[Q] New laptop, lost data - How to sync phone without losing everything? - HTC Sensation

Hi my laptop died on me, so ive just bought a new one, I have the problem now of having no files on my laptop whatsoever, and a phone full of music, photos videos contacts etc that was synced with my old laptop.
Can i sync my phone now so that all the data on my phone goes on to my laptop, so it can just be updated via HTC Sync, because as soon as i sync it now, i shall lose everything of my phone then i shall be well and truly stuck!
Thanks

If you change the setup from htc sync, you can choose that only the files from your phone get synced to the computer.
Or you can choose disk drive and do it manually.

Why not attaching the device as a disk drive and copy the data to your laptop using windows(?) explorer?
Contacts are synced with your gmail account, which in it's turn can sync with pretty much any other CM software.

Hi thanks for the help, all sorted now. Wasnt sure how to change sync settings in order to sync from phone to pc though?

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Out of the blue im having a problem with active sync
i connect like i always do with no problem, but 90% of the folder aren't their...
Pictures, personal, etc etc etc
I went thru all the files and folder and found a pictures folder, took the files from that to my desktop, then back to my phone,just to see what would happen and know i have double pictures.
I uninstalled active sync and installed a fresh copy and still have the same problem.
were did most of the folders go ?
chris347101 said:
Out of the blue im having a problem with active sync
i connect like i always do with no problem, but 90% of the folder aren't their...
Pictures, personal, etc etc etc
I went thru all the files and folder and found a pictures folder, took the files from that to my desktop, then back to my phone,just to see what would happen and know i have double pictures.
I uninstalled active sync and installed a fresh copy and still have the same problem.
were did most of the folders go ?
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When you set up your sync settings did you set it to overwrite the items on your phone or PC?
Sounds like this is the issue.
With out trying to sound stupid, i honestly don't know
last night i read were you can sync with google....i did that and it seemed to work fine....well this morning i turned on my phone from over night charging, i had zero contacts on my phone and i couldn't turn the internet off on my phone....well i finally figured out how to turn the internet off and just added all my contacts back !
turned on active sync and it connected but still only shows
my windows based device,my pictures, and templets
Thanks for your help
chris347101 said:
With out trying to sound stupid, i honestly don't know
last night i read were you can sync with google....i did that and it seemed to work fine....well this morning i turned on my phone from over night charging, i had zero contacts on my phone and i couldn't turn the internet off on my phone....well i finally figured out how to turn the internet off and just added all my contacts back !
turned on active sync and it connected but still only shows
my windows based device,my pictures, and templets
Thanks for your help
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I'm not sure what OS you're running on your PC but you need to delete your current sync relationship and start a new one. It should prompt you as to how data is dealt with between the 2 devices. Such as for new contacts, Replace on PC, replace on Device, or only add new to device.
I think you can also access this through the active sync settings on the phone itself.
i figured all that out, i just have one know
I can connect fine, i just want to know were or why i cant view all the folders like i used to be able to
chris347101 said:
i figured all that out, i just have one know
I can connect fine, i just want to know were or why i cant view all the folders like i used to be able to
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Then you obviously have it set to over-write the phone. Thats why your files disappear after you sync.
You have to change that setting.
Bruce Inman said:
Then you obviously have it set to over-write the phone. Thats why your files disappear after you sync.
You have to change that setting.
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were do i go to make that change

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=428257
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=246075
and none of them provided any help to my situation.
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http://myphone.microsoft.com/ its free, use it next time.
Handy thing that
thanks Jack of Clubs for the helpful link. I will definately check that out...
But for now, I need to get those contacts back into outlook. I use outlook to sync from my windows phone to a few nokia phones.
Anyone have any ideas I can try before a hard reset?
You didn't setup any type of exchange for your contacts for another server did you? Since my move to Vista/7 and the updated WMDC I haven't had that problem. Good luck...let us know how its sovled.
no, i don't have any type of exchange setup. just basic syncing to activesync through usb cable. quite baffling to me..
Deleted Out look contacts
This happened to me, luckily i found all my contacts in the deleted folder of Outlook and simply restored them, it has to do with the direction of syncing, i.e. pc to device or device to pc, on will over write the other......
yes, I did copy the deleted items back into the contact database.
I am trying to figure out how to re establish the syncing relationship between the phone and outlook..
jonyboy27 said:
yes, I did copy the deleted items back into the contact database.
I am trying to figure out how to re establish the syncing relationship between the phone and outlook..
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thats really hard to do. i couldnt figure it out the one time i ended the partnership then tried to re-establish it.

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Yesterday i plugged in my phone for the first time to my computer running windows 7. It started syncing and stuff automatically. Once completed, all my contacts were gone from the phone, and there are none on the computer (its *****ing about that i dont have any software for the contacts, so it cant back them up or sth, coz i dont have outlook installed)..
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