Does restore ipod delete all files

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Does restore ipod delete all files

Hi and thanks for reading this just found the forum hope someone can help us out
The family computer being used has changed from a mac to a windows pc. I want to transfer my songs on my ipod to itunes on the new pc ( the old mac is gone 😟 ) it tells me i can change to windows by restoring the ipod disk . My question is does this mean all my files on the ipod will be wiped out and back to zero or is it just the ipods opearting system gets changed over
Hope this makes sense and someone can help i have nearly 30 gb of songs and really dont want them wiped !!

Ipod 30 gb Windows XP Pro

30gb Windows XP Pro

Posted on May 14, 2007 8:56 PM

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May 15, 2007 12:10 AM in response to ozsurfie

Yes, the restore feature for iPods is designed to completely wipe out the contents of the disk.

Unfortunately, while a Mac is capable of reading a drive that was set up to be read by Windows, Windows is incapable of doing the reverse. That means that if your iPod is set up to be used purely with a Mac, Windows will not be able to read its contents.

If you want to retrieve the contents of your iPod, you will likely have to either use someone else's Mac to do so.

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May 15, 2007 12:23 AM in response to Bobbie Lynn

thanks for the quick reply althought the new isnt so good 🙂
so the way to do this is to borrow a mac put my library on to the mac then restore the disk then will the library on the mac d'l onto the ipod and then put that back onto the pc based itunes ??

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Jeff Bryan

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May 15, 2007 3:19 AM in response to ozsurfie

There is another way if you don't mind buying some 3rd party software.

http://www.mediafour.com/products/xplay/

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May 15, 2007 5:26 AM in response to Jeff Bryan

help from London - my home town !!

so with this program it will let me d/l the songs direct to it on the pc even if the ipod is set up for use with a mac. then reset the ipod and then d/l back to the ipod. So basically i can skip borrowing the mac ??

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Jeff Bryan

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May 15, 2007 7:52 AM in response to ozsurfie

Yep, and there's also MacDrive.

http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/

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