I was spoiled by my old TRGpro Palm device. It came with backup software, so I could protect my programs and databases without much effort. I know hot-synching gives the same result, but I like a backup solution right there on the handheld. With my TRGpro I was able to store about three backups before the 32M CF card got full.
Now my brand-new refurbished Palm M125 has an SD card but doesn't come with any backup software. I used "filez" to make copies of my memo and address databases on the SD card, but what I really wanted was the assurance that, should my batteries run dry and my Palm's RAM bleed itself into oblivion, I could restore everything quickly and easily.
I remembered "Backup Buddy". It is well known, but I have never used it. Looking on their website, I discovered that BB VFS is needed to support SD cards. There was no free version listed, but they offered to let me use the BBVFS free for thirty days. No Thanks! I went looking for backup solutions.
Several looked good and were free:
Inner Backup — or
here,
Backup V1.0 which is said to be OK but very slow, and
NV Backup which is well reviewed, but will not work on older devices like mine.
I found two that were free, did backups, but had no restore functionality. They are
Smart Backup and
Power Guard. One is suggested to use "filez".
I found reference to
a free Backup Buddy VFS on the Freeware Palm site. I couldn't download it from there, but I found it
here. It did my first backup seamlessly. I am hoping for a happy restore when I need it too.