PC crashed, lost iTunes, but retained my music files, now need to transfer to new PC.
I have an old PC that recently crashed and I lost all applications. I was able to get it operational so that I have access to the 90 GB of music stored on the hard drive. However, iTunes is gone and when reinstalled I just got a new, blank version without my music. So my iPod Classic is essentially an orphan.
I purchased a new PC and can move the stored music, but am wondering a few things:
I have a lot of live music that I spent considerable time formatting within iTunes, is there a way to save that formatting if I have the old iTunes folders?
Without the ipod having an 'active' iTunes account, is there a way I can use it to tranfer anything?
For the music that was uploaded to iTunes using CDs, is there a way to migrate that from the old PC using the iTunes Media/Music/Library folders?
Thanks!
matthewfrommerseyside wrote:
It is a new pc - old one crashed and lost everything.
Yes, I got that. My question was "are you using the same iTunes account to access music purchased from the Store?" I think your answer is "yes".
matthewfrommerseyside wrote:
But they are all on my ipod - can i not sync back to itunes?
iTunes is not designed to do that. However, this user tip from tt2 may help you recover your music from your iPod, although it's not a simple process: Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device
Ignore any references in the tip to iOS devices, the Classic does not use iOS. The tip has a list of software, including the TouchCopy referred to by tbirdvet that may assist you in recovering your music.
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