Computer harddrive reset to factory; now iPod won't sync
So, I got a pretty nasty virus this past week and had to do a complete PC recoverey on my laptop, resetting it back to the original factory conditions. I have been spending the last couple days reinstalling software, and got to reloading iTunes so i could get my iPod set back up.
When I attempted to do a sync, I got a message that said "This iPod is already synced to another iTunes Library...etc". The iTunes library it was/is synced to is my laptop, but, like I said, yesterday I had to reset my hard drive.
How do I get all my music/video/tv show/movie data (about 30GB worth) back into my iTunes library? A lot of it was copied from CD's or uploaded from other sources. How do I set my iPod to sync with my newly reset harddrive???
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It isn't suppose to go to your itunes library... It goes to the computer. You have to reimport it into your itunes by going into itunes after it is on the computer, and using the add to library function and just add the file it stuck it in.
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