+dogastus Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 I have various questions which have been bugging me for a while. I run an iPAQ H2210 with TomTom3, GPXSonar and Fugawi software. Is there a way to finding out the remaining space left of the SD Card, apart from removing it and putting it in a card reader? Active Sync explorer and File Explorer on the PDA don't seem to have this option. On a couple of occassions I have lost the installed programs because, presumably, the battery went flat. I try to keep it topped up whenever I can and was a bit suprised how easily this happened. It seemed to be when I had the unit switched off so can only assume it takes a bit from the battery while switched off. Unless something just 'glitched' it? Because of this, is there a way of backing up installed applications to the SD Card? On the Fugawi software running on the PDA, is there a way of importing waypoints like on the PC version? I don't know if these questions have obvious answers, any comments gratefully received! Quote Link to comment
+Molinnis Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 On my ipaq 3970 you go Start/Settings/Memory/Storage card. Bar graph then gives you space used/Space free. Hope this helps Mike Quote Link to comment
+The Hornet Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 I've got a 3950 & 4150 so these answers refer to those but I suspect yours will be similar. To find the memory on the SD card go to Settings->Memory and click the Storage card tag at the bottom. This will show the total and remaining memory on the card To back up your iPAQ go to Programs and select iPAQ Backup. You can then backup your whole machine to the SD card. Once backed up you can then put the card in a reader and copy the backup file to the PC and free up the space again. Don't know about Fugawi as I use Memory Map and you can certainly export waypoints, tracks etc from the PC One final suggestion - don't squash the iPAQ. They don't like it !!! Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 One final suggestion - don't squash the iPAQ. They don't like it !!! Funny how your sig line "fits" below the photo....."Better to regret...." Quote Link to comment
+The Hornet Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 I'd much rather NOT have done THAT though Quote Link to comment
+kbootb Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 On mine I choose settings, then memory then storage card and get a bar graph. 3 month old Ipaq 5500. Don't know anything about other models so it might not work on older versions. Quote Link to comment
+BugznElm'r Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Forget the tapping through menus - we use this and it's worth the price for sure (it's free!!!!) ... http://www.webattack.com/get/pocketpc/BatMemTime.html Never had a problem with it! Good bit of software. Quote Link to comment
+dogastus Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 Thanks for the replies, all seems so obvious when it's pointed out. I did see the backup facility but hadn't realised it would back up installed programs, I just assumed it would only backup user data. It was a pleasant surprise to see that the backup only occupied around 11 megs which is hardly any space at all on my 256 meg SD card. Hornet, I hope I never see my PDA looking like the one in that photo, that is a really depressing sight! Thanks for the pointer to that utility, Bugz n Elm'r, I've downloaded it and it works a treat. Quote Link to comment
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