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To upgrade:
1. Read the Getting Started guide for an overview of the complete
installation process.
2. Synchronize your old organizer with your old Palm Desktop
software. This ensures that the latest information from your
organizer is on your desktop computer.
3. (Optional) To ensure against any data loss, go to the folder that
stores Palm Desktop software, copy your username folder, and
store the copy outside the Palm Desktop software folder.
4. Follow the installation instructions in "Installing Palm Desktop
software" later in this chapter. Be sure to install the new software
in the same folder as the old software.
5. To prepare for the first HotSync operation that synchronizes your
new organizer with your new Palm Desktop software, go to the
HotSync Manager and choose Custom.
Note: Be sure your username appears in the box at the top of the
Custom dialog box. If not, select your username.
6. For all conduits, click Change and select the option Desktop
overwrites handheld. Then click Done. See "Customizing HotSync
application settings" in Chapter 6 for more information.
7. Place your new organizer in the cradle and press the HotSync
button. If the Select User dialog box appears, select your username.
Note: If you customized the modem setup on your old
organizer, you must re-enter the modem init string.
Each organizer must have a unique name
After you complete the upgrade process described above, you have
two organizers with the same name. This is an undesirable situation.
Each organizer must have a unique name in order to prevent
unexpected results during HotSync operations and other
complications.
We strongly recommend that you perform a hard reset on your old
organizer. See "Performing a hard reset" in Appendix A for details.
A hard reset not only erases all data from the old organizer; it also
erases the name and makes that organizer a clean slate, ready to
receive a new name. The next time you perform a HotSync operation
with this old organizer, you are asked to give it a name. Be sure to give
it a unique name.
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