Nokia 9000il owner manual Backup/Restore, Import/Export contacts, System 10-9

Chapter 10 - System 10-9

Caution: Beware of viruses. Install into the Nokia 9000il Communicator only software you have

obtained from sources which offer adequate protection against viruses.

Backup/Restore

The Backup/Restore application enables you to make backups of various data on your communi- cator, as well as restore to the communicator data you have saved. Data is backed up in sets which are stored in separate directories on the PC.

When data is backed up, the previous contents of the backup directories will be deleted. If you want to keep the previous backup set, you should copy the files to another directory on the PC, or change the backup directory in the Backup/Restore set- tings before making a new backup.

When data is restored, only files with similar names in the destination folder will be overwritten.

Press Settings to change the connection type or the path to the PC directory.

The sets of data you can back up are:

All data — (default) Backing up all data means backing up your communicator exactly as it is at the moment (except for the Call records in the Contacts application and applications’ settings).

Documents — Document backup covers all documents in the application folders that can be opened for viewing (except contact cards and Call records).

Contacts — The contact directory backup file cannot be edited. If you want to edit the Con- tacts database contents, use the Import/Export contacts application (see the next section).

Calendar — The data in your calendar can be backed up and restored.

Before using this application, make sure that the connectivity software has been installed on your PC and is running (see ”Connecting to a PC” on page 10-6).

Press Backup or Restore to start the respective operations. The backup directory will be created if necessary.

While backup is being made/restored, the com- municator’s other applications cannot be used. To interrupt the operation, for example, to make an emergency call, press Cancel and then con- firm by pressing Interrupt.

Import/Export contacts

The Import/Export contacts application allows you to export contact cards to a PC and import them back to the communicator. The contact in- formation is exported to the PC as a single ASCII text file, contacts.txt, which can be edited as any ASCII file. If you edit the contents of the file, you should be very careful not to delete accidentally any record or field definition strings, placed in- side brackets [ ]. Do not delete any of the brack- ets, either. It is always a good idea to back up your data before doing any editing.

Instead of an ASCII file, you can open the ex- ported contact information in an application or database compatible with the Nokia 9000il Communicator’s contact card format.

The main view shows the connection type used and the default path in the PC. To change the connection settings, press Settings.

Before using this application, make sure that the connectivity software has been installed on your PC and is running (see ”Connecting to a PC” on page 10-6).