THERE IS A WAY TO TRANSFER YOUR MUSIC FILES FROM WINDOWS XP TO YOUR IPOD, NO MATTER WHAT GENERATION, YOU JUST TO BE DETERMINED TO DO IT. FIRST GO TO THIS SITE TO DOWNLOAD River Past Audio Converter:
http://www.riverpast.com/en/prod/audioconverter/purchase.php
ONCE DOWNLOADED IT IS EASY TO SET YOUR SETTINGS.
NEXT OPEN UP YOUR CD FILE THAT IS LOCATED IN YOUR COMPUTER,
COPY THE CD TRACK OR CD TRACKS YOU WHAT TO CONVERT.
PAST IT IN RIVER PAST AUDIO CONVERTER 6.11
NEXT GO BACK TO YOUR CD FILE TO THE TOP LEFT CORNER WHERE IT SAYS FILE, OPEN IT AND CREATE A NEW FOLDER;TYPE IN: TRANSFER TO CD FILE. MAKE A SHORT CUT TO YOUR DESK TOP AND OP IT. THIS IS WHERE ALL OF YOUR CONVERTED CD TRACKS PROVIDING YOU HAVE WINDOWS MEDIA AUDIO 10 SERIES THEY WILL GO IN THE :TRANSFER TO IPOD FOLDER.
ALMOST THERE,GO BACK TO THE RIVER PAST AUDIO CONVERTER 6.11, AT THE BOTTOM YOU WILL SEE:FORMAT AUDIO TYPE...SWITCH THIS TO:WAV - Waveform
NEXT, GO TO SPECIFY AND BROWSE YOUR COMPUTER, OPEN YOUR COMPUTER AND YOU WILL SEE A C:DRIVE AND OR D:DRIVE, ON OF THESE DRIVES HAVE YOUR-TRANSFER TO IPOD FOLDER. ONCE YOU FIND IT HIGHLIGHT IT AND IT SHOULD SAY: D:\TRANSFER TO iPOD\
NEXT.PRESS AND ONLY PRESS THE CONVERT BOTTON, IF YOU PRESS THE CLEAR BOTTOM YOU WILL ERASE WHAT YOU WANTED TO TRANSFER AND YOU HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.
ONCE THE CD TRACK FROM YOUE CD FILE IS CONVERTED; THE CLEAR PRESS CLEAR.
THE CD TRACK THAT IS CONVERTED IS NOW THAT IS NOW IN YOUR FOLDER:TRANSFER TO IPOD CAN BE TRANSFERED
NEXT:QUOTE DO NOT DOCK YOUR IPOD WHILL THIS IS BEING DONE, DOCK YOUR IPOD ONCE THE FILE OR FILES IS CONVERTED.
ONCE YOUR IPOD IS DOCKED. OPEN ITUNES,HIGHLIGHT LIBRARY-
TAKE THE CONVERTED CD TRACK OR WMA AUDIO TRACK AND DRAG IT TO LIBRARY...DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR IPOD YET.
GO TO YOUR IPOD, WHAT YOU MAY HAVE MANED IT AND HIGHLIGHT IT. NOW GO TO THE TOP LEFT OF ITUNES AND OPEN FILE, THERE YOUR WILL TYPE A PLAYLIST FOR ALL OF YOUR CD TRACKS.
ONCE YOU HAVE TYPED IN A NAME FOR YOUR CD TRACKS,HIGHLIGHT LIBRARY AND DRAG THE CD TRACK TO YOUR NEW PLAYLIST, OPEN YOUR NEW PLAYLIST AND THERE YOU WILL SEE UP IN THE ITUNES WINDOWS THAT IS IS CONVERTED THE WMA FILE TO IPOD, ONCE THIS IS COMPLETED DISCONNECT YOUR IPOD.
GO BACK TO ITUNES AND ERASE THE TRACK THAT IS IN YOUR LIBRARY, THIS WILL FREE UP SPACE IN YOUR DESKTOP HARD DRIVE.
FURTHERORE ANS OF THE CD FILE OR FILES YOUR COPIED IN TO YOUR ITUNES FOLDER YOU SHOULD KEEP THEM THERE JUST IN CASE YOUR IPOD HAPPENS TO ERASE THEM WHEN YOU HOCK DOCK YOUR IPOD.
NOW GO TO YOUR IPOD. TURN IT ON GO TO MUSIC, THEN PLAYLIST AND THERE YOU WILL FIND YOUR CD TRACK. PUT YOUR HEADPHONES ON LISTEN & ENJOY.THE ONLY THING YOU WILL NOT SEE IS THE ALBUM ART THAT A COPYRIGHT ISSUE WITH MICROSOFT AND APPLE.
PS.PS: TO ALL OF YOU IPOD LOVERS LIKE MYSELF; IT TAKE TAKES A LOT OF PATIENCE AND PURE DETERMINATION TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. IT WORKED FOR ME
