[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Re: missing-sync-palmos-talk Digest, Vol 22, Issue 13

[Trevor Harmon]

On Mar 11, 2005, at 9:20 PM, Chris Browne wrote:

>> Be sure to try out BackupBuddyVFS very carefully before purchasing a
>> license. I tested the latest version (3.0.7) on my Treo 650, and it
>> successfully made a backup and restore. I purchased a license and
>> _then_ realized that performing a second backup always failed. Blue
>> Nomad support said that the problems were due to bugs in palmOne's 
>> NVFS
>> implementation that cannot be worked around.
>
> How can one test for this?

Do a backup, then do another one, and see if it completes successfully. 
Use FileZ or some other utility to check that the files on your card 
match the internal memory.

> When you say the second backup failed, did the
> application report this? Or did you later try to restore from it and 
> found
> the "back up" empty?

Yes, it reported failure for me.

> I am about to purchase BackupBuddy for a Treo 650. It
> appears to backup and I have successfully carried out a restore. There 
> are
> no earrors being reported from subsequent backups.

Sounds like you were luckier than I.

Trevor