My sons pc died, blue screen, he got another but wants to get his itunes back. He was informed itunes will not let him re download them, is that correct?
If he had music ripped from CDs, or purchased from other online stores, those won't be available for redownload. iTunes does offer a service called iTunes Match for $25/year that will allow that, but it would've had to have been paid for and set up on the old PC: http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/
A "blue screen" is a pretty general windows error, and it's very likely the old PC could be repaired, or at the least the hard drive could be removed from it and files recovered. Was is a desktop or laptop? A USB enclosure could allow easy access of the old drive on the new PC: http://www.newegg.com/External-Enclosures/SubCategory/ID-92
Go at it from the other way - retrieve the music that has been synced to his iPod. Use SharePod or similar to extract his content and re-add it to the new iTunes library.
marsilies
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Feb. 13, 2013 @ 4:50p
capcdoc said: Go at it from the other way - retrieve the music that has been synced to his iPod. That's assuming both that he has an iPod (the OP didn't mention one; some people just use iTunes to organize the music on their PC) and that it has all the music from the PC on it (PCs can often store more music than one iPod can hold).
yesidonoitall
Greedy Member
posted: Feb. 13, 2013 @ 4:55p
marsilies said: iTunes actually will let you redownload music now, but only music purchased from iTunes: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
If he had music ripped from CDs, or purchased from other online stores, those won't be available for redownload. iTunes does offer a service called iTunes Match for $25/year that will allow that, but it would've had to have been paid for and set up on the old PC: http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/
A "blue screen" is a pretty general windows error, and it's very likely the old PC could be repaired, or at the least the hard drive could be removed from it and files recovered. Was is a desktop or laptop? A USB enclosure could allow easy access of the old drive on the new PC: http://www.newegg.com/External-Enclosures/SubCategory/ID-92
RE: A "blue screen" is a pretty general windows error, and it's very likely the old PC could be repaired, or at the least the hard drive could be removed from it and files recovered. Was is a desktop or laptop? A USB enclosure could allow easy access of the old drive on the new PC: http://www.newegg.com/External-Enclosures/SubCategory/ID-92
Yes, I did suggest he get an external USB HO enclosure for that purpose be we were hoping there was an easier way....
Most is music he bought from iTunes.
yesidonoitall
Greedy Member
posted: Feb. 13, 2013 @ 4:56p
His only i anything is the iTunes
riznick
Acrobatic
posted: Feb. 14, 2013 @ 12:07a
yesidonoitall said: His only i anything is the iTunes no, no, no, no, no! no. no no no no Why iTunes without an iOS device?
as mentioned: The data may be recoverable on the PC. The data might also be recoverable once the account is set up elsewhere. I've been able to pull down purchased items on multiple devices.
ChinaRider
Happy Member
posted: Feb. 14, 2013 @ 9:07a
riznick said: no, no, no, no, no! no. no no no no Why iTunes without an iOS device?Emphatically second that!
iTunes is a horrid piece of software (my opinion, obviously). There are so many better media players / organizers out there that I don't know why anyone would use iTunes without an iDevice.
Heck, I have multiple iPhones, iPads and iPods in my household and I only use iTunes when it's absolutely necessary.
marsilies
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Feb. 14, 2013 @ 10:41a
riznick said: no, no, no, no, no! no. no no no no Why iTunes without an iOS device? Probably because it was one of the first online music stores, and I think the first online music store to carry music from multiple major labels. It sounds like the son is primarily purchasing music online, and if you want to buy from iTunes Music Store, you need iTunes.
ellory
Be vewy vewy quiet
posted: Feb. 14, 2013 @ 11:47a
capcdoc said: Go at it from the other way - retrieve the music that has been synced to his iPod. Use SharePod or similar to extract his content and re-add it to the new iTunes library.Is all his music on the iPod?
marsilies
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Feb. 14, 2013 @ 12:05p
ellory said: Is all his music on the iPod? No, he doesn't have an iPod. yesidonoitall said: His only i anything is the iTunes
To the OP: If your son is ok with only getting most of his music back, just have him redownload his iTunes purchases.
However, isn't there anything else on his old PC that he would like back? Pictures? Videos? Documents? You'll need to go the external enclosure route for that.
In the future, look into some form of backup, whether an external drive everything is copied to (not moved), or some form of online backup.
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