True. With the newton that I am getting, I am going to start fresh as I can.
How can I make sure I get my Dateman Data on to the newt? It's the only
think i'm really worried about . .
-Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurent Daudelin" <laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com>
To: "NewtonTalk" <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Hard reset - Who Does 'em?
>
> On 12/03/02 15:30, "Chris Chapman" <pan1k_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Easy as cake. Just back everything up, remove the PCMCIA cards and do
it.
> > then wait for it to reboot, pop the cards back in and restore...
>
> The problem I see with this approach is that if you restore everything,
and
> specially the system information (soup), then you're restoring all the
crap
> that was left over from all the demos/applications that you tried. Sure,
> such strategy might help with fragmentation on the store, but it won't
help
> making your system more stable, unfortunately...
>
> That's the reason I never restore the system soup when I do a hard reset.
> Yes, sure, entering all those registration numbers can be a pain, but
you're
> getting back a much more stable system, using less space because of all
the
> gunk that you did remove.
>
> Hunting for entries in the system soup with a soup editor is calling for
an
> even more unstable system if you happen to remove a needed setting...
>
> -Laurent.
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