Step Data Lost

Sunday, January 16, 2011 13:33 Posted by leosaumure
Pedometer
Last week I wanted to restore my laptop back to factory conditions.  It had been getting kind of temperamental and the hard drive was getting kind of bloated, so I thought it was time.  Having done factory restores before, I did all the necessary prerequisites such as backing up data, writing down the programs I would need to reinstall, etc.  I managed to do it all properly with the exception of the data for my pedometer.

When I got the pedometer for Christmas last year, it came with a program that allows you to upload the data onto your hard drive, and will show you graphical representations of where you are in terms of your goals.  The only problem is that unlike much of the software products I had installed, it didn't allow the data to reside outside the program file.  The way I have most of my programs set up is to have the program files in their default directories, but any associated data files would reside in a central location specifically for data.  This means that as long as I backup the centralized data files, restoring a disk shouldn't cause any issues.

Oops.  As I mentioned, this program didn't allow separating the data file from the program file, and as such, I lost over a year's worth of data for my walking program.  The good news is that according to my last recorded data, I was well underway to making my goal of 5 million steps for the year.   The bad news is that I can't prove it, so I have to start all over again.

Bugger.

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