I was wondering how to get the songs off of my video I-pod. My hard drive crashed and I had to replace it and reinstall Windows XP. Unfortunately I did not back up my music. I am reluctant to plug my I-pod into my computer because I am afraid that it will erase the songs from my I-pod. Is there anyway to retrieve the songs from my I-pod and put them back on my PC?

Thanx!

7/3/2007 5:25:21 PM

search next time eh. just view hidden folders in the folder options and you can pull them out.

7/3/2007 5:27:03 PM

itunes?

7/3/2007 5:27:09 PM

do NOT hook to itunes, it'll delete everything

[Edited on July 3, 2007 at 5:34 PM. Reason : cyrion's answer is correct]

7/3/2007 5:34:06 PM

Apple's Support Forums give detailed instructions on how to do this. I even think they have pictures.

7/3/2007 6:13:41 PM

http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/

It costs $25, but is a really slick piece of software.

There are other choices available as well, but are more of a pain.

7/3/2007 8:50:49 PM

or you could do what i said, you know, for free.

7/3/2007 9:04:33 PM

Here's a tricker one- can you get music from a mac formatted Ipod onto a PC?

That'd what i'd love to know.

7/3/2007 11:24:45 PM

^^ you know, i tried that a few days ago with a friend's pod, and i kept getting errors after copying half the music...i dl'd an extended version of anapod that nick mentioned and it worked just fine

*shrug*

7/4/2007 4:22:23 AM

Yes, you can get it from the hidden folders, but the file names are all gone and replaced with random letters/numbers.

Download EphPod. It is free, and you get all your music with the file names intact.

7/4/2007 6:57:44 AM

^ yeah thats probably a good point, but if you are really only using it in a random playlist or on the pod, it isnt too big of a deal. i have a regular ole mp3 player from phillips and dont have these issues. it is quite nice.

7/4/2007 10:20:18 AM

http://www.ephpod.com

7/4/2007 10:34:30 AM