HT1727 My old computer died before i could put my new itunes purchases on it. Is there anyway to get them to my new computer? The hard drive somehow fried and is of no use.

I had just purchased like $30 worth of new songs and my old computer. two days later it died on me before i could upload them onto my ipod touch. i tired to get geek squad at best buy to transfer all of my music from my old computer to the new one but they said it could not be done since i somehow fried the hard drive. so i was wondering if there is anyway to get at least my newly purchased songs back? i got my old purchased songs off of the ipod i just want the new ones.

It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your comptuer for this very reason.
Use your backup copy to put everything back.
If for some reason you have failed to maintain a backup, not good, then you can redownload some itunes purchases in some countries:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

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My laptop died before I could deauthorize it an allow me to sync to the new PC. Now I have all my apps and music, etc. on the iPad but it won't let me sync onto the new laptop because I'm "still sharing" with the old (now dead) laptop. Is there a way to deauthorize the old laptop without it being on?

Open itunes on an authorized machine, go to the iTunes store, click your Apple ID in the top right corner, choose Account, enter password, choose "Deauthorize all" on the right hand side. You can only do this once per year.
However, machine authorization has nothing to do with device synchronization. The problem can be solved by copying all iTunes library files from your old machine over to the new one. If you can't do this, then you need to start from scratch and tell iTunes to set up a new sync relationship with your new computer, effectively deleting all synchronized content (music, tv shows, movies, etc..)

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How do I deauthorize a computer when the hard drived has crashed and is not recoverable ?

You cannot directly deauthorize a computer that's not working or to which you no longer have access. You can authorize a total of up to five systems, so unless you've hit that limit it's probably not really important that you deauthorize your dead unit now. If you really want to deauthorize that system now, you can go into your iTunes Store account and there will be a "deauthorize all" button. You can then re-authorize the computers you're using.
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Would the ir censor go bad if the hard drive cable went bad sens they bout use the same cable?

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Visit www.ifixit.com and find the Apple part number and search for the item on eBay - much cheaper than buying from ifixit; although ifixit will have the instructions for installing the cable.
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I had iTunes set up on a Windows XP system. I had recently bought materials that I had not backed up to a cd, and I have about 15 bucks left on a gift card. My computer died.
I bought a Windows Vista system, and now I see that I had to set up a transfer of purchases and deauthorize my old computer... how can I do that when it's dead???
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How do I deactivate on a dead computer so I can load it to the new one?

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Just sent in my daughter's Ipod touch 5th generation to be fixed.....They sent me a new one. Is there any way to get the contents of her old one onto the new one? I synced the old one with Itunes before I sent it in and backed it up on my computer.

Sure, as soon as you open iTunes with the new iPod connected, it will have a "Welcome to your New iPod" screen. Just choose Restore from backup.

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I have been trashing stuff, but I can't seem to empty the trash. I'm getting this message:
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I've had a look through the trash, and yes, there are items that were originally on the old drive such as Epson
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http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/imac_g4/imacg4_takeapart.html
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Using a CD on the hard drive.

Is it bad for the hard drive to run cds off of it (using disk images created with Disk Utility).

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HT1727 My old computer died on me with no warning signs. I didn't know or need to copy my music to another computer. I would like to know how to get the music that I bought onto my new computer without having to buy it all again.

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Go to the iTunes Store and select "Purchased" from the Quick Links side bar on the right. Go through all the tabs to download again for free

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