Computer crashed, what happens now?

Hello there! My desktop computer which had my entire music collection on it just crashed. I bought a new laptop but now I am wondering what will happen when I download itunes onto that laptop. When I plug in my ipod and update it, will my songs on my ipod be erased? Is there any way to get the songs that are already on my ipod to be stored back in itunes??
Also, it was my motherboard that fried on my desktop so I still have the hard drive. Does any know if there is a way I can get the information from that hard drive onto the hard drive on my new laptop???

Your iPod is going to think that it's being synced to a new/different iTunes library. Your iPod can only be synced with one computer at a time. If you try to sync it with a new computer/iTunes library, it will replace the contents of the iPod with whatever is in the new library.
You should probably disable the autosync functionality first by going to Edit -> Preferences, clicking the Devices tab, and enabilng the prevent iPods,iPhones, and iPads from automatically syncing option.
Before doing anything else, authorize the new computer with your iTunes Account. In iTunes, choose Store -> Authorize This Computer and enter in the correct credentials. Either copy a backup file from your old computer to your new one or create a new backup of your iPod in iTunes before letting it sync.
Then right->click on your iPod Touch from under the Devices section in the left hand pane of iTunes and choose Backup. You might also want to take a look at this article to see what it all included in the backup.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
Now onto synced content such as music, videos, photos, etc. For iTunes purchases you can copy them back into iTunes by choosing File -> Transfer Purchases. For all other nonpurchased iTunes content, see this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering different software availbable to assist you with this task.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
Once the backup has been made and all other synced content such as music, videos, and photos are back in your iTunes library, restore your iPod from that backup you made earlier. Here is more on backing up and restoring your iPod.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1414
B-rock

Similar Messages

Computer Crashed What Happens to Songs on my Nano

My computer crashed and I brought it in to be fixed. I paid extra money to have my music, photos, documents put onto a disk. When I got my computer back only 35 out of 300 songs were on it. I was able to load those songs into the ITunes library. If I plug my Nano into ITunes will I lose all the other 265 songs that are currently on the Nano? I set Itunes to not automatically sync. I do not really care if those songs are in my library I just want them saved on the Nano. Also will I be able to add new songs?

Copying from iPod to Computer threads...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5044027&#5044027
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=893334&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=797432&#797432
Also these useful internet articles...
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-co mputer/
http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/02/how-to-get-music-off-your-ipod/
http://playlistmag.com/secrets/2006/12/twowaystreet20/index.php
http://playlistmag.com/help/2005/01/2waystreet/
Patrick

My computer crashed. I now have a new one and I need to know how to sync my iPad without losing all the photos, contacts, podcasts, etc I have on my iPad.

My computer crashed. I now have a new one and I need to know how to sync my iPad without losing the photos, contacts, podcasts, apps, etc I have on my iPad. Can anyone help?

Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Some items cannot be redownloaded. You will need third-party software for them - Phone to Mac - Pod to Mac | Macroplant.com or Phone to PC | macroplant.com depending on your hardware.
You might consider modifying your profile information so we will know what your hardware, OS, etc. is. Makes it easier to provided assistance.

I have just purchased an app, and paid my money, what happens now will the app be mailed to me or ?? as nothing seems to be happeneing

i have just purchased an app, and paid my money, what happens now will the app be mailed to me or ?? as nothing seems to be happeneing

Apps are automatically downloaded and stored to your Applications folder. Check there...
Which Mac OS X are you running?

I ACCIDENTLY purchased a song with no money on my card, what happens now. I only had a gift card on file.

I ACCIDENTLY purchased a song with no money on my card, what happens now. I only had a gift card on file.

Enjoy the music.

HT201318 I have a family pack, what happens now?

I have a family pack, what happens now?
How can I manage the accounts I have previously had in my family pack?

