iPod Touch not recognized in iTunes for Windows

My new iTouch does not show up in iTunes. When I connect it to my computer, a box pops up recognizing it as a camera. I tried the troubleshooting described in Apple support and it appears that the driver is not installing. The iTouch does not appear in the Device Manager USB controllers. I reinstalled iTunes three times with the same result. I have Windows XP Professional and all system requirements are met.

I have my work computer up to date, the upgrades are downloaded to the server and then they are set avaible to the users, best chance ask your support personel to have the SP3 installed in your computer.
Also as the previous iPod where capable, with out any software, to be used as a removable Hard Disk it’s likely that with heavy security the use of an external HD has been blocked by the administrator and that’s why you can’t connect the iPod to your computer. Ask your support personal.

Instead of Itunes try using Poddox, an portable application and an effective replacement to Itunes to copy songs from system to Ipod.

Besides Poddox is free of cost.

iTunes 7 - “original file cannot be found. would you like to locate it?”

I recently moved this employees iTunes music files from the server to an external USB hard drive connected to her PC so she’s not streaming music across the LAN all day. Everything was working fine until yesterday when I re-targeted her My Documents folder to pint to the corect location on the server.

Her current and correct iTunes music folder path is:

E:\Kristi\iTunesMusic

In iTunes I went to Edit - Preferences - Advanced tab

and verified the correct folder path is listed. I even tried re-selecting the correct folder path. Now when she tries to play a song she has to go find it. How did altering the My Documents patch screw up iTunes when her music had been removed from her standard [My Documents\My Music] path a long time ago.

I cannot figure out how to tell iTunes that the music is exactly where it was before I re-targeted her My Documents folder. I’ve double-checked the drive letter mapping and am stumped now. Thanks for any helpful insight.

This may be similar to your issue.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6233745&#6233745

It suggests letting iTunes move the music.

Very Best Way to Move Itunes library from one computer to another using a flashdrive?

When checking the Apple website, it says the best way to move the itunes library from one computer to another is to use the internal ackup option to burn it to cds or dvds. I have a very large library, and want to move it via a flashdrive. I can’t seem to find a streamlined way to do that.

Best, least complicated method?

Thanks, Erin C-H

Hello erinch,

I believe you should be able to find the actual files on your hardrive most likely under you my documents under music…or wherever you have pointed ITUNES to store music…You can find that directory by going to ITUNES –> Edit Menu –> Preferences –ADvanced Tab –> General Tab –> ITUNES Music Folder Location…that should be where all your music is. Also make sure that you had a check box next to “Copy files to ITUNES Music folder when adding to library”. If not you may have files elsewhere. If you only have stuff purchased from ITUNES then you are fine but if you had a prior MP3 or other music file collection they may be wherever they were normally stored before you used ITUNES.

Copy all the files onto the new PC, Point ITunes to that location on the new PC….then authorize that PC via ITUNES and test….if all is working de-authorize on the old one and you are all set….Or leave them authorized if you are using ITUNES on both PCs and they belong to you. I was assuming you were selling or disposing of the initial PC and hence might want to deauthorize the computer

Regards,

dis1931

How to download iTunes music onto a second computer.

Hi,

I have a Mac Mini and a Windows XP laptop. I am staying at my parents house for awhile, so I have both my computers here. I have an sprint evido card for my laptop. But I can’t get my Mac Mini onto the internet because it is rather old and doesn’t have built-in wireless capabilities. (The router and modem are upstairs deep inside my parents’ bedroom.)

I usually sync my iPod to my Mac Mini, but I want to download more iTunes music onto my new iPod Nano, so I just authorized my PC laptop. But I can’t figure out how to transfer all the music from my iTunes on the Mac Mini to the iTunes on the laptop. Can someone help me out?

Thanks.

Kara

kara334,

Sure. Do you actually need to move the music/video files too or just use the second computer to sync?

FInd the iTunes folder. It should be in some location like C:\Documents and Settings\\My Documents\My Music . That location is the default for Win XP. The others are similar. Let me know if you can’t find it on the Mac.

The library is in the files “iTunes Library.itl” and “iTunes Music Library.xml”. Those are the files that have to be copied and placed in the other computer’s iTunes folder for the sync to work. This will make your library the same on both computers.

If you actually want to move the music/video file then you copy the iTunes Music folder that is in the iTunes folder. The Album Artwork folder can also be copied. If those folders aren’t there the sync will still work but the Library will show the files as “missing” and show a message. You can ignore it if you wish and if the files are already on your iPod.

