My hard drive crashed. Do I have to re-buy everything I lost?
My hard drive crashed a while back and I lost all of the iTunes music that I had purchased. I have now replaced my hard drive. Do I have to go back and re-purchase everything I lost, or does the iTunes web site maintain a record of my purchases so I can download them again for free??? HELP!
apple does not allow but one download of what you buy, and recommends you backup what you have or you will have to buy it again.
If you have an ipod you can copy it off the ipod. If not you can HOPE they will offer a free redownload to you by emailing the store. there under NO obligation to do so but some have had luck in doing this. You can email them by filling out the email form at the bottom of this page http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/email
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