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Old 10-24-2007, 12:13 PM
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ActiveSync won't handle Contacts, Calendar, Email, etc. (Unless you use Outlook, which I don't.) And yet I can't see any obvious place in the file system where that stuff is stored.

How DO you best back up this stuff?
Well, since no one has answered, I'll post the answer that I came up with. I found a freeware backup utility for my personal data (Contacts, etc.) that simply extracts the data from the phone and stores it into a small database on the Storage Card. It's called PIMBackup: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705

However, my other questions (below) still stand. If anyone can provide a clear guide to what should be backed up and restored, and (just as important) what shouldn't, I think it would help everyone.

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And what about the other directories? Can I just copy the entire folders "Application Data", "Documents and Settings", "My Documents"? Are there others that might have my stuff in them? Are there things in the three I just listed that should NOT be copied back to the new install?
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