Calendar data in desktop DISAPPEARED, now Calendar will not sync at all.

Question

The first problem is that after a successful hotsync, all data in Calendar desktop is gone.  I tried to restore the data by syncing one way from the Treo 680, but it locks up during the sync.  It stops at the point where it says "6 of 16 files", then I have to use the Task manager to stop it and restart the computer. All other applications work fine and will sync just fine if I disable Calendar in the conduit.
I have Windows Vista, 32 bit, a Palm Treo 680 unlocked, a Palm Tx, and am using Palm version 6.2.2.
I do not see all the data in the .mdb file. It only has 392 KB.  My .mdb.bak file has 6642 KB, but it won't copy over.  I am not familiar with these new Vista files, so I don't want to mess with them.  In XP, you could copy and paste or change the .bak to .dat and vice versa. 
I have tried live Chat and have spent almost 10 hours with them trying many different things.  PLEASE HELP ME. 
I've tried dbScan, which showed no corrupt files in my device, I've tried syncing to another computer, but that computer has xp and Palm 4.1.2, and won't work.  I did have 4.2 on this computer, it didn't sync and the analyst had me install 4.2.2.  It's the 4.2 program that is locking up whenever I try to sync the calendar.  I've tried reinstalling the program, and tried many soft resets on the device.
One analyst told me NOT to use 4.2 with Vista, another analyst told me TO use 4.2 and to reinstall it.  One analyst had me perform the dbScan, another analyst told me that program wouldn't find corrupt files.  One analyst told me to delete my user name, another told me that if I did that I would lose all my data in all the applications because the user name is linked with my data. One analyst told me to change the registry keys, another told me not to touch them if I didn't know what I was doing in there.  One analyst told me to try a hard reset on my device, but I really don't want to completely lose all my data.  When I explained that I have 2 devices, and how could both devices become corrupt at the same time, but work fine in other applications, he then said the Palm desktop was at fault. Now, he wants me to reinstall the 4.2, copy over the data from my old computer with xp (but that database isn't my current one), and restart anew.  I am not willing to try this until someone assures me that this will fix the problem.  As I said before, it was the 4.2 program that gave me problems in the first place.
Thank you for your help.
Post relates to: Treo 680 (Unlocked GSM)
Message Edited by vvv on 07-20-2008 04:26 PM

Answer 1

"What is 6 of 16 that is locking up, I don't believe it is datebook and if that is the case you can disable that conduit temporarily so you can sync your datebook over, if it is datebook, then I would try a program called dbfixit you can get it from www.pimlicosoftware.com I don't know about dbscan and how well it is, but I find dbfixit to be a wonderful tool to find any corruption. " 
Well, I don't know.  I am assuming it is 6 of 16 files that need to be synced.  I'm just telling you what the hotsync window says at the point that it locks up. 
How do I disable the conduit and still have the datebook sync?  If it's disabled, how would it sync at all?  I have set the datebook to "do nothing" and the other applications sync just fine, but not datebook.
I will try the dbfixit as long as you can assure me it won't erase data.  Thank you
Post relates to: Treo 680 (Unlocked GSM)
Post relates to: Treo 680 (Unlocked GSM)