Lost Calendar data after update and hotsync

Question

Okay, I hope someone can help with this. I updated my Treo 650 at the Palm site tonight. And I'm gonna try to recall the exact order in which I did everything so that this is clear. (Also know that I Hotsync every night, without fail.) You should know that I work on a PC using Windows XP. After I downloaded the update and opened it, it instructed me to Hotsync. I did. The stuff in the update took a while, but it finally worked. There were a couple problems with this Hotsync though. First I got an error message that all of my original applications could not be re-uploaded because some of them were not Palm compatible. (Or some such.) Fine. I'd just go to wherever the file was and see if I could live without whatever was not uploaded. (I still haven't found the file, and I don't know HOW to find it.) Then I got a Hotsync error message that stuff had to be deleted so that the Hotsync of the updated software could be successful. No problem. I deleted some photos and Voila, it worked. New software installed. I first went to my Apps page on the Palm to see if the important Apps were still there. And they seemed to be. Then I noticed the calendar, which was showing TODAY'S date, and that looked fine too. Now this is where I get confused. SOMETHING moved me to Hotsync AGAIN. Not sure why I felt I had to, but I did. When THAT Hotsync was finished, my calendar was wiped clean. Now this is where I may have shot myself in the foot. (I read another post that seemed similar to mine and the person was told that it was fortunate that she did NOT Hotsync AFTER data disappeared. Then he went on to show the person how to reclaim her data, and his explanation went WAY "over my head".) So I Hotsynced again to see if any magic would get my calendar, and the 7-8 years of dates and info from my M103 days, back onto my Treo. It did not. My Treo has no calendar dates whatsoever. What's strange is that the address book is totally intact. Can someone talk me through a way, if there is one, to get my calendar dates and data back? And a way to back up all of this precious information should I ever get it back. And if you offer me directions, give them to me as if you were directing a really SLOW child.   
Post relates to: Treo 650 (Unlocked GSM)
Message Edited by kenmoo on 08-04-2008 09:31 PM

Answer 1

Try doing a global search of your system.
Right click Local disk (C) then select search and type in datebook.bak under "All or part of the file name" entry and hit on search. If their are some items found just look for the biggest file size of the datebook.bak and copy it then paste it to the desktop then do the import process again but it's gonna be on the desktop location that you are importing the file from.
1st Open Palm Desktop Software then open your emptied calendar.
2nd Click File then Import.
3rd Locate the datebook.bak that you pasted on the desktop - once you're on the desktop you just type in the asterisk symbol * then press enter on your keyboard to show those hidden files then you shoudl be seeing a datebook.bak and some other icons and files on your desktop. I recon to just double click on the datebook.bak folder then that should import all your calendar data if it contains anything and if not then i gues this will be the last resort.
You don't need to worry about the message that says something like "Not all imported datebook will be viewed on the current view because the default view is unfiled and if you do have some categorized data on the calendar.
This will be the last resort.
Post relates to: Treo 680 (Unlocked GSM)
Message Edited by skirmish on 08-05-2008 10:58 PM