Q: Ripped CD's to itunes on windows 10. Lost 130 out of 150 CD's that were Ripped'
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Jan 2, 2016 1:44 PMby ChrisJ4203,Depending on your settings for iTunes, they should be located in folders with the artists name as the name of the folder, with an internal folder with the name of the album. That is generally how iTunes files songs. Once you click to locate one song from an album, I remember just going through the album and finding everything else. You can also take a look at this ASC User provided tip and see if anything there helps you. Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash
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Jan 2, 2016 1:59 PMby royopp,I have gone into File Explorer on my Windows 10, then Music This PC folder, then there is an iTunes folder, in the iTunes folder is another folder called iTunes Media, in that folder is another folder that is titled Music, and in the music folder is the 20 albums I didn't lose and nothing else. I don't know how to check my iTunes settings or anywhere else my missing music might be. The web site you suggested wasn't right for me. My computer did not crash and did not display the same message they got. Thanks for trying.
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Jan 2, 2016 2:19 PMby turingtest2,See this thread . Without a little more to go on I cannot tell what might have happened to the first batch of tracks that you ripped.
See also Backup your iTunes for Windows library with SyncToy. Whether you use iTunes or some other application a backup lets you recover from anything unexpected.
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Jan 2, 2016 2:19 PMby royopp,I checked out your thread and followed the instrustions to find out where my files were. This is what I got for one of the songs "file://localhost/C:/Users/Roy/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music/Aerosmith/Aerosmith's Greatest Hits/01 Dream On.m4a" However when I went to that location the file was not there. I went as far as Music/Aerosmith and that album was not there but 2 other Aerosmith albums were.
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Jan 2, 2016 2:23 PMby turingtest2,I got caught out editing the post above and broke the link to Backup your iTunes for Windows library with SyncToy.
Try searching the entire drive for 01 Dream On.m4a.
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Jan 2, 2016 3:17 PMby turingtest2,Backup as you go and you will be fine. I assume you haven't tried to make use of a symbolic link or junction to make your data appear on another drive? iTunes will break these if they are inside the media folder. You might want to look at my user tip Make a split library portable before you get to the point where the lossless collection threatens to swamp the C: drive..
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Jan 2, 2016 6:58 PMby royopp,This all happened in such a short time. For the past 2 weeks I have been Ripping my CD collection. I haven't gotten all of my CD's on so I didn't even think to back it up on my external hard drive. I know nothing about symbolic links or junctions. I guess the best bet for me would be to save on my external drive about every 10-20 albums so I don't lose so much effort. I actually have my whole collection on my external and other stuff I don't have CD's or hard copies for. The problem is all the stuff I currently have saved was never ripped at a high quality or loss less. I wanted a better quality sound this time.
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Jan 3, 2016 9:39 AMby turingtest2,Different problem. The OP has listings in the library, but missing media files. You're describing missing listings. Signing into the store may give you access to redownload your past purchases, which would be redundant if they are still on your computer, and doesn't fix up any local CD rips. See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash just in case.
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Jan 3, 2016 10:03 AMby iMachia,I do have the same problem, even with iTunes on my iMac. It's like Apple ruining my library, when I enter the Apple store. All my old ripped CD's have been moved elsewhere or are missing. I've a lot of 'the best of....' compilations with 5 or more CD's. Had to search for names and covers what costed me a lot of time.
When I open iTunes it can't match the songs and I have to point them out, song by song. If I'm lucky iTunes might crash during matching. The last time I had this crash, it costed me three full days to restore my library of 2.000 albums. I have created text-files with album covers/ artists / song names. So I don't have to search on the internet again.
So when I want to buy something in the Apple store these days, I use an other computer to download and transfer it to my 'host' computer. iTunes on my host computer (iMac) is never logged in again. I'm still looking for an alternative for iTunes. Fidelia or something like that.
I have three separate back-ups. One is on my NAS and out of reach for Apple. I use an other player from Synology to play via this NAS.
Of course Apple does not respond to any of my emails....
iTunes = drama = Apple cash-cow
