Possible to restore without losing data?

Hi. My 30GB iPod comes up with the message, "Connect to your computer. Use iTunes to restore." However, when I connect the iPod to my computer, and click the option to restore, the following message comes up, "Are you sure you want to restore the iPod to it's factory settings? All of your songs and other data will be erased." As I have music on my iPod which is not in my iTunes library, and I would prefer not to lose this music, is there any way I can restore the iPod without losing all my music? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Sorry, no. A restore will wipe out all of your iPod content, there is no way around it. This is EXACTLY why it is STRONGLY SUGGESTED that you regularly backup your library by burning data discs, using an external hard drive, etc. Relying on the iPod as your only backup is a recipe for disaster, as you have now discovered.

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Restore without losing data

Hello
i tried to update my iphone and whilst doing it my phone switched off when i came to switch it on it came up with a itunes logo and a usb picture. When i plugged it into the laptop it is telling me i need to restore now i want to restore without losing my app media data how can i do this?

You're going to have to restore if you want to use the device. Whether or not your data is lost depends on when you last did your backup, or for some apps, where the data is stored. Some apps store data off the device, on a server provided by the app developer (some games, for example, store your game data this way).
When did you last create a backup, either to iCloud or iTunes?

Restoring without losing data

Just hooked my iPod up to itunes and I got the message saying new software(version 1.5) was available for iPod and did I want to download and install. I clicked ok and it downloaded and installed and then it said I need to restore before I can use it in itunes. I'm storing some extremely important files on the iPod so my question is is there any way possible to save these files?
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!

Have just tried putting ipod into disk mode and then copying them but when I try to go into it in explorer it says the disc needs to be formatted.
Oh and the files are a mixture of music/photos/word documents.
Cheers
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Ipad disabled-- restore without losing data?

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i recently updated to io7s ,,,,, entered my passcode too many times incorrectly an ipad disabled me ..... how do I restore without losing any or all of my data?

You will need to connect the device to the computer that you normally sync to and you should then be able to reset the device and re-sync your content to it (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1212) - you may need to put the device into recovery mode :http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
if you have no backup in itunes, then once you get the device going using the above, perform a full reset and restore from icloud.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Go to Settings>General>Reset and tap Erase All Content and Settings. This will erase your device. Then you will go through the setup screens again as you did when your device was new, and when given the option, select Restore from iCloud Backup.
This link gives another overview of backup and restore:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4859?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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LS,
Is there a way to reset my iPhone (through itunes or other) that will prevent me from losing data?
Situation:
I have an iPhone 3G with ios4. Saturday night my phone acted weird, it would lock the screen every few seconds without me promting it (automatic screen lock is off).
To reset the phone I pressed the home button and the on/off button simultamiously. Instead of simply resetting it stuck on the Aplle logo.
Trying to get it going again, it went out.
Since than whenever I try to switch the phone on, it asks for a reset through iTunes (picture of usb + itunes in screen).
Since I have not been able to synchronise the phone for a few weeks, I was wondering if there is a workaround to prevend loss of data (for instance the recent photo's).
I sincerely hope there is a workaround.
Cheers

Well, if you have a backup, that will save your text messages, settings, camera roll etc.
Not the music, photos, videos, contact etc.
So there is a way to restore without losing most of the important information. Since the music, videos and others are theoetically on your Mac/PC.

How to restore without losing playlists created manually

I assume I need to restore my iPod because I inadvertently locked the volume limit and can't unlock it. (I clicked on combination, which locked it automatically without giving me a chance to enter a combination).
So, my question is how to restore without losing the playlists as I have them, given that I manually synced each song individually from various iTunes playlists.
Thanks,
Karen

You can't restore an iPod without losing all the data stored on it.
It seems from your post that the playlists are still in iTunes, so after the restore you can just transfer them to the iPod once more.
If the playlists are no longer in iTunes (and solely on the iPod), and if you want to recover just the structure of playlists from the iPod (and not the actual song files themselves), there's iRepo for Windows. which I understand has this feature along with all the standard features for these programs.

