Palm TX hard reset fails

I made the mistake of upgrading to the new Desktop V6.2. Seemed to be OK on my work PC, but, but when I tried to hot-sync at home, I got into a constant reboot loop. I have tried a hard reset several times with no effect: the Palm cycles between orange splash screen -> grey splash screen -> repeat.
OS=Windows XP Pro on both machines.
HELP!
Thanks!!
Post relates to: Palm TX

Glad it seems to have resolved.
Your single-best insurance against a loss of data resulting from a spontaneous hard reset, or even accidental deletion, is to use a SD card-based backup application. The best one out there happens to also be free. It's called NVBackup and is discussed frequently here on the forums.
Get yourself an inexpensive SD card if you don't already have one...any plain SD card up to 2 GB in size (not SDHC). Download and install NVBackup from any respectable site (I think www.palmgear.com also has it). When you run it the first time, it will also install a copy of itself onto your card. From then on, you can do a manual backup whenever you want, and also set it to do an automatic backup overnight, say 3 am. Even set it to retain certain number of backup cycles you designate (I have mine set to 3).
A backup takes a couple of minutes, depending on what's on your TX.
If you ever have to restore your data from a spontaneous hard reset or an accidental deletion of something important, you are literally minutes away from completely restoring your TX to any previous Backup point that's on your card.
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Message Edited by x_w3c on 01-26-2009 06:40 PM

Ok try this sequence:
1. Press and hold the power button down.
2. While holding the power button down, press and release the reset button.
3. When you see the Palm Computing Platform logo on the screen, release the power button.
Erase all data should pop up here
4. Press the up button for yes.
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Message Edited by thetreoguy on 01-27-2009 01:56 PM

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I need to hard reset a Palm TX but the Power button does not function.

I need to hard reset my Palm TX but the Power button does not function. Is there any other way to perform the hard reset or otherwise delete all of my data?
Post relates to: Palm TX

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PowerBtn from the Canuck Software HomePage.
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Post relates to: Palm TX

Connie, I know you've tried, but just for the heck of it, let's review how to Hard Reset:
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Hello and welcome to the Forums.
Unfortunately if you have truly done the hard reset as stated and the issue persists, the only thing left at this point is to setup a repair or replace of the device.
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The error is caused by the installation of MyPalm, MyTreo, or MyHand on your device. These were designed for phones.
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