Laptop dead - Have i lost all my itunes stuff??? - Saxperience

jus_tin · 22nd December 2010, 10:11

Hi, basically my laptop which was synced to my iphone has died - completely! Now if i download itunes on pc and connected my iphone will it copy everything from iphone back into itunes or will it start fresh and wipe whatevers on iphone?

KamRacing · 22nd December 2010, 10:48

get the laptop Hard disk out the machine. Get an external hard disk case which takes laptop HD's, fit together. Attach to PC and now you have access to your old files.

jus_tin · 22nd December 2010, 11:20

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Originally Posted by KamRacing

get the laptop Hard disk out the machine. Get an external hard disk case which takes laptop HD's, fit together. Attach to PC and now you have access to your old files.

i did think about removing hardrive, will i then have to find all the itunes stuff and import it into the new itunes install? or can i run itunes as normal off the laptop hardrive?

KamRacing · 22nd December 2010, 11:22

you can tell itunes to find the library in a location of your choice. Set it to the external drive

MunkyBoy · 22nd December 2010, 11:24

Either that, or copy all of the music back into the itunes library folder, then copy the itunes xml (think its now a ITL file) back into C:\Users\*Your Username*\Music\iTunes

Thats on windows 7, if XP its in C:\Documents and Settings\*Your Username*\My Music

This will make itunes think the library is the same as it was on the laptop.