will i have lost all my itunes?

[fletch8]

an unlucky bloody coincidence!

Recently my iphone broke so took it to apple who swapped it. all my music etc was at home on my laptop safe and sound. or so i thought. id not used it for a few weeks, turned it on and to no avail

now, should my laptop need recovery discs or re-programmed with everything wiped, will i lose all my itunes music too?

OR

as the music is saved under my email address/password on itunes will i be able to retrieve it? :star:

Thanks

 

[olliewebbuk]

now, should my laptop need recovery discs or re-programmed with everything wiped, will i lose all my itunes music too?

Yep.

If you don't back up, you're a failure.

 

[Andy.]

Buy a sata-USB cable or cheap SATA doc/ case and just copy the files your need from the laptop drive before you format the laptop.

 

[Gareth]

If you purchased the music through your iTunes account you can get it back I'm sure as it will be registered as purchased against your account.

 

[fletch8]

Andy - trouble is my laptop wont even come on properly, ive attempted to re-boot it anyway and even this fails.

Gareth - Ive been browsing online and apparently if you email apple they will, as a one off, put the music back on your ready to download list. Ive emailed, so fingers crossed.

 

[fletch8]

just had an email back from apple who will allow me to download everything again, just this once, as an exception.

so not a failure as i can get it all back

 

[Revels]

You can get back anything you purchased. That's it.

 

[fletch8]

Yep and everything else I've got has been off a cd anyway. Couple of hours and it'll be done

 

[Gareth]

You can get back anything you purchased. That's it.

Yes I agree, everything you buy goes into a purchased list so you can recover everything.

 

[Leeshez]

Yes I agree, everything you buy goes into a purchased list so you can recover everything.

I have two computers which is authorised to my itunes account. My question is can they both be recovered?

 

[b33fy172]

bumpty bump .

I've just purchased an iMac after my computer died. does anyone have any idea how to transfer my songs onto the new computer?