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Q: Ripped CD's to itunes on windows 10. Lost 130 out of 150 CD's that were Ripped'

I added music from my collection of CD's (150 so far) and all but 20 disappeared . Near as I can tell the 20 that remain were the most recent ripped. All of this happened is a short time. I just put all these CD's on in the past 2 weeks. Message says " The song "x" could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" Any idea why this happened and how to get back my music without having to RIP all of them again. Not worth doing again if the same thing is going to happen. Just got a new desktop with windows 10 , so I decided to RIP all my music in Apple Loss less format.

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Posted on Jan 2, 2016 1:29 PM

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Q: Ripped CD's to itunes on windows 10. Lost 130 out of 150 CD's that were Ripped'

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  • by royopp,

    royopp royopp Jan 3, 2016 1:47 PM in response to iMachia
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    Jan 3, 2016 1:47 PM in response to iMachia

    Sounds like many of you are having problems with iTunes and the iTunes store purchases as well. This is why I still purchase CD's . I like to have the hard copy so at least it's just my time being waisted for the most part. I can't imagine the pain of losing all my music and then having to repurchase it. As a drummer I like to put my practice list on my IPOD touch and crank it through my PA system. Does anyone have any better choice for playing music besides Apple product ? They no longer make the IPOD Classic that held a crap load of music. Maybe I need to get away from iTunes if it magically makes my music disappear.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Jan 3, 2016 2:28 PM in response to royopp
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    Jan 3, 2016 2:28 PM in response to royopp

    I use MediaMonkey occasionally, but iTunes is what I use all the time. I got bit a while back when it synced podcast settings from my iPhone to the library and deleted a bunch of archived episodes. I restored them from backup. It has never deleted anything else that I haven't asked it to. If you use this suggested backup technique and review each update to the backup set before it runs you'll always be able to see what is going on.

     

    tt2

  • by iMachia,

    iMachia iMachia Jan 4, 2016 1:46 AM in response to royopp
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    Jan 4, 2016 1:46 AM in response to royopp

    I bought a turntable and some (vinyl) records. That also has to do with the (bad) quality of a MP3.

    Well, there is al lot more than Apple...  Maybe a DAT-recorder on eBay or a new Sony Walkman Pro.

  • by iMachia,

    iMachia iMachia Jan 4, 2016 2:21 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Jan 4, 2016 2:21 AM in response to turingtest2

    I do use Time Machine. But with 2.000 albums it's a lot of work, If you need to repair your library again and again!

    But iTunes is, starting with version 11, the problem. Too big to handle. With a shop, a library for music, movies and books and a player. And a steaming service and a Match-service.

    So Apple should divide iTunes in 4 or 5 pieces and give more attention to the musical quality. But they won't do that.

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