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spokes
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O.P. use iPod as external HDD?
ok, on christmas day, im getting my ipod, and im wondering, if i put all my music on there, and reformat my pc, can i plug it in and copy all my music back onto my pc?
my PC badly needs to be reformatted and i don't want to buy 35GB worth of DVD discs to back up my music
thanks in advance
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12-20-2005 12:41 PM |
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Dempsey
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RE: use iPod as external HDD?
You can't retrieve them from the iPod using iTunes, but there is software about designed to get music back off an iPod, can't remember the name though...
EDIT: There's CopyPod but I'm sure there's a free alternative.
This post was edited on 12-20-2005 at 12:46 PM by Dempsey.
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12-20-2005 12:44 PM |
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Blair
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RE: use iPod as external HDD?
Well my cousin brought his iPod to my house, and I wanted some of his music... so .
Found "CopyPod" worked perfect, did everything you want.
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12-20-2005 12:55 PM |
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spokes
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O.P. RE: use iPod as external HDD?
thanks
downloaded the trial ready for sunday (or monday by the time my pc has put all my music on my ipod)
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12-20-2005 12:57 PM |
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Supersonicdarky
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RE: use iPod as external HDD?
or you can use Pod Player. It can extract music, or even play it if you put in on your ipod, then when i plug into pc without itunes!
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12-20-2005 01:13 PM |
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RE: use iPod as external HDD?
I just open the ipod_control directory and then just drag all the music across to my computer's music folder.
Then you just add the music back into itunes....
Simple.
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12-20-2005 01:24 PM |
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Underlord
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RE: use iPod as external HDD?
Get a Zen. Much easier to use as an external drive. It even creates a drive in My Computer.
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12-20-2005 01:47 PM |
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RE: RE: use iPod as external HDD?
quote: Originally posted by Underlord
Get a Zen. Much easier to use as an external drive. It even creates a drive in My Computer.
So does the ipod
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12-20-2005 01:52 PM |
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Underlord
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RE: use iPod as external HDD?
quote: Originally posted by -rafy-
So does the ipod
I don't believe ipods are recognised as an external drive.
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12-20-2005 01:58 PM |
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Blair
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RE: use iPod as external HDD?
Um, I think form memory that they are, you can just see a mess of files that the iPod reads (all named different). Don't know what would happen if you copied a random file onto it usng explorer, the iPod would prob delete it?
This post was edited on 12-20-2005 at 02:02 PM by Blair.
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12-20-2005 02:01 PM |
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