What can I do?

[ant]

Okay, here's my problem.

The other day my home computer conked out and the only way to fix it was to erase everything and start again. So, I lost all my data, including my whole Itunes library for my relatively new Ipod.

All those songs (only about 1,800) are currently still on my Ipod, while my Itunes library now is empty. Now recreating my old Itunes library of music from the various CD's that I have both borrowed and own, would be very hard and time consuming, while of course I've downloaded single tracks here and there, so it'd just take forever to replicate.

So is there any way I can transfer all my songs from the Ipod to the computer and Itunes? (Is that a stupid question?)

Basically, what I'd like to do is add more songs to my Ipod (a friend lent me a few of his CD's), but it's my understanding that unless I have my whole Itunes library restored on my comp, when I connect my Ipod up it will delete all the tracks I have on it currently and simply add those few CD's worth of tracks. In effect exchanging 1,800 songs for 20 or 30.

So what can I do? Am I screwed? I'm a bit of a novice, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Zeke]

Are you on PC or Mac?

 

[Roonaldo!]

PC I reckon.

 

[Zeke]

PC I reckon.

Yeah, I assumed it was when he said it conked out...

 

[ant]

Sorry, yes, I have a PC

So any ideas guys?

 

[Mog]

I lost 40gb of mp3's on the weekend, and did it give me the ********s. Fortunately I had backed them all up, but still...

In answer to your question, I have no answer.

 

[Bucks5]

In ITunes Under the Advanced menu is an option to Consolidate library. What does that do? At least it sounds promising

 

[Bucks5]

An good resource or place to ask for help is the ipod lounge

http://www.ipodlounge.com/

Give them a try.....

 

[juddy03]

Try this

 

[ant]

Cheers for that link Juddy, it's a good read and I think it's solved my problem. As we speak I'm copying the songs from my Ipod to my new hard drive.

I have ended up using Copypod (PC) as I had a little problem with PodUtil (Mac and PC), but either program should be fine for anyone interested in transferring songs from Ipod to computer.

Oh and Bucks, as for 'Consolidate Library', I checked that out and I think it makes a copy of your Itunes library in another directory somewhere on your computer, but obviously, you have to have all the songs on there. But thanks, you were on the right track (same website anyway).

Cheers