How to Transfer Songs From an iPod to a PC With Windows Vista
The ability to back up your iPod is not made easy for the masses who use iTunes. iTunes is the Apple media software that you need to configure your iPod and iPhone properly. But if something happens to your computer and all of your music is lost, iTunes has no way of recovering the data--even though it is right there on your iPod. There is, however, another piece of free software you can use to do such a thing, and it works perfectly in Windows Vista. If you don't want to use alternative software, you can simply go into your iPod and find the music yourself, but you need to know where to look.
Other People Are Reading
Instructions
-
CopyTrans
-
1
Download and install CopyTrans. CopyTrans is completely free, so rest assured you will not be dishing out any amount of money to perform such a simple thing as backing up your iPod data. Open CopyTrans once it is installed.
-
2
Connect your iPod to your computer using the USB cable that is supplied with your iPod. Once your iPod is connected, select it from CopyTrans' drop-down menu beneath "Select iPod."
-
-
3
Choose "Manual backup" and select all the data you wish to transfer. Alternatively, you can click "All" to make a backup of everything on your iPod. Finally, select "Backup to Folder" and choose where you would like to save your files, then click "Start Backup." Now simply wait as all of your data is copied to your computer.
iPod_Control
-
4
Go to your Control Panel and Search for Hidden Files. Select the second link when the search results are displayed. Click "Show Hidden Files and Folders."
-
5
Connect your iPod to your computer and open iTunes. Click on your iPod when it is visible in iTunes and select "Enable disk use" after the iPod menu loads. Go into Preferences and select "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library." Minimize iTunes.
-
6
Go into My Computer and select your iPod drive and open the iPod_Control folder. Highlight the Music and Video folders and drag them into iTunes. Wait as iTunes sorts through the data and makes a full copy in your iTunes folder.
-
1
Tips & Warnings
There is an alternative way to see hidden files and folders. Go to your Control Panel and select "Appearance and Themes." Click "Folder Options" and check "Show Hidden Files and Folders." Press "OK."
