Dead battery, now no data & no backup

[EddB]

Hi all.

I have a Psion Series 3C here. The battery died on it. We replaced the battery but all saved data has gone and things like the calendar have gone back to 01/01/96

There is no backup of the data anywhere.

Is there anyway to recover the information that used to be on the psion?

Many thanks

[Phil Aypee]

Hi Ed,

Unless your data was on an SSD (Solid State Disk), I’m afraid it’s lost. Sorry.

You should have had a backup battery in your 3c (it’s a CR 1620 lithium and goes in a holder in the B drive slot). If there was one and it was OK you wouldn’t have had this problem. If you’d had your data on a Flash SSD it would probably have been safe though the 3c would still have reset itself. If you’d had your data on a RAM SSD with a good battery (CR 1620 again) it would probably have been safe. If you’d had a current backup your data would probably have been safe.

I’m sorry if this is ‘closing the stable door after the horse has bolted’ but backing up is at least advisory - and I think it essential. It is particularly advisory to backup portable/handheld machines but any machine should have a current backup.

So, although I do sympathise, there is actually nothing you can do to resolve the situation. As I said, sorry.