HT201269 My hard drive crashed and is unrecoverable.  I lost all of the tunes that I had downloaded from my music CD's.  Is there a way to use my I Pod Classic to transfer all of the music into the latest version of I Tunes on my PC and then be in sync ag

Trying to find out if I can regain complete sync of my Itunes library and my Ipod Classic.

Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device: Apple Support Communities

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