Laptop stolen, lost 2000 songs, what now?

I know itTune is a "one way street" iTunes to IPod but is there any fix for this? I have my iPod but my laptop was stolen and I don't what will happen when I synch to my new laptop. Will the iPod go crazy since the source songs aren't in the new version?

Shelly,
Here is a small ray of hope.....
As long as you have not reloaded much (or any) new information to the iPod, the following links will direct you to software that has a chance of recovering some or all of your iPod’s music files. Most are not shareware or freeware, so you may have to spend a little money..... Several members here have gotten good results from Recover4All.
This PodSalvage software will only work with Macs running OS X. See the PodSalvage page at SubRosaSoft.com: http://www.subrosasoft.com/MacSoftware/index.php?mainpage=product_info&productsid=2
This link will give you several 'Erased iPod' recovery resources for both Mac and Windows users:
http://forums.ipodlounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45619
Make sure you read through many of the posts on the iLounge – some folks had good results, others had poor results. There seems to be a split camp on the effectiveness of recovery programs.
Either way, strongly consider a backup strategy after you recover/replace your music (as you already know)
http://www.recover4all.com/
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
http://www.handyrecovery.com/index.shtml
http://www.stellarinfo.com/mac-data-recovery.htm
http://www.binarybiz.com/vlab/mac.php
http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/

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HELP i've lost 2000 songs in a click of a button!

i bought an external hard drive and transfered all of my itunes library over to it. I just went onto itunes and purchased a few songs, and it asked me about syncing- i said yes. I've just checked my ipod and i only have 8 songs (that i purchased) on it. over 2000 songs have come off it. I can still see them on the itunes library, but they wont sync.
I assume that perhaps something is pointing at the wrong drive and i am very worried that i've really messed up
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP! 8 SONGS!!!! It'd be funny if i werent panicking!!!
THanks in advance guys

It sounds like all your music still exists on your computer. Essentially you hid your music files from iTunes when you moved it. Since iTunes uses a database file to store all the info about your music and it can find that file it knows all your songs and show that in the library pane. Included in this info is the location of the music and since you moved it iTunes can't find the actual music file. If you try to play a song in iTunes it will likely show an exclamation point which is the "I can't find this song" alarm. To solve your problem I suggest following the instructions located here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305451
Once iTunes can locate your music files then connect your iPod and iTunes will transfer all the music back.

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I have been collecting music for a couple of decades now. In fact my CD collection is very large and have been putting CDs into cases on the shelf for years. It took me six months transferring all my CDs to a (192k) mp3 iTunes library. iTunes Match has brought new excitement for my music library as I receive upgraded fidelity (256k) and the ability to access it anywhere on my iPhone or iPad. But, there is a bump in the road for me.
I started a brand new iTunes library and have all my music in one folder on an external 1TB hard drive. I have been adding my music one folder at a time and all has been working perfectly. You could say I am starting from scratch but also have a back up of the main folder in case all goes south on me. The issue I see coming up is the fact I think I will run out of space in the cloud. Big question is what will really happen when I hit 25k limit? What will I have to do in order to get access to all my music?
Apple.. Is there any way you can allow users to purchase another 25k for $25? Having iTunes Match is an amazing opportunity to have an entire music collection of backed-up music in a cloud so one can access it from anywhere. The only drawback is the 25k limit. Either way, for whats it worth, the service seems to be working for me, but the limit is making me drop 7k songs. That is a real downside.
The ability to travel around with many genres of music is amazing.
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At the moment the 25k limit is applied very strictly, and there is no option to increase it. Many of us are very hopeful that some options will be added in the future, but I doubt it will be for a while.
I have got round his by setting up a separate library which will be less than 25,000 songs, but the only way you can have more songs than that is if the extras are purchased from iTunes.
Leave feedback for Apple. The more that do so, the more likely they will make this change.
Until then, as I understand it, when you reach 25,000 songs then iTunes will just stop matching or uploading them.

Just emigrated from the UK to Canada, changed mobile provider and synced to itunes as final step (on my daughters laptop) and lost 3000 songs!! Can I recover them? My main PC is in the UK in my sisters loft. Last good back up early Nov. Help!

This issue is also complicated I suspect by me changing emails prior to emigration and not great use of my additional icloud storage. I am sure I had itunes on my icloud but cannot see it for the life of me now.
Having read a few posts what has happenend is I have stuck the USB cable into my daughters laptop with her own itunes on there. I didnt realise this until after the dreaded event!
Is it possible to back up remotely? What other options are there?

If you still have your files on your iPod, you can recover them from there see this post from Zevoneer:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3860757#3860757
If not, there are Windows undelete utilities which you can find with Google, but it is a chancy business and you should use your PC as little as possible if you are going to try it. Windows doesn't actually remove a deleted file, but it makes its space available for reuse.
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Previously I could drag and drop my songs from desktop to folder, I had to get iTunes 10.4 could that be the cause of my frustrating attempts to get my songs back to iTunes library?
i am also unable to see previously dowmloaded application in itunes. If i select manage songs manually would that require syncing of the two and therefore losing the songs on my phone?

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My car was stolen in May and I lost everything...my iPod Nano (5th gen), my laptop with my iTunes songs on it, and my thumb drive that I'd used to back up all of my documents/songs/photos that were on my laptop and on my iPod.
Is there any way I'd be able to recover the songs that I'd purchased?

Sorry to hear that. I'm also sorry to say that officially Apple does not allow redownloads of purchased items other than iPhone/iPod touch applications. The official statement of their policy can be found here, among other places. This is the reason you don't want to keep your backups in the same place as your device. You may be out of luck and will have to purchase all of your music again.
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Hello Courtney,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing when syncing your music to your iPhone. It sounds like iTunes is not able to locate the original file for the song to transfer it to your device. I recommend reviewing the following articles to locate you music files on your computer:
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1408
Where are my iTunes files located?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
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i just downloaded the new itunes to my PC (Vista--64 bit)--a message came up asking me if i wanted to 'delete' itunes or 'repair' it. i chose repair and it appears to have installed.
however all but 23 songs now have "!" next to them and the computer appears to be unable to locate them.
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the only place that now holds my 2000 songs is my iphone. do i need to try a 'reverse' sync where the itunes on the computer will receive the library from my phone--or is that a one way stream only?

actually the problem is a little differnt than i first thought. the library is intact but every time i go to 'synch' my ipad which i bought today, then all the '!' appear next to nearly every song and the computer can't locate them. i am able to sych only 23 songs...
if i disconned the ipad, turn off itunes and then turn it back on, I can play all my songs, but the minute i try to synch my ipad, the '!" appear.

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