If you have everything backed up, it's not a big deal. Just be careful ;)

> Umm, I'm new to the hard reset, what does that wipe out? Everything but the OS?
> Not sure Elevator Action (tm) is that important to me... :) I should have
> enough space left. I have at least 10 MB free, maybe 15.
>
> > Hmm, you may want to check the amount of the free program memory on your
> device,
> > but with 64MB of main RAM that should not be a problem. Try backing up
> > everything on your device to a memory card, do a hard reset and install mame
> > from scratch...
> >
> > > Anyone know why this isn't working for me? I've got an iPaq 3870, with a
> 128
> > MB
> > > SM in it. I tried the mega version and the regular, tried installing with
> the
> > > auto thing and manual. And always the same thing. I click the icon to run
> > > mame, and the spinning pie comes up to tell me to wait, and then, nothing,
> > just
> > > sits there spinning, machine is locked up, and all i can do is soft reset
> it.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> >
>