Roger Wilmut1 wrote:
Once migrated there is no connection between the previous sub-accounts and the master account. Each sub-account and the master account can be regarded as individual and separate for the purposes of the exercise. In each case all you have to do is go to http://me.com/move and follow the instructions, and it doesn't matter what order you do it in.
It’s wiser – and safer – to migrate your MobileMe sub-accounts first and your main MobileMe account last.
I did, and Apple itself now advises it.
The reasoning behind this is that if you migrate your main account first, from MobileMe to iCloud, that main account ceases to be a MobileMe account. It becomes an iCloud account, instead. And iCloud accounts can’t have sub-accounts.
In consequence, your MobileMe sub-accounts cease to be “sub-accounts of an existing MobileMe account” and their continued existence thus loses its former status and validity. This threatens their own survival, orphaned and cast adrift in the electronic primordial soup.
So, it’s best to migrate them to iCloud first - whereupon they become fully-fledged individual iCloud accounts in their own right - while your main MobileMe account that has been sustaining them is still extant. Then migrate your main MobileMe account as the final step, once your former sub-accounts are safely up and running as new iCloud accounts. There is otherwise the danger of a potential miscarriage during the migration of the sub-accounts and you could lose their names forever.
I had one main account, with my five permitted aliases and with two sub-accounts.
By following the procedure above, this became three iCloud accounts (each of which was given its own Apple ID during the transition) and my five aliases survive on the iCloud account that was formerly my main MobileMe account.
(All my MobileMe email addresses enjoyed the “@mac.com” domain name as well as the “@me.com” domain name and this survived the transition to iCloud, too.)
My credit card details appear only on the Apple ID that was formerly my main MobileMe account; they were not added automatically to the two new Apple IDs that were created when I migrated my sub-accounts to iCloud. You’ll have to do that manually, if you want this facility, before you try to buy anything with them!
Note that the only way you can still have five aliases on an iCloud account is if you already had them when you migrated it from MobileMe to iCloud. Normally, you can have only three aliases on an iCloud account. So, if you want to create a new alias on your iCloud account, you will have to delete three of your existing ones (reducing you to two) in order to make room for it.
The new iCloud accounts created by migrating your MobileMe sub-accounts to iCloud can each now have three aliases of their own but they all have to be completely new ones; you can’t transfer to them any of the five from your former MobileMe main account.
Nor can you convert an iCloud alias into a full iCloud account.
And your iDisc is no more - with no substitute on iCloud.
So, you can now no longer synch files between your Macs unless, bizarrely, you also have an iPhone, an iPad or an iPod running iOS iWork linked to your iCloud account as well. Amazingly, it’s been like that for a year.
Hutber’s Law seems to apply generally to iCloud.
(And to Lion, too, so far as I’m concerned. I much prefer Snow Leopard.)
So, think “Onwards and downwards!” when you embark on this one.
Above all, be extremely careful with your migrations from MobileMe to iCloud: allow yourself plenty of time to perform them, don’t make any assumptions, don’t do anything without first thinking through the potential consequences of your action and don’t allow yourself to get flustered into making an error that could lose you one of your precious email addresses forever. (Which some people clearly have.)

I do have an iphone4s with me and whats happening now is that it is stuck in the "itunes logo". What i did is that i try restoring the phone with itunes but it didnt go through. The process was not successful. An error appeared and it stops the restore.

I do have an iphone4s with me and whats happening now is that it is stuck in the "itunes logo". What i did is that i try restoring the phone with itunes but it didnt go through. The process was not successful. An error appeared and it stops the restore. PLEASE HELP

I did restore my phone last week, it went well. Today, i turned my phone off and turn it back on, now it is stuck in itunes logo and i was thinking that it needs a restore again. Once i tried restoring it, it finishes the "Extracting iPhone Software" part, but after that the error appears. PLEASE HELP ME

Computer crashed and is now stuck on a grey screen with the apple logo and pinwheel. What do I do?

Computer crashed and is stuck on a grey screen with the apple logo and pinwheel turning
Please help

