The Doctor Is In

Nothing like panic and fear to get the day started. The thought of losing all my music had me in a frenzy!

Like many people I have an external hard drive at home for big files (photos, music, movies, etc.). I also keep my iTunes library on there. I have a desk top and a lap top at home. The desk top is old and I believe it won't be around too much longer. I'm getting the telltale signs (blue screen, not connecting, slow start-up...). Anyway, I wanted to transfer my iTunes library onto the laptop and make that the main storage location. As you can imagine there were wires were all over the place. In the middle of transferring, I accidentally knocked over the external hard drive, and it fell to the floor. Instantly I knew from the sound, that it was a wrap. My brother a computer tech confirmed it. The hard drive itself is damaged, however the data is recoverable...at a price. I checked around and was quoted prices starting at $500 all the way up to $2500. There's no way I'm paying that.

Seeking a less expensive alternative, I called Apple, and explained my situation. They told me there was a way to restore all my purchased items from day one to the present. I've built quite an extensive collection over the years and the fear of losing it had me on the edge! With my purchases saved, I now had to find a way to save my actual data. My brother told me of an application, CopyTrans, that would allow you to copy all data (music, videos, movies, tv shows, apps, etc) basically everything that you had on your iPod back into your iTunes library. This was good to here. . At one time this was not possible.

I have an 80 GB iPod classic with just over half full with a gazillion songs, a multitude of tv shows, over 50 music videos, carefully thought out playlists. These playlists get me through the day!! Yes, I take full advantage of its capabilities. It took just over an hour to transfer everything from my iPod to CopyTrans; then just over 3 hours from CopyTrans to my new iTunes library. There were some dupes that I just deleted. But now I will have a back-up and a back-up of my back-up!