ID3 Tags wiped out....help !!

Having imported my music library and converted ID3 tags to version 2.4, when I view the files in Windows Explorer all the tag information has been deleted. This problem stays even when files are converted to AAC format (also, rather than AAC the files show as M4A in Windows)
Please can anybody advise me as to what I need to do? I don't have an iPod just yet (will be purchasing the 80Gb version if I can be sure this problem can be solved).
Thanks In Advance
Andrew

Please install the old utility.. 5.6
I am not at all sure 6.2 or the new firmware on the TC if you upgraded are not the cause of the problem..
If you upgraded the TC downgrade again.. simply hold the option key when you select firmware.. 7.6.3 is full of bugs.. for now it is not worth the pain.
There is nothing wrong with your setup that I can see.. so I really suggest the older utility.. and then you can track the log of the TC.. no longer available in v6 utility. It is a toy.
How to load 5.6 into ML.
1. Download 5.6 for Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
2. Download and install unpkg.
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Run unpkg on the desktop.. it is very simple.. drag the AirPortUtility56.pkg file over to unpkg.. and it will create a new directory of the same name on the desktop.. drill down.. applications utilities .. there lo and behold is Airport utility 5.6 .. drag it to your main utilities directory or just run it from current location.
You cannot uninstall 6.1 (now 6.2) so don't try.. and you cannot or should not run them both at the same time.. so just ignore the toyland version.. the plastic hammer.. and start using 5.6.. a real tool.
For screen shots see this post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4668746?tstart=0

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