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bassam_mh
8th September 2008, 08:21 PM
Hello,

First I thank Fred (PIM Backup creator) cause his very helpfull tool and his realy fast response about this problem (he gave me the solution).

So I paste the solution here if anyone need it

Question:
Is there any way to convert the pbc (binary backup) to any format that outlook recognize?
I ask because my mobile has broken and I have the backup in binary and i want to extract it to another mobile (not windows-mobile)

Answer:
There is no converter tool so far, sorry. The only way is the use of a windows mobile device, by doing a restore then doing a text backup.
As you don't have a wm device, your only solution is the wm emulator. To get the wm emulator, you need to have Microsoft Visual Studio.
So download Microsoft Visual Studio Express Edition which is free then download the windows mobile OS image and use the emulator to do the job like a real device.

pp56825
13th August 2010, 10:00 PM
There is a way, you can use Windows mobile Emulator, i was able to
1) run PIMbackup
2) restore BIN backup
3) backup again as non binary
4) then PIB can be changed to zip, and csv files from zip can be upload to gmail contacts.

ersa
3rd February 2012, 01:46 PM
What version of PIM beckup did you used ??
Becouse on version 2.8.0. After aunpack inside is *.CSC file