Does anyone know what happens if Ideleted the songs off of iTunes and then plugged my iPod in?

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dcjonasfan12

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#37554 15-Jul-2009 11:09

my computer recently got a virus and i did a PC clean-up. and the itunes got rid of all the songs that i got from cds. so what would happen if i plugged my iPod in to the computer? please help!

dawnraid

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#235553 15-Jul-2009 11:13

Your iPod either would sync and erase itself, or iTunes would pop up and say your iPod is connected to another library and would you like it to sync with this one in which case you would say no and manually extract your songs from your iPod via third party software.

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#235563 15-Jul-2009 11:21

If its from CDs, you can either re-rip your CDs (hint, get XP to auto send your audio CD to itunes, then set itunes to auto-import and auto-eject when finished)...

or...

Use third party software...

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#235569 15-Jul-2009 11:28

What iPod? If iPod Touch, a lot of the guide to "backup" from iPod out on the internet will not work unless you use 3rd party software to "retrieve" them.

Good luck though.

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dcjonasfan12

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#235572 15-Jul-2009 11:36

tonyhughes: If its from CDs, you can either re-rip your CDs (hint, get XP to auto send your audio CD to itunes, then set itunes to auto-import and auto-eject when finished)...

or...

Use third party software...

i got most of the cds from the library. which sucks

dcjonasfan12

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#235573 15-Jul-2009 11:37

chiefie: What iPod? If iPod Touch, a lot of the guide to "backup" from iPod out on the internet will not work unless you use 3rd party software to "retrieve" them.

Good luck though.

i have an iPod Nano.

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#235585 15-Jul-2009 11:53

Kill the process iTunes helper (which should stop auto detection and erasing) then download something like yamipod and pull your music back off your ipod.