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Old 29-09-2005, 07:31 PM
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im freaking out.... ever since ive had my ipod, theres been usually atleast one thing that goes wrong with it, this is the first time in all this year that something has happened to it, and now... i put on the bloc party remixed album on my ipod.. itunes froze up,so i closed it..and it ate my 2000 songs that i have builted up.. and im still in shock and i dont know what to do...sigh..

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Old 29-09-2005, 07:36 PM
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Don't you have the songs on your computer?
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Old 29-09-2005, 07:40 PM
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nope my dad usually does this thing, when theres viruses or something that slows down the computer etc etc.. that deleted everything off and so the computer has a fresh start..im starting to think im a really shit ipod owner or apple hates me with passion because i have done this laround 4 times since i got my iPod last year..and ive gone through two because the other one died.. im seriously so pissed off, my life was on there practically everything i really love to listen to is gonnnne..goooooooone!
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Old 29-09-2005, 07:53 PM
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Well since you own the CD's you should be able to just re rip them again.

Unless the case was that you downloaded them from the internet to which in that case…
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Old 29-09-2005, 08:05 PM
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Well... you can download utilities that will let you get the music that's on your iPod and put it back on the computer. This really shouldn't happen even with a dodgy iPod, because you should *always* make sure you have iTunes set up to sync via a playlist. That way you'll have a copy of everything.

If someone's (ie. your dad) is deleting files off or erasing the entire computer then you're probably fighting an uphill battle.

Are you using a Mac or PC? If it's a Mac then tell your dad that it definitely doesn't have any viruses
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Old 30-09-2005, 11:26 AM
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And then if I were you I'd sync the iPod myself, instead of getting Dad to do it...that way you can upload whatever you want, and know its been done properly.
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Old 30-09-2005, 11:41 AM
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Old 30-09-2005, 05:23 PM
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Find someone with a mac and some knowledge of terminal and ask them to get everything off your iPod.
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Old 30-09-2005, 07:48 PM
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Perhaps I'm being cynical but after spending time on the Apple support boards I'm amazed at how frequently people have a disk crash. Every second thread on there was from people who had ripped all their music, transferred it to their iPod and then had their hard disk go south so could someone please tell them how to copy all the music files back off their iPod.
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Old 30-09-2005, 10:56 PM
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If the songs are still on your iPod you can get them off with EphPod.
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