Hx4700

[Older_Geezer]

Hi,

I have just bought a new HX4700 (discontinued) at what I though was a bargain price but now I think I have bought a pig in a poke. My Psion 5mx died on me and a wanted a stand alone PDA to enter and read data. However, it seems that I can't do this unless I install Activesync which I don't want to do. I don't want to sync or update any files, I just want to use the HX4700 as a stand alone machine.

Is it possible to have my PC "see" the HX4700 hard drive as a mass storage device and / or the DS nad the CFII drives? Can I create text files on an CFII card, plug it into the HX4700 and have Pocket Word read them? (and write to them?) all without having to install Activesync?


I gues you'll be thinking that I ought to move with the times but oh how I miss my Psion 5mx! It only let me down once in 6 years and that was when it expired recently! It did all I ever asked of it! Now I have this fancy piece of technology and it can't do something this simple!

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Older_Geezer

[badgerdid]

There is a programe called card export 2, this then lets the PC see the cards in the pda, treats it as a card reader. Also putting documents and text files on the card should show up in word etc.

But for a lot of software its easier to install using active sync, or if you get the cab files use cab install, a free programe and you can install the programe to wherever you want, cf card, ipaq store etc.

Cab install from here

http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/cabinstl.shtml

Card export from here

http://www.softick.com/pocket-pc/cardexport2/

also a good programe is resco file explorer, with this i can view my home networked computers shared drives and copy and paste etc to my pda, dont know if that would be more benifit to you?

[Older_Geezer]

Thanks Badgerdid,

Your reply is greatly appreciated. Your suggestions seem to provide what I am looking for. Incidentally, when I loaded up the Activesync CD to see what additional software was on it, it kept trying to access the net. Why should it do that? I thought perhaps that I had some other programme open but they were all closed.

TIA

Older_Geezer

[AnswerDude]

I think it's opening Internet Explorer on the desktop. And you probably have it set up to dial connection automatically, in IE, check under Tools - Internet Options - Connections tab.

[Older_Geezer]

You're a Star Answerdude!

That was exactly what was wrong - the connection setting had been changed. Why did I not think to check that?!

Many thanks for your help!

Older_Geezer