How can I transfer music from iPod to new PC?

PhaserFuzz · Feb 14, 2008, 12:06 AM

Okay, I'm in a bit of a dilemma. My old PC completely crashed and I had to restore it to factory settings. So of course I lost all 40 gigs of music I had saved in my iTunes music folder. It is, however, all saved on my 3rd gen. iPod. Is there a way I can copy the music off the iPod onto the computer? I'm afraid if I plug it in, it'll automatically re sync to the new PC setup.

Thanks for any help!

UltraNEO* · Feb 14, 2008, 12:14 AM

I'm not a PC user.. but I would of imagined there's a iPodfolderopener for the PC, like there is for the Mac.. Perhaps you can try checking here? or search google.

good luck!

gnasher729 · Feb 14, 2008, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by PhaserFuzz

Okay, I'm in a bit of a dilemma. My old PC completely crashed and I had to restore it to factory settings. So of course I lost all 40 gigs of music I had saved in my iTunes music folder. It is, however, all saved on my 3rd gen. iPod. Is there a way I can copy the music off the iPod onto the computer? I'm afraid if I plug it in, it'll automatically re sync to the new PC setup.

Thanks for any help!

Before you do anything else, in iTunes Preferences under "Syncing", check "Disable automatic syncing for all iPhones and iPods". Or just delete iTunes to be absolutely safe, you can always reinstall it. Better than taking chances.

wakka092 · Feb 14, 2008, 07:25 AM

In iTunes 7, under File > Transfer Purchases from iPod/iPhone. This only works for iTS purchases. But, for everything else, there's iDump. It's free and I got it off download.com. It's for PC and works great!

rWally · Feb 14, 2008, 04:17 PM

You can also tweak your folder settings in windows to see your hidden folders. This will allow you to explore the hidden folders on your ipod using windows explorer. If you turn on the option in itunes to copy your songs automatically to your itunes folder then all you have to do is open the song files and they'll be copied automatically into your itunes.

Kilamite · Feb 14, 2008, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by rWally

You can also tweak your folder settings in windows to see your hidden folders. This will allow you to explore the hidden folders on your ipod using windows explorer. If you turn on the option in itunes to copy your songs automatically to your itunes folder then all you have to do is open the song files and they'll be copied automatically into your itunes.

By far the easiest way to do it as you don't have to install any 3rd party crap or pay for anything.

.adam · Feb 15, 2008, 03:55 AM

Yamipod.

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PhaserFuzz macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2007	How can I transfer music from iPod to new PC? Okay, I'm in a bit of a dilemma. My old PC completely crashed and I had to restore it to factory settings. So of course I lost all 40 gigs of music I had saved in my iTunes music folder. It is, however, all saved on my 3rd gen. iPod. Is there a way I can copy the music off the iPod onto the computer? I'm afraid if I plug it in, it'll automatically re sync to the new PC setup. Thanks for any help!
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UltraNEO* macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: 近畿日本	I'm not a PC user.. but I would of imagined there's a iPodfolderopener for the PC, like there is for the Mac.. Perhaps you can try checking here? or search google. good luck! __________________ i7-3060X @4.9Ghz/RIVE/16Gb/BDRE/GTX580SLI/RAID5/3008WFPx2 \| 光 UltraNEO* \| follow me
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wakka092 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2007	In iTunes 7, under File > Transfer Purchases from iPod/iPhone. This only works for iTS purchases. But, for everything else, there's iDump. It's free and I got it off download.com. It's for PC and works great! __________________ Formul8: Formulas for math, science: $1.99
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rWally macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denver, CO	You can also tweak your folder settings in windows to see your hidden folders. This will allow you to explore the hidden folders on your ipod using windows explorer. If you turn on the option in itunes to copy your songs automatically to your itunes folder then all you have to do is open the song files and they'll be copied automatically into your itunes.
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.adam macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2007	Yamipod.
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