new hard drive, old ipod

[jetprogramdave]

Hi,
first post so please excuse naivete. I came back from japan, ang my computers hard drive was shot. dont know if it was the xray machines or just the jarring trip. got a new hard drive, but lost all my old music. my ipod video still has all my old music and movies on it, but when i hook it up to the pc, it prompts me to erase and resync. now i dont' want to erase my old stuff, but i do want to put new stuff on the ipod. I can't sync manually without first erasing my files. is anapod explorer my best option?
thanks,
dave

[gk17]

Welcome to iLounge.

Why can't you set iTunes to sync manually?

You don't need to use Anapod Explorer. Get a program like YamiPod instead to transfer your songs back to the computer. Then add them to iTunes.

[jetprogramdave]

thanks weaponx,
I downloaded yamipod, but apparently it doesn't run on 5g ipods with itunes 7. That's what i'm running on.
any ideas? do you know of other programs like yamipod?

[goldcoaster]

Keep checking Yamipod for updates. There is a Beta for v7 but maybe your best bet is to go back to v6 of itunes for a while and use Yamipod (not Beta)
People seem to have a few problems with anapod and support is close to non existant.

- goldcoaster (http://goldcoaster.wordpress.com)

[jetprogramdave]

I went to apple.com, but I can't find where to get itunes 6 from? clue me in?
thanks.

[goldcoaster]

Search at apple.
http://search.info.apple.com/index.html?search=Go&lr=lang_en&kword=&&news&q=itunes%206&type=kbdload

you will see one of the tabs in the results says downloads. You can also get the ipod updtaes as well.

- GoldCoaster (http://goldcoaster.wordpress.com)

[jetprogramdave]

thanks goldcoaster.
i downloaded itunes 6, but the install wizard quits on me when it detects itunes 7. Do you know a way around this?
thanks

[jetprogramdave]

bump. please help me.

[mrdantownsend]

An easy way to do this is to go into start > control panel > install/uninstall programs

then scroll down to iTunes and remove it.

then install iTunes 6

[jetprogramdave]

sweet, thanks dan.

[jetprogramdave]

alright, i erased itunes 7, DLed itunes 6, loaded it up, and yamipod still won't work.
I'm gonna try the new yamipod beta now. wish me luck.