There is a backup chip that can backup everything for a Palm or similar. 8MB chip is about $50. It was shown at a Palm UG meeting recently and should be on the market now. Greg Edwards, CISSP and Palm user On Sat, 4 Aug 2001, Craig Earnshaw wrote: > Although this post relates to a Psion Revo this concept is equally > relevant to any other PDA (Palm, Handspring, Compaq iPaq, HP Jordana > etc). > > Does anyone know if it possible to make a complete copy of all of the > data resident on a Psion Revo? > > When I have come across these previously I have used the following > method: > > -> Install a new copy of Win9x on a drive that has been forensically > wiped; > -> Install PsiWin onto the Windows drive; > -> Forensically wipe all free and slack space on the drive (again); > -> Connect the Revo (or other Psion) to my workstation; > -> Backup the Revo onto the Windows drive using PsiWin; > -> Image the Windows drive. > > The problem with this is that a) there are potentially holes in the > methodology, and b) (most importantly) this method only captures active > data. > > I'm sure that there is a utility out there to create a complete image of > all of the data held in the Psion (ie 16Mb of data from 16Mb of on-baord > memory), but I can't find it. I suppose that an "interpreter" for the > image would also be important, so that you know what data relates to > active files, and whether the any deleted material could be "recovered". > > Can anyone suggest anything? > > Thanks > > Craig > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. > For more information on this free incident handling, management > and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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