Sprite Backup Reliability?

Simple question, can Sprite backup restore a Pocket PC reliably to a
previous state in the same manner that an application like Norton Ghost can?
i.e. if I save a full backup of my pocket pc and then at a later date want
to return to that working version of the pda, can I just execute a Sprite
backup and revert to the version of the pda that was backup up even if this
is from a hard reset? RELIABLY?
All views welcome
Patrick

In article <OI3qbgKWEHA.1380@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>,
patrickm@spamsonic.net says...
> Simple question, can Sprite backup restore a Pocket PC reliably to a
> previous state in the same manner that an application like Norton Ghost can?
> i.e. if I save a full backup of my pocket pc and then at a later date want
> to return to that working version of the pda, can I just execute a Sprite
> backup and revert to the version of the pda that was backup up even if this
> is from a hard reset? RELIABLY?
> All views welcome
> Patrick
>
>
>
I don't know if it always works, but twice I restored my PDA with Sprite
backup when I had to do a hard reset. Once the backup was on a memory
card and the second time saved to internal ROM. Both times it worked
perfectly and it was up and running in a couple of minutes.

Nick

Any backup can fail, it's up to you to verify it if you have concerns.


"Patrick" <patrickm@spamsonic.net> wrote in message
news:OI3qbgKWEHA.1380@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Simple question, can Sprite backup restore a Pocket PC reliably to a
> previous state in the same manner that an application like Norton Ghost
can?
> i.e. if I save a full backup of my pocket pc and then at a later date want
> to return to that working version of the pda, can I just execute a Sprite
> backup and revert to the version of the pda that was backup up even if
this
> is from a hard reset? RELIABLY?
> All views welcome
> Patrick
>
>

I use it all the time, thru several hard resets .. There are some caveats,
like don't backup the mail folders,. and it doesn't work with certain aux
storage, but it has saved my butt several times!

"AlanS" <news@remove.abyz.fslife.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Any backup can fail, it's up to you to verify it if you have concerns.
>
>
> "Patrick" <patrickm@spamsonic.net> wrote in message
> news:OI3qbgKWEHA.1380@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Simple question, can Sprite backup restore a Pocket PC reliably to a
> > previous state in the same manner that an application like Norton Ghost
> can?
> > i.e. if I save a full backup of my pocket pc and then at a later date
want
> > to return to that working version of the pda, can I just execute a
Sprite
> > backup and revert to the version of the pda that was backup up even if
> this
> > is from a hard reset? RELIABLY?
> > All views welcome
> > Patrick
> >
> >
>
>
>

How does one prevent it from backing up mail automatically (manually you
just untick the box, but am thinking about when, say, the battery hits 10%
charge)?
"Dr. Rick G. Williams" <gandalf1@concentric.net> wrote in message
news:eX5Cc.127480$0X2.5570903@twister.tampabay.rr. com...
> I use it all the time, thru several hard resets .. There are some caveats,
> like don't backup the mail folders,. and it doesn't work with certain aux
> storage, but it has saved my butt several times!
>
> "AlanS" <news@remove.abyz.fslife.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:cbao49$n8h$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > Any backup can fail, it's up to you to verify it if you have concerns.
> >
> >
> > "Patrick" <patrickm@spamsonic.net> wrote in message
> > news:OI3qbgKWEHA.1380@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Simple question, can Sprite backup restore a Pocket PC reliably to a
> > > previous state in the same manner that an application like Norton
Ghost
> > can?
> > > i.e. if I save a full backup of my pocket pc and then at a later date
> want
> > > to return to that working version of the pda, can I just execute a
> Sprite
> > > backup and revert to the version of the pda that was backup up even if
> > this
> > > is from a hard reset? RELIABLY?
> > > All views welcome
> > > Patrick
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Well I did a backup when I had my iPaq just where I wanted it with the best
set of tools installed and then checked it for speed etc. I then did a hard
reset and checked speed again,,, seemed pretty much the same speed (have a
fair few Today plugins running and was wondering how they were affecting
performance). Did a full restore with Sprite and everything is back exactly
the way it was. Cool
Patrick



"Australian" <nospam@bigpond.com.au> wrote in message
news:uvZImBQWEHA.2576@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> How does one prevent it from backing up mail automatically (manually you
> just untick the box, but am thinking about when, say, the battery hits 10%
> charge)?
> "Dr. Rick G. Williams" <gandalf1@concentric.net> wrote in message
> news:eX5Cc.127480$0X2.5570903@twister.tampabay.rr. com...
> > I use it all the time, thru several hard resets .. There are some
caveats,
> > like don't backup the mail folders,. and it doesn't work with certain
aux
> > storage, but it has saved my butt several times!
> >
> > "AlanS" <news@remove.abyz.fslife.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:cbao49$n8h$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > > Any backup can fail, it's up to you to verify it if you have concerns.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Patrick" <patrickm@spamsonic.net> wrote in message
> > > news:OI3qbgKWEHA.1380@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > Simple question, can Sprite backup restore a Pocket PC reliably to a
> > > > previous state in the same manner that an application like Norton
> Ghost
> > > can?
> > > > i.e. if I save a full backup of my pocket pc and then at a later
date
> > want
> > > > to return to that working version of the pda, can I just execute a
> > Sprite
> > > > backup and revert to the version of the pda that was backup up even
if
> > > this
> > > > is from a hard reset? RELIABLY?
> > > > All views welcome
> > > > Patrick
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"Patrick" <patrickm@spamsonic.net> wrote in message
news:OI3qbgKWEHA.1380@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Simple question, can Sprite backup restore a Pocket PC reliably to a
> previous state in the same manner that an application like Norton Ghost
can?
> i.e. if I save a full backup of my pocket pc and then at a later date want
> to return to that working version of the pda, can I just execute a Sprite
> backup and revert to the version of the pda that was backup up even if
this
> is from a hard reset? RELIABLY?
> All views welcome
> Patrick

My experience is with the iPAQ built-in backup, which many have claimed is
based on Sprite (I don't know whether this is true or not).
FWIW, I have never had a backup unreadable (I have not tried to use it
across ROM updates -- that is a no-no), and I have been able to recover any
file of choice from the backup (in the case of a ROM update, I have used the
previous backup to restore [selectively] My Documents and my Favorites).

> . . . like Norton Ghost?
In this case, my experience is NO. When you hard-reset your PPC, some
system-generated files get loaded into RAM (some of the program shortcuts
and Favorites, for example). I find that restoring from backup does not
erase this detrius, so after restoring from backup after a hard-reset, I
still have a (very small) amount of file cleanup to do. The process appears
to work by overlaying all backed-up files on top of whatever was already
present at the time you do the restore, and does not appear to be
image-based in the manner of Ghost.

- Skip