please help, itunes deleted all of my music

[Papa Burgundy]

i opened my itunes....ALL MUSIC WAS GONE. all of it. all playlists. everything. for the love of god help me.

 

[Troy_Parker]

wow

 

[Darthphere]

This actually happened to my sister fairly recently as well.

 

[Pulp]

Did you sync with someone elses iPod?

Do a search for mva and mvp files on the C drive.

 

[Papa Burgundy]

no didnt sync with someone elses. i have no idea whats going on. just type in mva file and click search ?

 

[ComicChick]

isn't their a program or something you can use to restore?

are they gone just from your itunes or from your computer completely?

 

[Sam Fisher]

Funny, I had a couple of episodes of a tv show that vanished from my itunes and my ipod. Can't find it on my computer either.

 

[Papa Burgundy]

thanks for the help...ive gotten most of my songs back...whats up with this problem anyway? ive had songs dissapear before to and i swear sometimes money from my account...

 

[jaguarr]

Technically, all your music files should still be on your system since iTunes stores those separately from the library files (iTunes stores the songs you import in the iTunes Music folder. You can find the iTunes Music folder in the My Music folder inside your My Documents folder (My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music). In Windows Vista, you can find the iTunes Music folder in the Music folder (C:\Users\username\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music). What probably happened is your iTunes library files went corrupt, which can cause iTunes to forget the songs, videos and playlists you've imported/set up.

Here's a few links that may help:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2279

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408

http://www.cnet.com.au/mp3players/musicsoftware/0,239029154,240063922,00.htm

jag

 

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hilarious thread.

 

[Sam Fisher]

A tip for those whose music gets deleted accidentlyPand I believe this only works on music and not videos}: Even though the Apple FAQs says you can only download your music once, if you email them and tell them you lost your music, they'll let you download them again. I already did this twice so it works, or at least it did.

 

[Sam Fisher]

Scrach that part about videos. I emailed them about my missing stuff and they're letting me download everything again.

 

[Papa Burgundy]

thanks to everyone...i actually got all my music back but the it dissapeared again...itunes said it was damaged when i tried to open it. for the second time in a week ITS DAMAGED!?!?

i tried to find the library but its only giving me older librarys.

 

[Papa Burgundy]

hilarious thread.

yea! its so wacky!