Close iTunes

Download and run this; http://www.getsharepod.com/

Press 'Copy to PC' and select all the files.

Highlight all of them, import to iTunes

Re-download all the purchased music from iTunes

Unplug iPod, plug in iPhone and sync the music

I've used a program called CopyPod (available to buy, or alternatively download from the special shop) to transfer music from an old iPod to my PC.

winamp tbf :|

Having data in 4 places is ok if you've not got any or have unlimited funds/space.

When you've got terabytes it becomes a bit more difficult and costly.

4 places? Bit OTT isn't it? My data is in 2 places... the likelyhood of both of these places failing tot he extent I can't get anything back is practically 0

Copy the songs back from your old laptop.

Also agree with "if data isnt in 3 places it doesnt exist". All my data is in 4 different places and on different media.

DONT USE ITUNES. WHATEVER YOU DO.

Get mediamonkey or foobar3000 to back your tunes back. Bit of googling about those programs will tell you how to do it. Just don't sync the ipod :)

Just downloaded something called Media Widget! Looks promising.

How the hell do i put my contacts on itunes then??

All the CD's are either lost/stolen or in about 3 different places :lol:

I can't even get my contacts onto itunes now off my phone! FFS

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Originally posted by Russ
so where are the cd's now?

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also, for future reference, if data doesnt exist in 3 separate places it doesnt exist

so where are the cd's now?

Of course i've paid for everything! It's 10 years of CD's etc etc etc :(

I'll check out google and see what i can find mate

just google it, there'll be a program to do it..

also, everything you paid for apple will allow you to re download, if you didnt pay for it, then you havent really lost it :E

[Edited on 27-06-2011 by Russ]

Thing is marc there used to be an option on itunes to export and import music but i can't find it now :(

When i plug the ipod into the laptop to try and extract it without itunes the files on the ipod are all data files instead of actual music :(

You could import things manually on to the laptop so as not to lose the new stuff. Would take bloody ages this way, I'm not sure how else you could do it?

F***ing itunes striking again here :(

RIGHT....

I only have one shot left with this otherwise i'm going to lose 10 years worth of music :|

We've recently got as new laptop which i've only just put itunes on tonight. I've plugged in my iphone and it's deleted every piece of music both off my phone AND the itunes library :! except for what i've paid for via itunes which isn't much.

The one hope i have is my old ipod which still has all my old music on (but non of the new stuff which is saved on itunes)

How can i export the music off my old ipod to the librarys on both my laptops??
And then get it ALL back onto my iphone?? Plus ive also just got a new iphone4 which i'd like it all on too :( but if the first problem is sorted i could stop panicking :(