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i phone music transfers - HELP
angus1
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My computer broke and needed to buy a new one which means I have lost my i tunes library. Can someone please tell me how i can transfer all my photos and music onto my new computer.
(Angus is my dog, not me ...) 
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You can buy an external drive enclosure from a computer shop and then take the hard drive out of your old PC and plug it in to the enclosure and connect the old hard drive to your new PC via the USB cable on the enclosure.
You need to make sure you get the right sort of enclosure, as there are IDE (connected with a wide ribbon cable) or SATA drives (connected with a thinner cable) also laptop drives are smaller, so if your old PC was a laptop you will need a smaller enclosure.
This should work providing the fault with your old PC is not hard disk related. It there is a problem with the hard drive you may need to use some file recovery software, but at his point I would suggest consulting a professional as data recovery can be tricky.
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There are software options:
http://www.podtomac.com/ - for Mac
http://www.podtopc.com/ - for PC.
Those are free options. There are other programs too, but some are paid for. I've never used these before, so I can't tell you if they are any good. Hope that helps.0 -
There are software options:
http://www.podtomac.com/ - for Mac
http://www.podtopc.com/ - for PC.
Those are free options. There are other programs too, but some are paid for. I've never used these before, so I can't tell you if they are any good. Hope that helps.
Are you just presuming that the OP has an iPod or iPhone (of which the OP has made no mention)?
Or are you offering to lend the OP yours?
And even if you do, how is the OP going to access with an iPod/iPhone the iTunes library that is (hopefully still intact) on the hard drive inside a broken computer?
What's not known here is whether the fault in the computer has affected the integrity of the hard drive and/or the data stored on it. Nor even if what's faulty within the computer is actually the hard drive itself.
The mosr sensible way to proceed is to remove the hard drive from the faulty computer and connect it by USB or Firewire to the new computer. This can be done in the manner suggested by fuzzball172 (using a drive enclosure), or by means of a hard drive to USB connecting cable device, or by using a drive dock. If there's a spare bay in the new computer - or even one that can be borrowed briefly - it could be put straight into that for examination.
On a Mac, of course, it would be possible to try starting the faulty computer in Target Mode and getting the data out directly by Firewire.
All of this pre-supposes that the faulty computer is unable to burn the iTunes Music Folder to a DVD or download it to an external hard drive or USB stick. But if that were possible it's unlikely that doing so has not occurred already to the OP. Even flossy_splodge would probably have been able to work that solution out.
It's not totally inconceivable that the data on the drive could be accessed by Bluetooth or IrDR. When a Nokia Communicator of mine suddenly went completely senile and would not even respond to a USB connection, I was amazed to discover that it was still able to beam its data out to an old Mac laptop equipped with an IrDR port.
But removing the hard drive physically from the faulty computer would seem to be the most sensible solution. Why would one not? It's probably got a lot of the OP's personal data on it, anyway.
So, tell us, pray, how does iPod/iPhone software and/or an iPod/iPhone (yours?) assist the OP?
Don't laugh at banana republics. :rotfl:
As a result of how you voted in the last three General Elections,
you'd now be better off living in one.
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My Sunday paper told me. No, I read the title.Are you just presuming that the OP has an iPod or iPhone (of which the OP has made no mention)?
Or are you offering to lend the OP yours?
And even if you do, how is the OP going to access with an iPod/iPhone the iTunes library that is (hopefully still intact) on the hard drive inside a broken computer?
What's not known here is whether the fault in the computer has affected the integrity of the hard drive and/or the data stored on it. Nor even if what's faulty within the computer is actually the hard drive itself.
The mosr sensible way to proceed is to remove the hard drive from the faulty computer and connect it by USB or Firewire to the new computer. This can be done in the manner suggested by fuzzball172 (using a drive enclosure), or by means of a hard drive to USB connecting cable device, or by using a drive dock. If there's a spare bay in the new computer - or even one that can be borrowed briefly - it could be put straight into that for examination.
On a Mac, of course, it would be possible to try starting the faulty computer in Target Mode and getting the data out directly by Firewire.
All of this pre-supposes that the faulty computer is unable to burn the iTunes Music Folder to a DVD or download it to an external hard drive or USB stick. But if that were possible it's unlikely that doing so has not occurred already to the OP. Even flossy_splodge would probably have been able to work that solution out.
It's not totally inconceivable that the data on the drive could be accessed by Bluetooth or IrDR. When a Nokia Communicator of mine suddenly went completely senile and would not even respond to a USB connection, I was amazed to discover that it was still able to beam its data out to an old Mac laptop equipped with an IrDR port.
But removing the hard drive physically from the faulty computer would seem to be the most sensible solution. Why would one not? It's probably got a lot of the OP's personal data on it, anyway.
So, tell us, pray, how does iPod/iPhone software and/or an iPod/iPhone (yours?) assist the OP?0 -
I have a I phone 3g. I have reloaded i tunes onto my new computer but when I syncronised my phone to it it only transferred songs I had purchased from I tunes. What I need is all my music from my phone back onto my computer i tunes library.(Angus is my dog, not me ...)0
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What I need is all my music from my phone back onto my computer i tunes library.
So use the software that Scrilla has suggested to take the music from off your iPhone into a temporary folder on your computer.
Then import it from there into iTunes.
Then sync your iPhone again.Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.0 -
well, if you have already synced, you have deleted all the music off your iphone, and imported just the purchased songs...
you'll have to re rip your cds.. or just drag them from your backup back to your computer... you do have a backup ?0 -
The hard drive on the broken computer (if its data is still intact) will, in effect, be a backup of the original library.
Another good reason to take it out.
It would not have been unhelpful if the OP had explained in his or her first posting what was revealed in the second. :rolleyes:
Don't laugh at banana republics. :rotfl:
As a result of how you voted in the last three General Elections,
you'd now be better off living in one.
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If the sync still left your songs intact on your iPhone, use the software I suggested above.I have reloaded i tunes onto my new computer but when I syncronised my phone to it it only transferred songs I had purchased from I tunes. What I need is all my music from my phone back onto my computer i tunes library.
If the sync removed your songs on the iPhone, try Stella Phoenix software, select Mac or PC depending on your platform. It's a paid for app, but I recommend it as it has recovered data from digital cameras and hard drives for me in the past. It has a iPod recovery option which I imagine will work for your iPhone. The trial version will scan to tell you what can be recovered. You will have to pay to be able to recover those files. I'm sure there's a free option out there somewhere though.0 -
Thanks for all the advice and sorry for any confusion. I no longer have the old computer. I will try the software suggested. I didn't lose any of the music on my I phone its all still intact. Thanks again(Angus is my dog, not me ...)0
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