I've been successful getting my Palm Treo to sync to a WinXP Pro SP2 virtual machine. The VM almost always recognizes when I initiate a hotsync from the Treo (occasionally I have to initiate a second time). The only problem I have is that the Hotsync connection frequently drops during larger file transfers. A dialog box with the following message gets displayed:
"The HotSync operation was interrupted. Some of your data was NOT backed up."
The HotSync log reports "HotSync Error: Connection is lost (6410)".
Usually this happens while backing up the Phone Call database, as that's the largest file on my Treo and takes several minutes to transfer during the Hotsync (although it has happened at other times). I have found that the Hotsync process seems more likely to finish successfully after a fresh boot of Windows. Also, if I do nothing on the host Desktop while the process is running, it seems more likely to succeed as well. (Hard to say for certain, but it seems that way.)
I am running Parallels Desktop 3.0 Build 4128.
Edit: This disconnect behavior also happens when running PDAnet, an app that turns the Treo into a wireless modem. Since the USB connection to the Treo is constantly established during use of this app, the connection is eventually lost after a few minutes. It seems the setup just can't handle sustained USB transfers with the Treo.
Last edited: Jun 28, 2007