Transferring Music From an iPod to a PC - How It's Done

You may have known that you can easily transfer music from a personal computer into an iPod, but not the other way around. But what if you need to transfer some music from your iPod to your PC? One possible reason is that your computer had crashed and after reformatting the drive, there is no music left on the file.

You can simply copy music from your iPod. Follow these steps:

1. Open the "My Computer" icon in your desktop or select it from the start menu. Then, select "Tools" and click "Folder Options". This will then open an "Advanced setting". Click the "View" tab and look for the "Hidden folder" option. Tick the box corresponding to the "Show hidden files and folder".

2. After setting the folder option, connect your iPod to your PC using a USB cable. Look for the USB drive corresponding to your iPod and open it. Go to the "iPod_control" folder, and then open the "Music" folder. You will notice that there are several songs in different folders, and with scrambled file names. These are the song files that are in your iPod. Although they have scrambled file names, the ID tags and other information are still intact.

3. Create a new folder in your desktop. After doing so, copy all the scattered music files in your iPod and place them inside the folder that you have just created. Copying may take awhile, depending on how many songs you are transferring. You should have all the scrambled songs saved in a single folder after completely copying the scrambled music files.

4. After completely copying all the music files into the new folder, open your iTunes menu. From there, go to "Edit" and then click "Preferences". This will open an option box with several tabs. Click the "Advanced" tab and make sure to tick the box with the option "Keep iTunes media folder organized".

5. The next step is to select "File" from the menu bar, and then click "Add folder to library". Look for the folder where you have stored the copied music files from your iPod. Since you ticked the "Keep iTunes media folder organized" box, iTunes will automatically rename the files and restore the correct information. This process may take some time, depending on the number of songs you have copied.

There you have it. Just follow the above steps and you can now enjoy your iPod music in your PC too.