Need help getting eMusic to iTunes after reboot

Hello,
I recently rebooted my computer. I saved my iTunes library onto my other hard drive while I was rebooting. After I rebooted my computer and redownloaded iTunes, I put my library back onto my iTunes file, and everything reappeared on my library except my eMusic files, I really need these files back onto my iTunes.
Also, I have Windows XP.
Thanks in advance,
-Dave

 

are the emusic files still stored on your hard drive? or did you wipe them? can you just do a search on your computer for them?

 

I can't find them, I may have wiped them.
Those files are still on my emusic account, is there any way for me to retrieve them from there?
-Dave

 

Is there any way for me to get the music from my iPod back onto my iTunes library?
-Dave

 

i think if you just sync it, it will put them back...check the options for itunes, i think there's a way just to sync from the ipod to the pc...then you can set it back to the defaults.

 

Be careful here. I don't think you can sync from iPod to PC. I tried it once and wiped out all my sons iPod tunes. He wasn't happy. I hope, and wish, that I am wrong as I need to get all my music from my iPod back to my PC as well, so look forward to expert advice on whether this is possible or not. Bazza

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My apologies for bumping this but I really would appreciate an iPod experts answer, otherwise I am going to have to reload over 1,600 again. :cry

Bazza

 

i am sorry, but i am no ipod expert either, but reading this on apple's support site is, umm, not what i was hoping:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1329

it seems as if you can only re-sync itunes store purchases only, not mp3's that you may have added yourself.

 

Thanks for your help, thesmokingun. I don't believe it can be done (music from iPod to PC). I tried a few different methods but none of them worked successfully. I eventually used one of my backups to transfer all my songs from external backup hard drive to C: I was hoping for an easier way.

I used Acronis True Image v11 but what an exercise. My path was from E:\documents and Settings\Barry\My Documents\My Music to the equivalent in C: drive. Acronis "helped me" by ticking everything "on" in my Documents and Settings Folder, so after selecting E:\documents and Settings\Barry\My Documents\My Music, I had to "untick" everything else in that Folder. What a drag. There has to be a better way. Still it worked and I now have all my music back on my C: drive. :major :cool

I will investigate changing my Folder from C:\documents and Settings\Barry\My Documents\My Music to simply C:\My Music as this would really simplify restoring music, if again necessary.

Bazza