Need Help With Backup To Pc After Hard Drive Format

Hi All,
I reformatted my pc which meant i had to reinstall itunes.
Inserted my iphone after i reinstalled itunes and none of my apps where saved in itunes.
Clicked sync and it did not backup any apps to itunes.
After alot of mucking around it eventually took all my apps off my iphone and then i mhad to use my wifes iphone to get the apps back.
Is there a simple guide to how this is done after reformatting a pc?
Cheers

The simplest way really is to restore your PC from a backup. A fresh install is a fresh install. When you connected your iPhone to the fresh install of iTunes, did it not ask to transfer the apps to your PC?

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First of all, did you backup your catalog/media files via the catalog manager ? In that case the answer is to do a restore to the new custom location.
Since you are asking for help, I presume you have no backup available.
Now, the explanation for the problem. Network drives are considered 'offline' just like CD or DVDs when there are not active. On the other hand, each of those removable storage media are identified in the catalog database with a unique internal identifier which has the letter drive, device serial number, name and type of device. I am not competent about network drives, but I am sure that pluging another network drive will show different properties. Your drive will be considered offline.
Then, when you want to reconnect, the organizer does not consider the files are missing, it waits for you to plug in the original drive.
What solution ?
What could you do to enforce the Organizer to recognize the new drive as the old one ?
Let's suppose your files had not been on a network drive, but on an external USB drive. Then all your files would have been seen as 'missing' because the recorded paths of your media files would have been different for thedrive identifier, and reconnecting could have been a solution.
The main problem I see is that I am pretty sure that you can't tell the catalog manager how to change the identifier of the offline drive, and I can't see any easy workaround. If someone knows a way, I would be extremely interested! Would it be possible to fool the Organizer to identify the new network drive with the same parameters as the old one?
So, what I would do in your case would be to use an external sqlite database manager to look at the catalog.pse11db file and see how I could change directly the identification of the new drive.
I am pretty sure I could do that if the files had been on an external USB drive (not considered 'offline'). It's worth trying that for a network drive.
Tell me if you want to try such a solution. Otherwise, if you have 'written metadata to files', your only immediate chance is to start a new catalog and import from the new drive.

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Hi. Has anyone had any problems using the ipod as a hard drive between two systems? I have an old 4th generation ipod which I used on my PC. That ipod worked great between macs and pcs as a hard drive. But recently it is completely screwed up. Anyway, I got a new Mac book pro and a 5th generation 60gb ipod.
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Thanks Terence.....
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3. use the paid version ($20) of iPhoto Library Manager to merge the Libraries. that way you won't lose anything.
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[Solved]Need help with backup-manager

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Tried to do a selective upgrade & broke something this morning so I tried restoring my CompleteRaid0 backup, worked like a charm.
This is the latest backup script I'm using:
#!/bin/sh
# Little script to tar up the important root folders.
# To untar, use:
# tar -xvpzf /path/to/backup/<date>-backup.tar.gz -C </path/to/root>
echo "Do you want to clear pacman's cache before tarring up the root folder? This will save time in both the tar- and untar process."
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read a
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echo "Pacman's cache will not be cleared."
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pacman -Scc --noconfirm
echo "Pacman's cache succesfully cleared. Continuing now..."
sleep 2s
fi
DATE=`date +%m%d-%H%M%S`
CB=CompleteRaid0-$DATE.tar.gz
NB=FreshInstall-$DATE.tar.gz
echo "********************************************************************************"
echo "Proceeding with Fresh Install backup $NB."
echo "********************************************************************************"
sleep 5
cd /
tar -cvpzf $NB --one-file-system \
/boot \
--exclude=/$NB \
--exclude=/dev \
--exclude=/etc/fstab \
--exclude=/home \
--exclude=/lost+found \
--exclude=/media \
--exclude=/mnt \
--exclude=/proc \
--exclude=/root \
--exclude=/sys \
--exclude=/tmp \
mv $NB /home/chuck/Backups/
echo "********************************************************************************"
echo "Sleeping for 10 seconds."
echo "Proceeding with complete backup $CB."
echo "********************************************************************************"
sleep 5
tar -cvpzf $CB --one-file-system \
/boot \
--exclude=/$CB \
--exclude=/tmp \
--exclude=/mnt \
mv $CB /home/chuck/Backups/
echo "********************************************************************************"
echo "Backups Complete"
echo "********************************************************************************"
sleep 10
exit 0
Restored it with this:
#!/bin/sh
# To untar, use:
# tar -xvpzf /path/to/backup/<date>-backup.tar.gz -C </path/to/root>
tar -xvpzf /home/chuck/Backups/now.tar.gz -C /
mkdir /proc \
/lost+found \
/sys \
/mnt \
/media \
/mnt/bind/Downloads \
/mnt/bind/Pictures \
/mnt/bind/Maintenance \
/mnt/bind/Music \
/mnt/bind/Backups
exit 0
Of course the directories already existed so that part was unnecessary & only needed if I had restored onto a fresh installation.

