Re: Battery Dead Win CE 2002

The OS does not need re-installing, all of it that was on it, when it first came out of the box, is in ROM. Also, only what was on it when it first came out of the box is on it. Until WM5 everything that was not in ROM was in volatile memory, and yes, it did disappear when the battery drained completely. MS provided a backup capability in ActiveSync for just such occurrences, and there was a good third party backup trade as well.

Any other things that you recall were on the device were loaded after it was purchased and first charged, some possibly from CDs that came with the unit. Note that third party software could be installed to flash cards, SD, CF, but the registry entries that allowed them to work were in RAM, and were lost when the battery died. They too would need to be re-installed, or the registry restored from a backup.

I would investigate backups when you get everything re-installed.

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Sven
MS MVP Mobile Devices
"bxb7668" <bxb7668@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ulWR57y6HHA.3716@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have an old Compaq iPAQ 3835 running PocketPC 3.0. The other day, the battery ran down completely. After it was recharged, it started up as if it had never been used before. It had lost the owner information and every non-OS file. It also lost all the games except solitaire. I'd like to reinstall the OS to make sure that nothing else is missing, but the companion CD doesn't seem to have PocketPC 3.0 on it. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement OS CD? I've tried contacting HP (Compaq) but they will not respond to me.

Thanks
Brian


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