Thread: Is there any way to recover deleted files from an iPAQ 200 PDA?

I had pictures and videos of my dog when she was a puppy on my iPAQ 200 series internal flash memory. She died a few weeks back from intestinal complications. I have had this PDA in a box for 4 years and it still works, but the files are all deleted. I know that other than calendar and email functions, I never saved anything to the memory, so chances of at least SOME of the files being recoverable is possible. I didn't have a saved sync on my computer with anything from this PDA.

Most undelete and file recovery software won't work with internal storage, only memory cards. I don't care what it takes, I want to get the pictures back even if I have to take the thing apart or destroy it to get to it. Is there any way to access the file system as a hard drive? I am familiar with undelete software, but I cannot get them to recognize the internal storage as a drive.

Closest I can find... http://ipaq-214.apps.opera.com/en_us/free_utilities.htm

Or you can jump over to the HP support site and see if they can help you... they have live chat with the support folks. None of them have probably every heard of an iPaq, but it never hurts to try: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?prodSeriesId=3544499&objectID=c013348 16