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Need Assistance with G5
Background
I'm an inexperienced Mac user with a G5, twin 2.0 gig processors and 1.5
gig ram. The OS is v10.3.6. It is the latest OS that will not slow down
internet (Safari/Mail) applications. Anything newer has really slowed internet applications down big time.
Current Problem
I've probably messed up my hard drive by switching back and forth
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while my Mac is useable, several things do not work (disk utility, printing
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I believe I need to wipe out my hard drive and do a clean install. I also have a Mac mini which I can use (I believe) for backup via firewire.
Backup
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Backing up your Users folder will save everything in all the accounts on the computer including pictures, music, preferences, etc. as long as they were kept in that folder.
If you have File Vault turned on you should turn it off. The "correct" procedure for transferring to your Mac Mini is as follows:
1. Turn both computers off. Connect them together with a Firewire cable.
2. Boot the G5 into Target Disk Mode.
3. Then boot the Mac Mini normally. The G5's hard drive should be present on the Mini's Desktop.
4. Create a new folder on the Mini and name it something appropriate like G5 User Backup. Drag the Users folder on the G5 into this new folder on the Mini.
After the transfer completes you should verify that everything has been transferred and is there in the folder.
5. Drag the G5's hard drive icon from the Desktop to the Trash or CTRL-click on its icon and select Eject from the contextual menu.
6. Shutdown the G5 and remove the Firewire cable connecting the two computers.
You can now proceed to fix the G5. Because you are planning to erase the hard drive I would like to suggest you do an extended format to prep the hard drive properly for your restoration:
1. Boot from your Panther Installer Disk. After the installer loads select Disk Utility from the Installer menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process will take 30 minutes to an hour or more depending upon the drive size.
You can then quit Disk Utility and return to the installer. Now proceed to reinstall OS X. Be sure you set up your accounts with the exact same usernames and passwords as you used before.
Once you have completed your reinstallation on the G5 you can restore your Users folder from the Mac Mini.
1. Shut down both computers. Connect them with a Firewire cable.
2. Boot the G5 into Target Disk Mode.
3. Boot the Mac Mini normally. G5's hard drive should appear on the Mini's Desktop.
4. Open a Finder window on the G5's hard drive and drag the Users folder to the Trash (don't delete yet.)
5. Now copy the saved Users folder from the Mac Mini to the G5 (only the Users folder, not the folder in which you stored it.)
6. Eject the G5's hard drive from the Mini's Desktop and shut down the G5.
7. Disconnect the Firewire cable.
Now restart the G5. If all worked well it should start up normally and you should find everything normal in your accounts.
There is one potential problem in all the above. All your account preferences are contained in the Users folder. If you have any corrupted preferences, they will still be corrupted and may continue to cause problems. If that's the case you may need to trash the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder's contents. Hopefully, this won't be the case, but you should be aware of the possibility.
If eveything is working normally you can empty the Trash and delete the contents. Same on the Mac Mini.

Reformatting Computer's Hardrive: Need help with Backup and Restore?

Hi,
I'm getting ready to reformat my hardrive and I'm backing up all of my files. All apps will be reinstalled after the drive is formatted.
I have a ton of music that I've purchased from itunes and mp3s that I've ripped from my CDs in my main itunes folder. I will backup this folder (if necessary). Do I need to back up the licenses? If so, where are they stored? Or, what's the best and most efficient way to go about this backup and restore process? If my Ipod has all my music/videos, will it just copy all the music/videos back to my newly reformatted hardrive while maintaining the original folder structure? I assume I will have to install a fresh copy of itunes first. Also, I'm worried about the licensing for the purchased music. Is there something special I need to do with these files?
I appreciate it if someone can give me the detailed steps to go about this without issue. I'm thinking this is a pretty easy question to all the techies out there...
Thanks,
Brandon

Back up or copy the iTunes folder. There are no licenses to worry about, buy Deauthorize your computer in iTunes before you reformat. After you restore everything play one of the songs you purchased from the iTunes Store and enter your Apple ID and password to Authorize your computer.

