Eric is correct - but download the software using a different machine. The less you use yours before attempting the recovery the better the chance of success.
On 3/24/07, eric barlier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt, > > download some file recovery software. a file is not lost until the > blocks it used on the disk has been re-written to. the OS just marks > the blocks as deleted but still resides on the blocks when you delete > a file. > > I ve downloaded some free stuff calle "recover pro" once and tried it > once, found lots of stuff. dont know more than that about the > software though. > > good luck, > Eric > > > On 23 Mar 2007, at 15:22, MATTHEW GAYNOR wrote: > > > Thanks for all the advice > > > > Well for those who are interested the update is that; > > > > I found the ITunes Library on the PC and added these songs back > > into ITunes. > > That found 12,000 songs - of these it looks like about 2,000 are > > songs i had previously had on ITunes but had deleted by the time > > every thing went wrong. > > So i seem to have about 10,000 of the 14,600 i had before. I think > > the 10,000 are the ones i ripped from Cds (they are in AAC format) > > so the 4,600 others are probably downloaded songs/mp3s/mp4s that > > are scattered in various places on PC. > > I connected the IPod shuffle to the PC to see what happened and it > > basically told me it was synched to a different library and so if i > > continued all the songs on the shuffle will be deleted. > > I assume that the main IPod will do the same. Unfortunately you > > don't seem to be able to unsync the IPod from ITUnes until you plug > > it in and as soon as you plug in it - it'll wipe all the songs. > > > > Now seem to have 2 choices - keep the 10,000 i now have in the > > library and overtime try and work out what the other 4,600 were. > > Attempt to use a different programme to copy the tunes from the > > Ipod back to the PC > > > > Ultimately i don't think i've lost many songs - they are all there > > somewhere - just going to be a huge pain getting them all re- > > organised and i will have lost all the play-counts / playlists > > permanently. > > > > Matt > > > > eric barlier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Itunes a pain? OK.. anyways, moving on: > > > > have you got your ipod set to use as a DISK as well? if you do you > > can and should be able to recover all the mp3s from the ipod. > > if not you should be able to connect it to pc still and choose NO > > when it asks you if you want to use the current library instead of > > the one you ve got. > > BUT I consider this risky and wont recommend it unless you re screwed > > anyways. > > > > let me know how things go. > > > > Eric > > > > On 19 Mar 2007, at 12:11, Steve Gillen wrote: > > > > > I don't use the damn things myself - iTunes is more of a pain to > > > friends > > > of mine than any other piece of software. - I am continually getting > > > them asking me questions about I, which is a shame as I know very > > > little > > > indeed about it. > > > > > > However, I understand what you mean about losing the songs on the > > Ipod > > > if you connect it (this is how I lost all my addresses and contact > > > details when I connected my nicely full PDA to the cradle to > > > restore the > > > missing ones in Outlook on the main PC. > > > > > > Getting to the point - I would suggest looking for an IPOD and > > iTunes > > > discussion forum - surely this must have happened to someone else at > > > some time? There must be people who can tell you what to do - That's > > > what I would do anyway > > > > > > Good Luck > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MATTHEW > > > GAYNOR > > > Sent: 19 March 2007 12:03 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [LU] [Non-LU] ITunes Help > > > > > > Turned on the PC yesterday and started ITunes to find it had > > > absolutely > > > no songs on it. > > > Which was a surprise as there were 13,000 of them when i turned > > > off on > > > Saturday. > > > > > > Tried rebooting - still nothing there. > > > Looked in recycle bin - a few files deleted a week ago - nothing > > > recent. > > > I did nothing unusual on Sat - just read e-mail / listened to a few > > > songs. > > > Last FM runs with Itunes - the history here is fine. > > > > > > Anyone know what i can do to get them back - any idea what may have > > > happened. > > > > > > I haven't backed up recently - yes i know i should have. > > > > > > ---- > > > Also i still have all the songs on my IPod. > > > Can i copy them back to ITunes ? > > > Problem is that the option to switch to manual load only appears > > > once > > > IPod is plugged in and i'm worried that as soon as i connect IPod > > the > > > automatic synchronisation will click in and i'll lose the lot off > > > of the > > > IPod as well > > > > > > Help > > > > > > Matt > > > _______________________________________________ > > > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list > > > administrators accept no liability for the personal views and > > opinions > > > of contributors. > > > Leedslist mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > > it's a God awful small affair > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list > > > administrators accept no liability for the personal views and > > > opinions of contributors. > > > Leedslist mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > > it's a God awful small affair > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > it's a God awful small affair > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. 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