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How To Back Up Your iTunes Library

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Hi there, I backed up my 80 gB iPod, had a crash which necessitated a reboot and couldn't restore from the backup because the software reported that my iPod had somehow changed the size of its disk! That made the 5 disks pretty useless. Haven't tried since. Use a different method from my compute not using iTunes.... and the original tracks... much more secure.

Reply 4 months ago by Thompa

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Hi Brainiac, If you wish to back up an iPod and not just iTunes, give a try to CopyTrans.

Reply 3 months ago by iPodGuru

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Ouch. Maybe we need a video for how to back up an iPod in addition to just the iTunes Library.

Reply 4 months ago by brainiac

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Okay; see if you can help me with THIS: I followed these steps exactly (I even set the advanced preferences to Maximum Allowable Speed so it would read/use any speed of VD-R, and set the preference to Data Discs as well), and it worked just fine... at first. Mt 160g library is going to take something like 40 DVD-Rs... luckily, I had a bunch of them! And it worked fine for the first 20 DVD-Rs (which were 4.7GB 4X), BUT it would NOT work with the next package of DVD-Rs, which were 4.7gb 2X! It just kept spitting them out in seconds, telling me to insert another disc instead. So I went out and bought 50 brand new DVD-Rs (they were 4.7gb 8X) and it spit THEM out, too! What gives? additionally, now that I am roughly halfway through the back-up, even if I got it working again, will it just start all over again? Help! RDWB

Reply 2 months ago by RoDoWoBo

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