Retrieving palm tx address files from computer

Every so often when my computer reboots, I loose all my palm data.  Not usually a problem since I back it up on the palm so  I do a hotsych. But this time I had the wrong sync configuration and so the empty computer palm software was synched to my palm for the address section only, therby transferring nothing.  I was in a hurry, so I did this again before realizing that it was configured wrong. 
So since then I've tried to recover  the file from the back up copies made in the address file.  But I have synched too many times so they have been overwritten.  I know stupid.  So my question is can I retrieve my address file from the back up folder?  I don't see the right date, but at this point I will take any back up I have. 
I have tried changing the names of the files found in the address folder to address.old, address.old1 etc and then changing the address.aba.bak to address.dat, then did a hotsych but that didn't work.
Hope someone can help with this mess I've created.  Thank you!

I think if you have Hotsynced twice with the blank address book, you might have scorched your data.  Pretty sure that the data in the Backup folder is your only hope, and if you don't have any files in there that are dated before the bad Hotsync, methinks it's toast.
smkranz
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Palm OS ∙ webOS ∙ Android

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