Hi,
I want to sell my pocket pc at ebay.
Now I´m trying to delete all my data on it.
Everything is kept even if I try a hard reset.
Is there an easy way to restore the factory settings.
Thanks
Daniel

Well it would be most helpful to know what device you have, I am guessing
based on what you posted that you have a WM5 device. If so you can try this
"Clean Reset"

A clean reset clears all user-installed settings, programs, and data, and it
restores your HP iPAQ to factory settings. If you perform a clean reset,
your HP iPAQ loses all data, including data in Persistent Store.

To perform a clean reset and return your HP iPAQ to factory settings:

1*. Press and hold the Calendar, Power, and Messaging buttons.
2**. While holding down these buttons, use the stylus to lightly press the
Reset button on the bottom of the HP iPAQ until the device
restarts.
3. When the HP iPAQ restarts, release all of the buttons, and then remove
the stylus from the Reset button.
The HP iPAQ restarts and powers on.


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"ddschaefer" <ddschaefer@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
I want to sell my pocket pc at ebay.
Now I´m trying to delete all my data on it.
Everything is kept even if I try a hard reset.
Is there an easy way to restore the factory settings.
Thanks
Daniel

Hi David,

thanks for the answer. Unfortunately I do not have an HP IPAQ.
I have a MEDION 96700 PNA-Device.
It seems to me, that the clean reset is a vendor specific feature and
that it is not implemented in Pocket PC 2005 in a standard way.

Does anybody know, how to trigger a clean reset on my MEDION device?

Thanks

Daniel


David Hettel schrieb:

> Well it would be most helpful to know what device you have, I am guessing
> based on what you posted that you have a WM5 device. If so you can try this
> "Clean Reset"
>
> A clean reset clears all user-installed settings, programs, and data, andit
> restores your HP iPAQ to factory settings. If you perform a clean reset,
> your HP iPAQ loses all data, including data in Persistent Store.
>
> To perform a clean reset and return your HP iPAQ to factory settings:
>
> 1*. Press and hold the Calendar, Power, and Messaging buttons.
> 2**. While holding down these buttons, use the stylus to lightly press the
> Reset button on the bottom of the HP iPAQ until the device
> restarts.
> 3. When the HP iPAQ restarts, release all of the buttons, and then remove
> the stylus from the Reset button.
> The HP iPAQ restarts and powers on.
>
>
> --
> David Hettel
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone
> to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to mein
> E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any kind,
> either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy, reliability
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> indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or
> inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and confers
> no rights.
>
>
>
> "ddschaefer" <ddschaefer@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> news:1164634674.316190.180360@n67g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com...
> Hi,
> I want to sell my pocket pc at ebay.
> Now I´m trying to delete all my data on it.
> Everything is kept even if I try a hard reset.
> Is there an easy way to restore the factory settings.
> Thanks
> Daniel

At 27 Nov 2006 05:37:54 -0800 ddschaefer wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to sell my pocket pc at ebay.
> Now I´m trying to delete all my data on it.
> Everything is kept even if I try a hard reset.

Everything? Then you aren't doing it correctly!

If you've correctly initiated a hard-reset (with the right keypress
combination, which is usually holding down a couple of specific keys
simultaneously while poking the soft-reset button) the device should then
prompt you to press a certain key to erase all data or a different keyto
cancel the operation. It's an intentionally cumbersome operation to
prevent you from triggering it by accident.

> Is there an easy way to restore the factory settings.
> Thanks
> Daniel

Yes- an actual hard-reset! ;-) Post what model it is and someone here
might recall how to do it off the top of their heads if a Google search
doesn't tell you how...


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Is there a BIOS upgrade available from the manufacturer? I believe pushing
that out to the unit should wipe it. And yes, I think that the "hard-hard"
reset is vendor specific. Do you have your manual still? Is that available
on-line?

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"ddschaefer" <ddschaefer@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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Hi David,

thanks for the answer. Unfortunately I do not have an HP IPAQ.
I have a MEDION 96700 PNA-Device.
It seems to me, that the clean reset is a vendor specific feature and
that it is not implemented in Pocket PC 2005 in a standard way.

Does anybody know, how to trigger a clean reset on my MEDION device?

Thanks

Daniel


David Hettel schrieb:

> Well it would be most helpful to know what device you have, I am guessing
> based on what you posted that you have a WM5 device. If so you can try
> this
> "Clean Reset"
>
> A clean reset clears all user-installed settings, programs, and data, and
> it
> restores your HP iPAQ to factory settings. If you perform a clean reset,
> your HP iPAQ loses all data, including data in Persistent Store.
>
> To perform a clean reset and return your HP iPAQ to factory settings:
>
> 1*. Press and hold the Calendar, Power, and Messaging buttons.
> 2**. While holding down these buttons, use the stylus to lightly press the
> Reset button on the bottom of the HP iPAQ until the device
> restarts.
> 3. When the HP iPAQ restarts, release all of the buttons, and then remove
> the stylus from the Reset button.
> The HP iPAQ restarts and powers on.
>
>
> --
> David Hettel
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for
> everyone
> to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me
> in
> E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any kind,
> either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy, reliability
> or content of this post. The author shall not be liable for any direct,
> indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of,
> or
> inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and
> confers
> no rights.
>
>
>
> "ddschaefer" <ddschaefer@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> news:1164634674.316190.180360@n67g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com...
> Hi,
> I want to sell my pocket pc at ebay.
> Now I´m trying to delete all my data on it.
> Everything is kept even if I try a hard reset.
> Is there an easy way to restore the factory settings.
> Thanks
> Daniel

I think I have found it in the manual (germany only - sorry) but there
it is called hard reset instead of clean reset:

Hard-Reset
Achtung: Ein Hard-Reset löscht alle Daten auf Ihrem
Gerät und bewirkt eine erneute Erstinstallation.
Eine erneute Installation der Software (außer ggf. der
Navigationssoftware)
auf Ihrem Synchronisationscomputer ist allerdings
nicht erforderlich. So führen Sie den Hard-Reset durch:
1. Entfernen Sie die Akkuabdeckung auf der Rückseite Ihres
Pocket PCs.
2. Nehmen Sie den Akku heraus.
3. Nehmen Sie den Zeigestift aus dem Gerät heraus.
4. Halten Sie die Aufnahmetaste an der linken Seite des Gerätes
ständig gedrückt.
5. Schieben Sie mit dem Zeigestift den Hauptschalter auf die
Position OFF und nach 2 Sekunden wieder auf ON.
6. Legen Sie den Akku wieder ein. Nun können Sie die Aufnahmetaste
wieder loslassen und die Abdeckung wieder
aufsetzen.
7. Nach einem Hard-Reset muss die Ersteinrichtung erneut
durchgeführt werden.


Todd Allcock schrieb:

> At 27 Nov 2006 05:37:54 -0800 ddschaefer wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I want to sell my pocket pc at ebay.
> > Now I´m trying to delete all my data on it.
> > Everything is kept even if I try a hard reset.
>
> Everything? Then you aren't doing it correctly!
>
> If you've correctly initiated a hard-reset (with the right keypress
> combination, which is usually holding down a couple of specific keys
> simultaneously while poking the soft-reset button) the device should then
> prompt you to press a certain key to erase all data or a different key to
> cancel the operation. It's an intentionally cumbersome operation to
> prevent you from triggering it by accident.
>
> > Is there an easy way to restore the factory settings.
> > Thanks
> > Daniel
>
> Yes- an actual hard-reset! ;-) Post what model it is and someone here
> might recall how to do it off the top of their heads if a Google search
> doesn't tell you how...
>
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com