Re: Removal of corrupt photo - Tungsten E


"Francus" <francus@arobasenospamdotchezdotcom> wrote in message
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> Charles Fearnley a exposé le 08/08/2005 :
> > "Stratman" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> "Charles Fearnley" <charles.fearnley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> My Tungsten E has a small collection of photos stored in the internal
> >>> memory. One has become corrupt, and now causes a lockup (MemoryMgr.c,
> >>> Line:3690, Invalid Handle) when viewed. The palm resets OK without
> >>> problems,
> >>> but I cannot find a way to delete this photo file. Attempts using
either
> >>> "Photos" programe itself, or as an alternative "File Prog", causes a
lock
> >>> as
> >>> soon as I select the file concerned even without viewing, and before I
can
> >>> delete the offending item.
> >>>
> >>> Any alternative to hard reset/wiping the whole Palm, and restoring
from my
> >>> PC backup?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for any thoughts,
> >>>
> >>> Charles
> have you tried a warm reset ? reset+up button (not reset+power button
> !!)
> this is kind of XP "safe mode"
>
> Francus

Hi Francis,

Apologies for the delay in replying, but I have been away this week..

Warm reset gets the Palm going again, and loses nothing. However, as soon as
I went near the corrupt file the device locked up as before.

Eventually I bit the bullet and did a total wipe of the Palm, and restored
the contents from my PC backup. I'm pleased to say that it restored the Palm
to exactly its previous state - it's good to see a piece of backup software
doing this well, and I shall be less wary of wipe and restore in the future.
It does point out the importance of regular backups though......

Charles


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