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Subject: Re: Information deleted

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Michael Steinberg

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Date Posted: 14:49:47 02/17/04 Tue
In reply to: David 's message, "Information deleted" on 07:09:24 02/16/04 Mon

I hate to be the bearer of bad news. Any data stored on the device itself (not SD cards or other external memory) is stored in "flash" memory. Flash memory requires electricity in order to maintain the data. Once the electricity is gone, so is the data. I am not aware of any way to recover the data at this point.

>My palm m500 ran out of its charge. When I turned it
>on and noticed that it had been pushed against
>something in my bag that had the on/off button pushed,
>resulting in the charge running down. When I turned it
>on, the charge was gone, so I recharged it. Upon
>turning it on, all new information was gone, ie, not
>yet hot sync onto my computer. Is there any method
>etc. to retrieve this information. The entire unit is
>appearing as if it's new.
>
>please, someone respond asap. thanks

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