Transfering Music to a Computer from an IPOD

My computer just crashed and I had to reset the hard drive. The music is still on my IPOD and I want to put it back in my computer. I have had this happen before and my IPOD was erased. Any help would be appreciated. I have an Mini IPOD if that matters. I currently use Windows XP.

MacMuse, "Computer Crashed" #4, 11:49pm Feb 7, 2005 CDT

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After my previous computer crashed I have not had any of my music able to be transfered to the new computer from the Ipod.
Is there a way to do this?

Unfortunately, unless you have a backup and can restore the iTunes library to the new computer, you are stuck with the current state of the iPod. This is one of those things that makes doing backups so important.
Unless your music is all purchased from iTunes (not from your own CD's that you imported into iTunes and then downloaded to the iPod), you will be able to re-download all your iTunes store music back to the iPod when you install iTunes on the new computer. When you first attach the iPod to the new computer and new iTunes the first time it will tell you that this iPod is synced with another iTunes library and let you initialize the iPod (which will erase everything on the iPod - so don't do this unless you don't care about the stuff on the iPod now).
I've seen 3rd party apps in the past that will let you copy music/content from iPod to computer and bypass iTunes, but not sure if they still exist as this was several years ago.
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My ipods syncing but not transfering music off my computer to my ipod?

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- You can only sync an iPod with one iTunes library. Your new computer is a different iTunes library.
- Assuming that all yur media (apps, music etc) are in the iTunes library of the computer connect the iPod to the computer and make a backup by right clicking on the iPod under Devices in iTunes and select Back Up. Then restore the iPod from that backup.

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My computer crashed and I have a new hard drive. How do I put my music back onto computer from my ipod?

Copying from iPod to Computer threads...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=988373&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=926222&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=893334&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=797432&#797432
Also these useful internet articles...
http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/02/how-to-get-music-off-your-ipod/
http://playlistmag.com/help/2005/01/2waystreet/
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p.s. iPod: Frequently Asked Questions
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60920

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Check out this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different ways to copy content from your iPod back to your PC.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact.html
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You can only sync with one computer To switch computers and not lose anything:
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If you are using iTunes version 7 or later, then you can transfer purchased iTunes store music from the iPod to an authorized computer by using the "file/transfer purchases from iPod" menu. Note that the maximum of 5 authorized computers applies here.
For all other non purchased music (your own CDs etc) try this method which works on some Windows PCs.
Enable your iPod for disk use.
See: iPod Disk Use.
Open iTunes and select edit/preferences/advanced/general. Put a check mark in the box marked "copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library" and also "keep iTunes music folder organized", then click 'ok'.
Connect the iPod whilst holding down the shift/ctrl keys to prevent any auto sync, and if you see the dialogue window asking if you want to sync to this itunes library, click 'no'.
Then go to file/add folder, open 'my computer', select your iPod and click 'ok'.
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Music from iPod to computer (using option 2). This a manual method using "hidden folders" and although it works, it can be messy.
Much easier ways are to use one of the many 3rd party programs that copy music from the iPod to the computer.
One of the most recommended is Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music and playlists etc from iPod back to the computer. However, it does not transfer playcounts/ratings etc.
Another free program is Pod Player.
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It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer for this very occasion. Use your backup copy to put everything back.
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- Unsync/delete all music and resync
To delete all music go to Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Music>Tap edit in upper right and then tap the minus sign by All Music
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
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