set them as read only in windows explorer, otherwise the first time you use them they will erase themselves after the installation - Mike

[Henry]

Lots of good advise and a very speedy response (as always)

Thanks for all you help, Henry

[JockTamsonsBairn]

[JockTamsonsBairn]

[widu]

[Trevor1234]

Hi Henry
Sprite Backup only costs a few quid and works perfectly. I can, if I wished, completely erase everything (or give a hard reset) with the full knowledge that all is not lost. Sprite Backup will restore everything as it was at the point of the last backup. By everything I mean everything including the Bluetooth settings, Tomtom, files and, well, everything. I know that it works. Go for it.
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