I recently had my PC updated to Windows 64 bit. My computer guy forgot to save my I Tunes library before reformatting. Now my I Tunes music shows up as an .xml file. Can I transfer this back to an mp3 format?
Please help.
Ballsyone wrote:
Yes, I had about 1331 songs installed. 6 years go I transferred all my CDs into my I Tunes library. Everytime I had my computer reformatted my computer guy REMEMBERED to copy my I Tunes before reformatting. This time he forgot. Now it shows up in my "old transferred files folder". When I click on it thats how it shows up. That old transferred file folder was from a previous reformat of my hard drive. I HAVE bought some songs from the I Tuness store that are avaiulable now on my I Tunes. The ones I transferred from CD are in that .xml file. Luckily, I have some songs that are in my windows Media Library in mp3 and wave files that I can re-import into my I Tunes folder but not all of my songs are there.
Unless you or your 'computer guy' made a backup of the iTunes data files (music files) they are now gone. As Dave said, purchased songs can be redownloaded, ripped ones will need a re-rip.
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