If the Mac stored the music/video files in a different “structure” (i.e. path or used different folders) then it is best to create a similar setup on the new computer. Otherwise you will have to change the “file location” in each song/video.

Let me know if you have any questions or need more information.

b0lsc0tt

Try backing up your songs to a disc, then using that disc to transfer them to the new PC. From the File Menu, choose Back Up To Disc. When the screen pops-up, choose the ‘back entire iTunes library and playlists’ radio button and click ‘Back Up’. This will begin to burn all your songs onto a disc. Once burned, you can insert that disc into the other computer and ‘restore’ that disc to the other computer, as long as it has iTunes as well. It will require you to enter your username and password and will tell you how many computers you have enabled to play your songs as well as how many you have left.

Hope this helps

Syncing iTunes library between two computers and one backup server…

Now that we are DRM-Free…

I have my computer and my wife’s. I run VISTA, she runs XP.

We have a fileserver running Win2003

I want exact copies of the iTunes library everywhere (on these three machines) and I want it to sync automatically and I want it to show up in the library automatically.

Let me explain…

I buy a song, it downloads to my machine. Automatically it syncs to my fileserver. Automatically it is synced to my wife’s computer and automatically when she opens iTunes, the new song is discovered.

If my wife buys a song, I want to see it too, in the same manner.

What is the best solution?

F both your libraries contain the same music at this present time, I would just dump it up to your server/NAS and then sync it back to the computers. Test it out with some dummy files… Here is the command I would use

robocopy.exe /S MIR x:\sharedItunesLib “c:\documents and settings\userName\Desktop\testDir” /LOG+:c:\pathToStoreLogFile\file.txt

———————————————————————-
ROBOCOPY v 1.96 : Robust File Copy for Windows NT
———————————————————————-

Started : Wed Jan 07 20:10:21 2009

Usage : ROBOCOPY source destination [file [file]…] [options]

source : Source Directory (drive:\path or \\server\share\path).
destination : Destination Dir (drive:\path or \\server\share\path).
file : File(s) to copy (names/wildcards: default is “*.*”).

Copy options: /S : copy Subdirectories, but not empty ones.
/E : copy subdirectories, including Empty ones.
/LEV:n : only copy the top n LEVels of the source directory tree.

/Z : copy files in restartable mode.

/SEC : copy SECurity info (both source and dest must be NTFS).
/SECFIX : FIX SECurity info on existing files and dirs.
/TIMFIX : FIX TIMestamps on existing destination files.

/MOV : MOVe files (delete from source after copying).
/MOVE : MOVE files AND dirs (delete from source after copying).

/PURGE : delete dest files/dirs that no longer exist in source.
/MIR : MIRror a directory tree (equivalent to /E plus /PURGE).

/A+:[R][A][S][H] : add the given Attributes to copied files.
/A-:[R][A][S][H] : remove the given Attributes from copied files.

/CREATE : CREATE directory tree structure + zero-length files only.
/FAT : create destination files using 8.3 FAT file names only.

File Selection: /A : copy only files with the Archive attribute set
/M : like /A, but remove Archive attribute from source files.
/IA:[R][A][S][H] : Include only files with some of the given Attributes set.
/XA:[R][A][S][H] : eXclude files with any of the given Attributes set.

/XF file [file]… : eXclude Files matching given names/paths/wildcards.
/XD dirs [dirs]… : eXclude Directories matching given names/paths.

/XC | /XN | /XO : eXclude Changed | Newer | Older files.
/XX | /XL : eXclude eXtra | Lonely files and dirs.
/IS : Include Same files.

/MAX:n : MAXimum file size - exclude files bigger than n bytes.
/MIN:n : MINimum file size - exclude files smaller than n bytes.

/MAXAGE:n : MAXimum file AGE - exclude files older than n days/date.
/MINAGE:n : MINimum file AGE - exclude files newer than n days/date.
(If n < 1900 then n = n days, else n = YYYYMMDD date).

Retry Options: /R:n : number of Retries on failed copies: default is 1 million.
/W:n : Wait time between retries: default is 30 seconds.

/REG : Save /R:n and /W:n in the Registry as default settings.

/TBD : wait for sharenames To Be Defined (retry error 67).

Logging Options: /L : List only - don’t copy, timestamp or delete any files.
/X : report all eXtra files, not just those selected.
/V : produce Verbose output, showing skipped files.

/NP : No Progress - don’t display % copied.
/ETA : show Estimated Time of Arrival of copied files.

/LOG:file : output status to LOG file (overwrite existing log).
/LOG+:file : output status to LOG file (append to existing log).