Daughter recently got a new laptop but when she plugged her iPod in the new laptop it doesnt have her old songs on her iTunes page , it asks her to synch the new iPod but says that when she does she will lose her old songs on the iPod !

Can anyone help ?

Close the itunes and open up the ipod application from my computer, when you open the music folder save it all to itunes folder.

Or download sharepod and use that instead of itunes, much easier and you dont lose all your music!!

What's sharepod ?

> Daughter recently got a new laptop

Where did she previously access her music?  Was it on a desktop pc somewhere else in the house?  All the music she has previously downloaded or uploaded will be held on the hard drive of the computer she previously used.  (It is not held by iTunes)

If she wishes to transfer all her music she'll need to transfer it like any other file to her Laptop.  She can do it in bulk by using a portable hard drive or in smaller amounts by using a media drive or other small storage device.  Do this via Windows Explorer to find and copy the iTunes library. 

The exception to this is music previously purchased from iTunes.  These can be transferred from the iTunes store (limited to 5 copies - so deauthorise the original PC after transfer)

I think she has put some CD's on but she can do that again .
What she is concerned about is that she has plugged her iPod into the new laptop and when iTunes comes up the old songs purchased aren't in the 'previously purchased' section , and it askes her to synch the iPod but a pop-up says that she will lose all that is currently on the iPod .
It is as if the iTunes website thinks the iPod is new and doesn't associate it with all that she has bought before .

I am confused !! but to be honest i find iTunes really annoying and i don't buy music off there any more .

What's wrong with vinyl ? You know where you are with a record !!!!!!

Oh thankyou Dogs a Babe, that must be what happened to all my itunes, different laptop - I didnt know that!
I (quite rightly) blamed OH for 'losing them', (he WILL fiddle) & MY ipod is full of his podcasts & rubbish music that we've never even heard of but were 'suggested' by itunes.
Agree, St. D, records were far easier!!!

> I (quite rightly) blamed OH for 'losing them', (he WILL fiddle) & MY ipod is full of his podcasts & rubbish music that we've never even heard of but were 'suggested' by itunes.
>

lol - your Ipod sounds the same as mine WolfieStruppi, half the songs I dont know, as my OH has put his 'rubbish music' on too :-D then again I'm sure he'd call half my favourites rubbish!!!

> It is as if the iTunes website thinks the iPod is new and doesn't associate it with all that she has bought before .
>

No, it's the iTunes on her laptop that is new and until she associates it with her account details, iPod etc then it does not know who she is.  Ask her to make sure it is the most up to date version of iTunes then log in.  Do this without having the iPod plugged in and it won't keep asking to sync.

Pre purchased music will also be in her library (on her previous PC) and she can transfer to the laptop alongside everything else.  As soon as she has checked all her previously loaded music is 'saved' somewhere then she should go ahead and link her iPod to her the version of iTunes on her laptop.  It will wipe everything but it'll be a simple process to just reload it (and it's a good opportunity to clean up as you go!:

To save your library go to:  File, Library then back up  She'll need to do this on her previous PC

To import: File, add folder to library, then browse to import by root folder of by album/artist.  She'll do this on her laptop

If you have a wireless connection in your house you can look at 'home sharing' to access music across several PC's in the house instead. 

I don't buy from iTunes it's much too restrictive BUT it's a good system for managing music.  Amazon is very good for download costs and there are no restrictions about the number of copies you make

Its a free download that you can put all your music on and is far easier to use than itunes as it doesn't 'replace' the music on your ipod if you plug a different one in.  For example if me and my sister used one computer and had an ipod each, itunes will sync and replace the music on the plugged in ipod with the musci on itunes - sharepod won't.  It's great if you have several ipod users and one computer.
I'm sure the above makes no sense at all, but try it and see - it's so much easier. 

Thanks for your replies , we managed it eventually !