I don't want to lose all my music! Need help badly!

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Alright, so, long story short, my HDD was wiped clean. Everything is gone, I'm very sad.

I really don't want to plug in my iPod, because I'll lose all my music. A great portion of this music are songs that I will never again be able to acquire. So I ask you, does anybody know of a program, or exploit that I can use to take the files from my iPod and put them onto my computer so they won't be deleted? As soon as I plug in my iPod, everything is gone, and I will be devastated.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
 
I've used IPOD2PC before, but only for a couple of songs. Take a look over at http://www.ilounge.com, you can get IPOD2PC there. If that won't work I'm sure there is something on that site that will work for you.
 
Ephpod works. Plug in your iPod, when iTunes comes up, close it. Follow the instructions to get it set up in Ephpod, then go to the "songs" section. Select all, right click, and I think it should say "Export to folder" or something like that (you will know it when you see it). And BAM. It works. This is how I got the music of off four iPods when my family's harddrive hit the crapper.

LINK: http://www.ephpod.com/
 
Having a hard time with that program. I got it all installed ok, but the program doesn't seem to be recognizing any files on my iPod. In fact, I don't think the program even recognizes that an iPod is plugged in. How do I sync it to that program without erasing everything?
 
[quote name='Sofa King Kool']Having a hard time with that program. I got it all installed ok, but the program doesn't seem to be recognizing any files on my iPod. In fact, I don't think the program even recognizes that an iPod is plugged in. How do I sync it to that program without erasing everything?[/QUOTE]

I think for Ephpod you need to have your iPod setup as a removable storage device which, unfortunately, you have to do in iTunes.
 
Was wondering if the drive was wiped clean, but does the computer still detect it? If the drive is still working, you might want to look into data recovery tools. You might try TestDisk. I found that during some research just now. It is a free program that works on a variety of operating systems. You might want to try that on the drive that was wiped. If you have an external hard drive you might want to recover data to that, so you don't overwrite anything on the wiped drive. I'm suggesting trying to recover data from the computer's drive since I don't know anything about working with Ipods. That and there might be more than just music that you could recover from that drive.
 
Anybody know the manual way to set up the iPod as a hard disk? Found some tutorials online, but none of them worked.

*Edit*

Alright, I figured out how to start it in disk mode, but my computer still isn't detecting it. The iPod just stays on the "do not disconnect" screen, and nothing happens. I can access the iPod folder, but there's no music in it. All the music is still on the iPod but it's not showing up.
 
What kind of ipod is it? the touch and iphone cant be put in hard disk mode. I had the same problem the other week and used a program to get the music off my touch.
 
[quote name='Mr Unoriginal']I think for Ephpod you need to have your iPod setup as a removable storage device which, unfortunately, you have to do in iTunes.[/quote]


I think this is true. Though you CAN plug in your iPod, load up iTunes, and change the setting to the "Use as harddrive" mode, or something like that. Cancel out any windows that appear in iTunes that ask you to delete your music, when iTunes first loads up. Then go to your iPod, and at the settings at the bottom, check off the "Enable drive" something, I think it's the fourth option down. This WILL NOT erase any of your music. This SHOULD make your Ipod work with Ephpod.


If you are trying to get the music through Windows Explorer, you need to have Hidden files/folders enabled. All the music is hidden on your iPod.
 
[quote name='n25philly']lol, ipod=fail. Good luck man, hope you get it worked out.[/quote]

yep, dont mean to sound like an unhelpful douche but when i heard this is how ipods function i could only laugh. If you really care and love your music, next time buy an MP3 player rather than worrying if you're in the cool group. Theres no way in hell i'd shell out hundreds for that rediculousness. I think its a pathetic shame Apple even resorts to such restrictions. And people blast M$.
 
[quote name='Mr Unoriginal']A semi related question, why would you or anyone synch their iPod to their computer?[/QUOTE]
Through the use of nested smart playlists, you can create an ultra tailored playlist that is constantly updated. For example, my playlist is comprised of an specific percentages of unrated songs, unplayed songs, favorite songs, and new songs. All of this took a few minutes to set up and is now 100% hands off. As I play/rate/import songs, the playlist is dynamically updated. It makes for a great "push play and never touch again" playlist.

Personally, I see no reason to not have your ipod automatically sync. Assuming you are rating songs, which anyone who cares enough to use smart playlists will be doing, automatic syncing is the obvious choice. I understand that there are people who just want to drag and drop whatever they want to listen to whenever they want, but I prefer to just have it automated so I can plug in the ipod for a minute then hit the door. I honestly only plug in my ipod maybe once a week, if that.

I don't understand why people post so much vitriol against Apple. Is it just player hating? I didn't know people honestly felt that ipods sold just because they are "cool". I literally tried 5 different highly rated mp3 players and they were all not satisfactory to me. I held off on the ipod for years because I despised itunes on windows. With Itunes 7 that was changed.
 
[quote name='neverletthem']If you are trying to get the music through Windows Explorer, you need to have Hidden files/folders enabled. All the music is hidden on your iPod.[/quote]


That did the trick. I didn't know they were hidden files. My music has successfully returned to my computer. Thanks to everybody for the help. I can't tell you how grateful I am.
 
[quote name='Moxio']I can't believe nobody suggested YamiPod.[/quote]


I actually didn't even need to use any other programs. I just dragged all the music right into iTunes.
 
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