ipod erased everything!!!!

[lookin4sum1icantrust]

I am truly pissed the fuck off with my iPod right now!!!!

My iPod erased all my song off. I couldn't back them up either. I tried to reset it, but nothing is happening. I didn't get all my songs from itunes, some from CD's other from the web, so they didn't back up. Can so one HELP????

BTW: My iTunes updated to 8.0.1, or something like that, and the iPod was in the computer, do you think that it had sometime to do with the update to delete the music?

Here's the error message: "iTunes cannot read the contents of the iPod." It wants me to restore which will erase the whole ipod, I think the music is in it some where, because the iPod's space is the same as it was when the music was stored on it.

 

[lookin4sum1icantrust]

I was just on apple support, and this is what I could find. I hope I don't have to restore my iPod.

I have a 160 GB iPod classic, that was completely full of music (about 20,000 tracks). Something happened today, and suddenly the iPod appears to be empty... there are no tracks listed in any of the menus or in the library. The ipod reads, however, as if it is full, with only 800 MB of space left. So the music is still there... it just seems to have become invisible to the iPod.

Is there any way I can get it to see the music again? Thanks!

Often, what you're seeing means that some files on the iPod have become corrupted. The usual fix is to restore the iPod. Note that restoring the iPod will delete it's contents and you'll need to re-sync.

I hope someone can bring me good news, instead of bad like apple did, and this other person.

 

[tx_doc]

How did you get the songs on your iPod in the first place? You should have the original files somewhere.

 

[trawler69]

I jailbroke my iphone the other day and this meant completely erasing it, however as it backs up every time it syncs, when it had restored it gave me the option to also restore the backup so I got everything back. Is all your music not on itunes as well then?

 

[lookin4sum1icantrust]

How did you get the songs on your iPod in the first place? You should have the original files somewhere.

Most songs I download, or burn to iTunes I erase after I upload them to my iPod.

 

[lookin4sum1icantrust]

I jailbroke my iphone the other day and this meant completely erasing it, however as it backs up every time it syncs, when it had restored it gave me the option to also restore the backup so I got everything back. Is all your music not on itunes as well then?

Remember, I didn't purchase ALL of my songs from iTunes. I guess i'll restore it than, I don't want too, but don't have a choose.

 

[andysayshi]

Most songs I download, or burn to iTunes I erase after I upload them to my iPod.

Sorry, but there's your answer. Any portable device is a dangerous place to store files. If you haven't kept an iTunes sync backup, or kept a library of files on a hard drive, sorry to say you've probably lost them.

Sounds like doing a full restore is your best chance to recover some, if not all, of your music.

I'd suggest keeping a copy of all your music files on a hard drive for times like these. iTunes can also back up your music library to CD/DVD if you choose to. 160GB is a lot of blank DVDs, but better than losing everything.

 

[lookin4sum1icantrust]

Sorry, but there's your answer. Any portable device is a dangerous place to store files. If you haven't kept an iTunes sync backup, or kept a library of files on a hard drive, sorry to say you've probably lost them.

Sounds like doing a full restore is your best chance to recover some, if not all, of your music.

I'd suggest keeping a copy of all your music files on a hard drive for times like these. iTunes can also back up your music library to CD/DVD if you choose to. 160GB is a lot of blank DVDs, but better than losing everything.

Yeah, I'm going to start backing up my music now on my hardrive. I don't want this disaster to happen again.

 

[lookin4sum1icantrust]

Are they no longer in your library?

Not, on my iPod library, but on my main iTunes library has some, but not all. I delete a lot of my songs off my hard drive, but I do have back-up I never use that, I will be using now.

 

[gmoney]

Most songs I download, or burn to iTunes I erase after I upload them to my iPod.

This seems to be your biggest problem now. Why did you erase them from Itunes?

Are they no longer in your library?

Apparently not.

 

[lookin4sum1icantrust]

This seems to be your biggest problem now. Why did you erase them from Itunes?

Because it was taking space, but I never really thought of backing it up on my other hard drive, because I didn't think that the iPod would just erase my music just like that. lol

 

[lookin4sum1icantrust]

Okay, never erase them from iTunes! If you were to have synced your library you would have erased your ipod. That may be what happened and likely is. When iTunes updated and then pushed to the iPod it probably said, "Hey! Let's update his iPod with his Library!" Which, of course, was empty. My guess.

Ok, I will never do this again! I have to upload all of my CD's back on my iPod. WHAT A PAIN!!!!!! I'm definitely backing-up all of my music this time!

 

[ANDORYUU]

For any track to remain on your iPod or iPhone you need to have the tracks in your iTunes library, as this boils down to permissions.

Being in your library = permission authenticated.
NOT being in your library = NO LONGER HAVE PERMISSION; SO GO AHEAD AND DELETE FROM THE iPOD.

Basically, you've 2 choices: leave them in iTunes or never sync your iPod again!

 

[HOT4MEN]

I had all my pics of my nephew on my ipod (as an external drive) along with all my other pics and stuff. My ipod kept getting a write failure and it ERASED ALL MY PICS. and my music, videos, podcasts. MY PICTURES - I am so pissed. I think it works now for the moment, but it would not sync or do anything for about a week.