Apple iPod/iTunes Music recovery?

[Candini]

Okay so basically.

I had a laptop for 4 years and I downloaded ALOT of Music off iTunes. Synced it to my iPod, and so forth.
My laptop crashed. And a friend of mine managed to save most data off my laptop onto a USB drive.
Unfortunatly 90% of the music is not recoverable on the USB.

I got access back to my old iTunes account but it states ' music is accessable on computer ' probably the one that is toast.

Anyone can help? Or am I SOL?

[mckbutterfly]

If I sign into my itunes account and something I previously paid for is gone I can download it again for free, itunes can tell i have already purchased it i guess? It would be a long process but worth a try if you can't find a better solution. Once you recover them back it up in icloud

[Candini]

If I sign into my itunes account and something I previously paid for is gone I can download it again for free, itunes can tell i have already purchased it i guess? It would be a long process but worth a try if you can't find a better solution. Once you recover them back it up in icloud

Okay it says the ones I`ve previously downloaded but it won`t let me put it onto the new iPod

[mckbutterfly]

Really? We have several ipods here and only ever pay once and we all get to use them. I even put them on family/friends ipods when hey visit. I always sign in on the other ipod and then the downloads just seem to take off. I'd be contacting apple for support. They must be able to help you.

[Candini]

I hope so! Thank you anyway

[KrazE]

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

[Candini]

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

Thank you - got so far so good except when I go to download songs it says I have to authorize this computer and de-authorize from the lap top. Deauthorizing is an available function except I dont want to do it from this computer, unless it means from the laptop.

[Candini]

Figured it out :D ugh hate computers. Haha

[KrazE]

Hope you get everything back easier now