Cannot re-unite T3 data with Palm Desktop! Please helP!

Hi folks
I would be very grateful for some help with restoring my data.
After a laptop rebuild by my company Helpdesk-er, my self-installed Palm Desktop stopped working with an "invalid configuration message. It had previously been working - for years - without a problem. I copied the original data folder (first letter of my user name) to another location, and then downloaded and ran PD414esetup.exe from the PalmOne website. This installed Desktop 4.1.4 cleanly over the old installation (in the same directory). On starting PD414, it defaulted an older user name that it probably picked up from the registry, so I created a new user which matched the name that I had before.
Obviously the Desktop was devoid of content, so I attempted to import the data that I had copied out, starting with the calendar. The only option File|Import allows is the .DBA format, and although my datebook.dat was intact, I could not import it. There was a clutch of .DBA files, corresponding to some of the calendar categories that I had set up (didn't look like all categories). On importing the first of these, PD said it acquired 3 entries, and similarly a couple of others produced single-digit entries - nowhere near the six years worth of data I had before!
I then copied the backed-up data to a new location, and changed the data directory (Tools|Options) to this new location, hoping the data would be picked up. Result: no calendar, contacts or task data, but all the memo records showed up!
The other thing I tried was to copy the backed-up data into the default data directory, but PD wouldn't let me; error to the effect of "not permitted, file in use".
So, at this point, I have a functioning Palm Desktop that has my Memo records but seemingly no way to get back any of my other data (calendar being the most urgent).
Could anyone help re-connecting the data to the Desktop program?
Also, I guess the other option is to do a HotSync and let the hand-held overwrite the Desktop the very first time. I'm not very sure about this, fearing that I might lose the data on the handheld.
What advice would the experts give me?
Device: Palm Tungsten T3 running Palm OS v5.2.1
Connection: USB Cradle
Computer: Windows XP Pro on Dell Latitude E6400 laptop
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Lesson: Use the correct software version!
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