Computer crash caused mismatch ofr I-Tunes Program For iPod Mini

Question

A few weeks ago my laptop crashed and I had to reinstall iTunes At this point the iTunes won't converse with my iPod mini (4gig) unless I chose to overwrite all the albums I have in the iPod. How do I get to keep the music albums I have on the ipod and add the new albums in the library of iTunes?

Answer 1

Your iPod is being linked to a newly installed iTunes it's never "seen" before. What you will see is this.
Do not click 'yes' whatever you do.
You need to get the songs on your iPod back to the computer an into your new iTunes library.
Check out the instructions/suggestions here.
Music from iPod to computer.
There's also another method. I've successfully tested this across several different Windows PCs.
Open iTunes and select edit/preferences/advanced/general. Put a check mark in the box marked "copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library" and also "keep iTunes music folder organized", then click 'ok'.
Connect the iPod whilst holding down the shift/ctrl keys to prevent any auto sync, and if you see the dialogue window asking if you want to sync to this itunes library, click 'no'.
Then go to file/add folder, open 'my computer', select your iPod and click 'ok'.
The music files should transfer to your iTunes.
If this doesn't work (and it may not because officially it's not supposed to), there's Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music and playlists etc from iPod back to the computer. However, it does not transfer playcounts/ratings etc.
The above methods may depend on what version of iTunes you are running.
If none of these methods work, try CopyPod which also supports the transfer of videos from iPod to computer.
Once the songs are safely back in iTunes and only then you can then click 'yes' to that message. That will now 'associate' the iPod with your new iTunes library and you can go on using it as you did previously.