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What is the proper way to convert a VHD from dynamic to basic without losing data?
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Hi efebo,
"After you convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk, you cannot change the dynamic volumes back to partitions. Instead, you must delete all dynamic volumes on the disk and then use the
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Please refer to following link:
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Can I resync without losing data?

My computer just had a major crash, which in short caused all my itunes files to be dumped in folders around my computer. I managed to track down most of them, but I now have to empty my ipod and re sync to be able to use it with itunes again. unfortunately I have yet to find some itunes library files that will be deleted form my ipod if I sync.
I have only 2 questions
1. Is there a playlist file for (My) itunes playlist that I can use to sync?
2. Can I re sync my apps WITHOUT losing data such as save games and high scores?
Any responses would be appreciated

1. Look around for an iTunes xml file - iTunes Music Library.xml. I believe that file contains playlists and other "format" type things.
2. If you restore your iPod, you will lose the data with your games. If you don't have to restore it, then no, it will not be lost on a sync.
Google Pod to PC. It's a freeware program for transferring your library from your touch back to your computer. This would have saved you hours, BTW.

HT1212 How to reset password without losing data

Hi apple community, How do I restore an Ipod without losing data that hasn't been backed up? The photos in question were dowloaded onto the ipod from a digital camera via itunes.After downloading the computer crashed and all data was irretrievably lost.I wonder, if I reset to factory settings, will I lose all those photos? Thanks. Even before my daughter forgot her password it wouldn't let me transfer the photos from the ipod back onto the computer. I hope someone can help! Thanks.

Once the Device is asking to be Restored with iTunes... it is too late to save anything...
To minimise loss... Connect to iTunes on the computer you Usually Sync with and Restore from the most recent Backup...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
Restore from Backup
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766

HT1212 my niece's device is locked fro 23 million minutes!!!! How can i get round without losing data as at 8 she hasnt backed up!

my niece's device is locked for 23 million minutes!!!! How can i get round without losing data as at 8 she hasnt backed up!

If you restore you will have to restore to latest Apple's software, that frankly *****. I did it and I completely regret. On iOS 6.1.5 NOTHING works.

Syncing to new computer without losing data - Issue.

Hi all. I have previously made a thread on this issue but things have changed since and so has the original problem, so I thought it needed a new discussion.
I'm currently moving my iPhone from my old Vista PC to my newer Macbook Pro (OS X Lion), without losing data.
As advised, I followed this tutorial: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141
However, after the restore had finished, only my apps were syncing with the new computer. If I want to sync my music or tones etc, it still wants me to erase my iPhone.
Is there another way to get around this? I've reached the stage where it's syncing apps, so I'm almost there... I'd just like to sync the rest too.
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Firstly, my response was directed to the message with the picture. I don't have the same music as I had before, and unlike the OP who resolved it that way, I lost some music because in order to sync to my new computer I needed to erase all my music on my iphone first! I mean how stupid is that. Leave my music alone and put new music on it!
Look I love my iphone and I'm not hear to promote Samsung (fyi, there are other android companies). What I tried to say was that apple should stop being stupid and change itunes so that I can drag and drop, use multiple computers (because some households have that!), and not have a hassle with simple tasks like that! The ultimatium is change itunes or face costumers leaving your product behind! In the end I wish to keep using the iphone but solely because of itunes I can't and won't!

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You need to copy everything form your old computer, or your backup copy of your old computer to your new one.
The iphone is not a storage/backup device. it simply mirrors the selected content of the computer to which it is synced.

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What exactly are you seeing on the phone's screen ? If the iTunes icon and cable then the phone is in recovery mode, in which case it's too late to take a new backup or to copy any content off the phone - you will have to connect the phone to your computer's iTunes and reset it back to factory defaults, after which you can restore to the last backup that you took or just resync your content to it

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