Need Help with Backup and Storage

Over the past few months I have been making the transition from PC to Mac. A "clean install", if you will.
In addition to iPhones and iPads, we now have a new Mac mini which serves as a HTPC and general home computer, 2 laptops (Air and Pro), all connected (some wirelessly and some wired) through AirPort Extreme and extended AirPort Express.
The one missing piece of the puzzle is backup and storage. I have no backup (which can't continue) and the only storage is on the hard drives in the various devices themselves.
After spending days pouring through this forum and others, I am now thinking about getting a 2TB Time Capsule for backup and a 6TB G-Raid for storage.
The G-Raid, I'm assuming, will have to be connected directly to the mini by Firewire. As it will largely be used for storing our DVDs and CDs, I don't think that's an issue but wonder if it will be easy to move files between it and the other devices?
Are there any flaws in this plan? Is there a better way of doing it?
I would appreciate any comments.

The one issue you will have is that you have multiple
iDevices, multiple computers and multiple users. If
you are using iTunes to manage your media, you
will need to put the media storage on a computer that
will be running all the time and have iTunes running on
that and set up for Home Sharing. Then, on each device,
you can select what material gets copied to the device
and what material will stream only.
As far as backups, I personally maintain clones on portable
drives for each of my computers and, depending on the data,
backup data on USB memory sticks or additional portables.
As for my media, I have a pair of 2TB drives connected via
USB to an Airport Extreme Base Station and have my media
files stored there. One is the main and the other is a backup.

Need help with backup files made by HP Recovery.

So in 2011 I had made a post about a DV9 series HP laptop I had that I felt needed a harddrive. Well the laptop has been sold to a friend of mine and he has since fixed the issue it had. My curent deboggle is trying to deal with the 36GB of data it backed up onto an external USB powered harddrive. The information was saved from a system that ran Windows VISTA, on that same DV9 Pavilion. I have a new laptop and it's a Pavilion DV6 running windows 7. Is there some sort of 3rd party application or an uncommon HP utility that can open, run or modify. Specificaly I need to some files but not all, but if my only option is to extract all then that would be fine also. There is an executible in the backup folder but it doesn't extract anything it just locks up.
For the TLR portion, need to access backup files made on an older HP laptop with windows vista to a newer HP latop running windows 7.

Terribly sorry for the post, I should have researched more before posting. I found the answer to my issue in another thread here on the HP forums! Thanks so much!!

Itunes wont open need help backing up music on external hard drive

My itunes wont open after upgraded to 8 , ive uninstalled and reinstalled itunes and quicktime and still wont work. i found a topic to possibly help me but i dont know how to tranfer my music to an external disk drive without being able to open itunes. i am getting so frustrated. please help

A usb hard drive that Windows sees doesn't need software for a simple back up.
Format the hard drive Disk Management, if it doesn't come already formatted, and then drag and drop the iTunes folder and whatever other data you want to back up to it.
What you're describing doesn't sound like something iTunes did. If you're having general install troubles you have another problem with your system and it's time for a little troubleshooting to find out what's really going on.

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I was a high school student. At that time, my first laptop was a Thinkpad from the 760 series. After serving me valiantly into my first year of college, the laptop died. In the time I had the laptop, I amassed writings, music records, and stored some photos on the machine. Despite not having the laptop anymore, I recently came across the hard drive, which I had pulled prior to getting rid of it.
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ps. If anyone wants to install a drive larger then 8gb on one of these, it can be done, but you'll need software to translate the drive so your operating system can use it. Normally you set the bios to a specific user defined harddrive, then the bios thinks you have 8gb, but the software translates it to the actual size. One such program is alled "Disc Manager". I will probably work with any FAT operating system like DOS or Windows 9x, but that's about all you could run on one of them anyway. I actually think I have one of these that's in working condition, but not sure of the model. I'm also not 100% sure this model will work with disc manager software.
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Help With iTunes Recovery From Old Hard Drive

Hi, recently I had A PC issue where I needed to replace my hard drive. I was originally running XP on a 500 GB drive, I didn't want to loose all my flies on that drive so I reinstalled XP on A 80 GB drive. I now running XP off the 80 GB drive (C:) have access to the files on the 500 GB drive (D:). I am worried about reimporting my music because I have more than 200 GB of music so it wont fit on the drive C: & also I have manually tagged all my music in iTunes and from my experience in the past re-importing may loose/revert my personal tagging. I will note I like to have iTunes manage my library. I was thinking if I move the iTunes library file from D: to C: it will put ! next to all 20,000 songs asking me to manually relocate all of them, but what if after that I change the iTunes location in the preferences to match the D: location would that resolve the ! file location? Any way I'm stuck any input would be appreciated. Thank You.

As long as you don't have an existing library that is synced with a device or holds oodles of carefully crafted playlists, ratings etc. then...
Hold down shift as you start iTunes. You should get an option to choose or create a library. Click create, browse to root of the external drive and click save so that your library is say X:\iTunes where X: is the letter of your external drive. All new content downloaded to the library will stay on the external drive.
See this user tip for a backup strategy.
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