Take each of these steps that you haven't already tried. Stop when the problem is resolved.
Step 1
The first step in dealing with a startup failure is to secure the data. If you want to preserve the contents of the startup drive, and you don't already have at least one current backup, you must try to back up now, before you do anything else. It may or may not be possible. If you don't care about the data that has changed since the last backup, you can skip this step.
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is unable to start. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
     a. Start up from the Recovery partition, or from a local Time Machine backup volume (option key at startup.) When the OS X Utilities screen appears, launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in this support article, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.” The article refers to starting up from a DVD, but the procedure in Recovery mode is the same. You don't need a DVD if you're running OS X 10.7 or later.
b. If Step 1a fails because of disk errors, and no other Mac is available, then you may be able to salvage some of your files by copying them in the Finder. If you already have an external drive with OS X installed, start up from it. Otherwise, if you have Internet access, follow the instructions on this page to prepare the external drive and install OS X on it. You'll use the Recovery installer, rather than downloading it from the App Store.
c. If you have access to a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, start the non-working Mac in target disk mode. Use the working Mac to copy the data to another drive. This technique won't work with USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
d. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.
Step 2
If the startup process stops at a blank gray screen with no Apple logo or spinning "daisy wheel," then the startup volume may be full. If you had previously seen warnings of low disk space, this is almost certainly the case. You might be able to start up in safe mode even though you can't start up normally. Otherwise, start up from an external drive, or else use the technique in Step 1b, 1c, or 1d to mount the internal drive and delete some files. According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation.
Step 3
Sometimes a startup failure can be resolved by resetting the NVRAM.
Step 4
If you use a wireless keyboard, trackpad, or mouse, replace or recharge the batteries. The battery level shown in the Bluetooth menu item may not be accurate.
Step 5
If there's a built-in optical drive, a disc may be stuck in it. Follow these instructions to eject it.
Step 6
Press and hold the power button until the power shuts off. Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed to start up, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Use a different keyboard and/or mouse, if those devices are wired. If you can start up now, one of the devices you disconnected, or a combination of them, is causing the problem. Finding out which one is a process of elimination.
Step 7
If you've started from an external storage device, make sure that the internal startup volume is selected in the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences.
Start up in safe mode. Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a Fusion Drive or a software RAID, you can’t do this. Post for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know the login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
When you start up in safe mode, it's normal to see a dark gray progress bar on a light gray background. If the progress bar gets stuck for more than a few minutes, or if the system shuts down automatically while the progress bar is displayed, the startup volume is corrupt and the drive is probably malfunctioning. In that case, go to Step 10. If you ever have another problem with the drive, replace it immediately.
If you can start and log in in safe mode, empty the Trash, and then open the Finder Info window on the startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) Check that you have at least 9 GB of available space, as shown in the window. If you don't, copy as many files as necessary to another volume (not another folder on the same volume) and delete the originals. Deletion isn't complete until you empty the Trash again. Do this until the available space is more than 9 GB. Then restart as usual (i.e., not in safe mode.)
If the startup process hangs again, the problem is likely caused by a third-party system modification that you installed. Post for further instructions.
Step 8
Launch Disk Utility in Recovery mode (see Step 1.) Select the startup volume, then run Repair Disk. If any problems are found, repeat until clear. If Disk Utility reports that the volume can't be repaired, the drive has malfunctioned and should be replaced. You might choose to tolerate one such malfunction in the life of the drive. In that case, erase the volume and restore from a backup. If the same thing ever happens again, replace the drive immediately.
This is one of the rare situations in which you should also run Repair Permissions, ignoring the false warnings it may produce. Look for the line "Permissions repair complete" at the end of the output. Then restart as usual.
Step 9
If the startup device is an aftermarket SSD, it may need a firmware update and/or a forced "garbage collection." Instructions for doing this with a Crucial-branded SSD were posted here. Some of those instructions may apply to other brands of SSD, but you should check with the vendor's tech support.
Step 10
Reinstall the OS. If the Mac was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you’ll need the Apple ID and password you used to upgrade.
Step 11
Do as in Step 9, but this time erase the startup volume in Disk Utility before installing. The system should automatically restart into the Setup Assistant. Follow the prompts to transfer the data from a Time Machine or other backup.
Step 12
This step applies only to models that have a logic-board ("PRAM") battery: all Mac Pro's and some others (not current models.) Both desktop and portable Macs used to have such a battery. The logic-board battery, if there is one, is separate from the main battery of a portable. A dead logic-board battery can cause a startup failure. Typically the failure will be preceded by loss of the settings for the startup disk and system clock. See the user manual for replacement instructions. You may have to take the machine to a service provider to have the battery replaced.
Step 13
If you get this far, you're probably dealing with a hardware fault. Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.

Computer crash... now what???

OK so my computer crashed. I know I have all the music files so no biggie on that end of things. However, how am I supposed to get my apps back??? I've got the ones on the phone but if I sync it to the new computer it will sync whats on the computer on to the phone right? Thus leaving me with none... SOMEONE slap me in the face and tell me there is a way.... :-/ Thank you in advance!

When you get you computer running again, log onto the same account you had and you can download previous apps.
If not sure look at your history and it should show them all

After recent update to firefox, can no longer read attachments in word or pdf. other computer can. what happened?

recently updated firefox, per suggestion. now, on computer with update, can no longer read word/pdf attachments. can still do so with adobe 5 on old computer. what happened? what do i have to do?
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened

Extensions that may '''interfere with Back Button''', and these are already listed in [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions Problematic extensions] for other reasons
*McAfee Site Advisor see [https://support.mozilla.com/questions/805964 805964] (update perhaps 3rd week July 2011)
*Yahoo Toolbar (https://support.mozilla.com/questions/845691)
Back/Forward Home don't work in 7.0.1 due to '''network.http.max-connection'''s being upped to 256, reduce back down to 32.
*https://support.mozilla.com/questions/889087
Back/Forward: navigation/buttons are disabled (repair with an extension)
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locked_or_damaged_places.sqlite

No More Wireless iMac Computer? What Happened Here?

