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Having created a huge database in itunes, the PC went belly up last week. All the data (music, videos etc) are on my ipod. When I get a new PC, is there an easy way to 'sync' the PC with the ipod or is it a case of starting from scratch again?


 
Posted : 12/01/2009 11:07 am
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Do a google for this. There seems to be a mine of info about this, which i found useful when using non-intuitive (to me) itunes.

When I transferred from one PC to another, I put the ipod into disk mode, so it transferred the library as a file (i.e. it operated as an external drive into which i dropped my entire itunes folder).

No idea if the old PC isn't working at all, though!


 
Posted : 12/01/2009 11:59 am
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Just found this that might help - there is a bit about recovering from an ipod if your computer gives up the ghost.

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-computer


 
Posted : 12/01/2009 1:51 pm