Freeing Up Memory in Your iPAQ

Figure 2: Choose the programs that you want to remove.

3. Select any of the programs that you want to uninstall and then click the Remove button.

4. Tap OK when you have removed everything that you don't want and you're finished.

You've probably noticed that neither using ActiveSync on your desktop PC nor using Remove Programs directly on your iPAQ offers you the option of removing all the programs on your iPAQ. That's because the basic applications on your iPAQ — things like Pocket Word and Pocket Excel — are loaded permanently into your iPAQ's ROM (read-only memory). Even though these items are loaded into permanent memory, it's possible to update them with special software that can modify Flash ROM — a special type of ROM included in all iPAQ systems specifically so that updates can be made if necessary. See the support pages for your particular iPAQ model at the HP Web site for information on possible updates.

Deleting unneeded files

Of course, programs aren't the only files that can eat up memory space on your iPAQ. It's a sure bet that other unneeded files are wasting space.

You have several ways to remove unneeded files from your iPAQ. For example, if you've loaded a bunch of eBooks into the Microsoft Reader library, you can delete those books when you're done with them by using the tap-and-hold method. You then choose Delete from the pop-up menu, and they're sent off into digital nothingness.

You may think that the Find link on the Memory settings screen offers a good way to find and delete unneeded files. If so, you'd be half right. Sure, you can use the find tool to locate files, but you can't delete them when you find them.

A better way to find and delete files is to use the File Explorer, shown in Figure 3. Here you can locate and delete files.

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Figure 3: Use File Explorer to manage the files on your iPAQ.

To open File Explorer on your iPAQ, click the Start button and choose Programs to open the Programs folder. Then, tap the File Explorer icon.

To view your files sorted by size (or some other sort order), tap the sort list just below the time display and choose the sort order that you prefer. In Figure 3 the list is sorted by name.

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