Lemonade Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 My itunes crashed earlier as I was in the middle of updating the ipod, I had to Ctrl Alt Delete it while the iPod was connected and rather stupidly pulled the ipod out, and it's wiped my ipod. I have like 80Gb + of music on there and I really really can't be fucked cataloguing it all again. Anyone know is there any way to restore it back to an older version or something? My music is all stored externally so I can't just re-sync it.Also now when I connect it to the PC, iTunes just freezes up and dies. I fear something terrible may have happened. I'm downloading the laterst version of itunes to see if it helps. It was working fine this morning so it seems odd that it would be that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Have you tried resetting the ipod first? there should be some tips on the apple website. sounds shit though, nae joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Yeah tried that. It has gone right to fuck, when I connect it it freezes up iTunes and I can't access the iPod on My Computer as it freezes that up too. Connected it to my girlfriends laptop and I can get into it via My Computer on that machine, and it shows 84Gb used, so the music is still on it.... so fuck knows because when I switch on the iPod it says its blank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 might have to be taken to the apple store? do they have apple stores in poland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 They have one in Cork, there's not one in Dublin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 yeah i'd just take it to there if you ever get the chance. i even tried to find some info for you, all i can say is it seems quite common and apple online support seem useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Yeah tried that. It has gone right to fuck, when I connect it it freezes up iTunes and I can't access the iPod on My Computer as it freezes that up too. Connected it to my girlfriends laptop and I can get into it via My Computer on that machine, and it shows 84Gb used, so the music is still on it.... so fuck knows because when I switch on the iPod it says its blank.Which USB sockets are you using to connect the iPod to, try one on the back of the machine connected to the motherboard rather than the front ones, that can be underpowered.Have you tried installing iTunes on your girlfriend's machine?When you connect the iPod on your machine, have you checked it is showing up on device manager? It may be that the driver for the iPod has become corrupted, so if you connect to your machine without iTunes on, then uninstall the device in device manager, If asked delete installed files, disconnect your iPod, uninstall iTunes and reinstall then try connecting your iPod again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 You can move your music library quite easily with itunes, it should just be one back up file. I would suggest uninstalling itunes, without deleting your music, wiping your ipod and starting all over again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Which USB sockets are you using to connect the iPod to, try one on the back of the machine connected to the motherboard rather than the front ones, that can be underpowered.Have you tried installing iTunes on your girlfriend's machine?When you connect the iPod on your machine, have you checked it is showing up on device manager? It may be that the driver for the iPod has become corrupted, so if you connect to your machine without iTunes on, then uninstall the device in device manager, If asked delete installed files, disconnect your iPod, uninstall iTunes and reinstall then try connecting your iPod again.It's funny, when I connected it to mine, it froze iTunes up and froze Explorer when I tried to get into it that way. When I first connected it to my girlfriends, I could get into it via Explorer so I installed iTunes on her computer, now when I connect it to her it freezes up iTunes and Explorer... it's obviously some issue with iTunes recognising the device, fuck knows what though. Also it's weird it says it's blank but when I get into it thorugh explorer all the music is on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 get a mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 I uninstalled iTunes went in through Explorer and I've got Windows looking for errors on the drive. Thankfully if that doesn't work I should be able to back it up since the files are still on it. In better news, I did just fix my shower, so not an entirely disastrous day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Bit of a side-criticism, but you should definitely start using Chrome instead of Explorer. Worst moderator ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 I think he meant windows explorer, not internet explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Definitely, but I was drunk, and thus fuck you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Drunk? at 2.49?!? get some responsibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Point for Jake. I meant Windows Explorer. And I do use Chrome Latest update - I had no choice but to restore it back to factory settings and it is now working again. Unfortunately being that big I had no room to back it up first so I just bit the bullet and formatted it, then went to plug in my external hard drive, which has a backup of my iPod on it, plus all my music in neat tidy folders, so I could transfer it across. Unfortunately when I plugged that in and switched it on, it blew the circuit breaker in my house. Three times. So that's fucked it would appear. Which means having formerly owned around 1500 albums, I now own 7, which is just some albums that were randomly on my laptop. My music collection now consists of the new Jack White album, Weezer's "Death To False Metal", two Florence & The Machine albums (that I don't like), The Black Keys "El Camino", the Machine Gun Kelly EP and the Best of Depeche Mode.Fingers crossed it's just the power supply for the hard drive that's fucked, either way I don't have any cash to buy a new one until next weekend anyway, so it's 7 albums for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Take a power supply of of something else in the flat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 It's a weird connection. I don't have anything else that uses it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Take the drive out of the case and connect it straight into your computer, you may need to get connectors for the hard drive to go into your computer (assuming it's a tower PC, if not get a cable like this) depending if the drive is SATA or IDE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 download winamp, works for syncing up ipods and saves having to use Itunes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Everyone hates iTunes, but I enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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