My AirPort Settings Have Changed for No Reason @ All, I'm not Able to Connect Wirelessly to The Internet Using My iMac Computer cause The AirPort Settings look very Differently now & I Have Just Realize That i'm Using Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.2 did anything Change? i was Using Optimum WiFi to Keep My Connection On & I Had The Optimum Online Connection with the Wire & The Modem on as well witch thats Still Connected but The Optimum WiFi Connection AirPort has Changed & everything looks very Differently in there What Happened?

No, I Have a Canon PIXMA MP480 All In One Printer that I Bought when I Bought My 24inch iMac Computer & its been Installed since Day 1 & i had No Problem with it, it still Works

Dead computer. What happens to my music?

i-Tunes and all my music was on the hard disk of my laptop which has now died and in trying to revive it I hace had to wipe the hard disk. But my music is on my i-Pod. How can I restore this to a new computer?

See if you can get the iPod recognized via the PC (without the Restore) and use the MacMuse method or one of the methods below. Once you restore, your iPod's music will be erased.
Don King Resurrected: Deleted files from hard drive (free user steps – music recovery only)
MacMuse: Computer Crashed (free user steps – music recovery only)
Copying music from iPod to computer (a primer on various methods and software)
Copying Songs from Your iPod to a Mac or PC (resource for 3rd party software)
iPodRip Software
PodUtil Software
Senuti (Mac OS X v10.3 or higher Recovery Utility)
XPlay (Windows software For Music Recovery &/or Cross-Platform Functionality)
XPlay Photo Browser (For recovering Photos)
Extremely Simple Method: (just to recover the song files – may not work on a Mac)
1 - Open iTunes
2 - Edit=>Preferences=>’Advanced/General’ tab
2a --- Select ‘Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library’: checked
2b --- Select ‘Keep iTunes Music folder organized’: checked
2c --- Click OK to store changes
3 - Attach your iPod to the PC and hold down the ‘Shift+Ctrl’ keys until the iPod is fully recognized (this will defeat the auto-sync process)
4 - If you get a dialog box to link the Library, decline this option
5 – Within iTunes: File=>Add Folder
6 - Browse to and open ‘My Computer’ (click on the ‘+’) and select the iPod
7 - Click OK
8 - The music files should start to transfer back into iTunes
8a –- this will take some time depending on your PC and the amount of songs on the iPod
No Playlists, or Ratings, Last Played, & Play Count attributes will be transferred from the iPod to iTunes using this method
After recovering your song files, strongly consider developing a thorough backup strategy for just this type of situation (and many other potential disasters).
You need at least two full sets of your music, not including what is on the iPod:
-- One full set on the PC within iTunes (on internal HD or ExHD)
-- One full set on an separate external backup medium (CD/DVD/ExHD/other)
-- One (full or partial) set on the iPod
Music files on just the iPod and only one other medium is not considered having any backup.
If you cannot store your complete music files on the computer’s internal HD, then create and maintain at least two external sets (any multiple combinations of ExHDs, DVDs, CDs).
Backup both the music files and the Library database file (iTunes Library.itl). What are the iTunes Library files?
Here is a post on developing a thorough backup strategy:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=1498152

In case of a DB crash what happens to the status of the Control File

When a DB is crashed will the Control file that exists in the OS also get corrupted, What happens to the Data Files , how to recover the Control files and Data Files , the DB in case there isn't any Backup media or any Dump available on the DB.

The only one way to recover a database is to be in archivelog mode.
And if I said about recover stricto sensu, that's because even in noarchivelog mode we need to use the command recover until cancel before an open with resetlogs option, even if we haven't any redo/archive logs. That fake a recover, this is what we say a mimic recover. Which is not a recover stricto sensu like it can be the case with archivelog mode.
Nicolas.

My computer crashed, what do i do?

Hello, my computer crashed. I lost Itunes, and ipod software......but saved my music.......I am going to download itunes......Do i reinstall the ipod disc? Its a 3rd generation 40 gig.....what about my purchased music? will it load back into that playlist????

David,
Anything on your computer is lost if you had to reinstall the Windows OS. For a way to get your music from the iPod back to your computer, check out this link.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=797429&#797429
You don't need to reinstall the iPod software, just iTunes. If I were you, I would get the music back from my iPod first (put the folder on the desktop), then reinstall iTunes.

My old computer crashed. I now need to sync my iphone to a new computer. How can I do this when the iphone is only made to sync to one computer? I tryed transfering a cd and it would not let me help

My computer crashed and i need to use a different computer. I downloaded itunes but i was not able to transfer a cd. how can i sync a new computer to my phone????

Copy everything from your backup copy of your old comptuer to your new one.
Sync your iphone.
It will delete the current content from your iphone and replace with content from the new computer.

Computer crashed, what happens now?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for