Formatting series 7

[patchie]

hi im getting an old psion series 7 off a friend of mine thats now using the netbook pro with windows CE.net..

i have 2 questions to ask.

1. How can i format the series 7 ( I dont have the installation cd he lost it)

2. Can i run normal windows CE applications in the windows CE.Net on the psion netbook pro

as i dont go onto forums much could you all email me your answers to

funkomunkonostridge@hotmail.com

[cshandley]

1. Remove it's backup battery (the tiny round & flat metal one underneath it), it's main battery (the big long one), and unplug it from mains power. Leave like that for 5 minutes, and then plug it into the mains, then put the main battery back, and then it's backup battery. (The order is important)

That should erase everything on the Series 7 - except for any Compact Flash card it may have installed.

[Colin Messer]

You don't need an installation CD for the Series 7 operating system as it's held on ROM. This means that when power it restored it will reload the operating system from ROM. The CD holds a number of utilities and documents, for example PsiWin, that is used for communication with PCs and synchronisation with Microsoft Outlook.