-- Posted by Disposition at 9:11 pm on July 3, 2008 Help me out here please... My computer starting freezing really badly, so I shut it down without closing iTunes. I've done this before, and nothing bad happened to my library. This time, though, when I turned my computer back on and restarted, my iTunes library was completely gone. I opened and closed iTunes, and it was still gone. The only thing I could find that did anything was something I saved awhile ago that only contained 750 songs out of my total songs, which is over 2000. Is there some way I can recover the other songs? I still have them on my iPod, but if I plug my iPod in, will iTunes erase what I have on my iPod now? -- Posted by 92perpetual at 9:14 pm on July 3, 2008 You could try a System Restart. Programs It takes your computer back to a previous date and restores everything. -- Posted by ss454 at 9:15 pm on July 3, 2008 I think you can export things from your iPod to your computer -- Posted by Event Horizon at 9:16 pm on July 3, 2008 Thats why I keep my songs on an external hard-drive... Search for the songs in your computer, they may simply have been erased from ITUNES only. Search for some song titles or just search for " .mp3 " or " .mp4 " -- Posted by carracer at 9:16 pm on July 3, 2008 They should be backed up on your computer elsewhere have you checked other music files on your computer? -- Posted by RockerTori106 at 9:17 pm on July 3, 2008 Quote: from ss454 at 12:15 am on July 4, 2008 I think you can export things from your iPod to your computer Can't be done. People could export songs from their iPod to another computer and could be illegally file-sharing. I've tried haha. Sorry man, there's no way to get them back. -- Posted by Disposition at 9:18 pm on July 3, 2008 Quote: from 92perpetual at 12:14 am on July 4, 2008 You could try a System Restart. Programs It takes your computer back to a previous date and restores everything. Alright, thanks, I'll try that if no one else has a better idea. -- Posted by Event Horizon at 9:19 pm on July 3, 2008 Yes you can, its called sharepod [or other free software] download it, use it, get all your music back.. try to search your computer for them first. -- Posted by blufindr at 9:20 pm on July 3, 2008 are your songs actually gone from your computer or just from itunes? -- Posted by Event Horizon at 9:21 pm on July 3, 2008 This is the order which you should try it [since your system restore might revert to a LONG time ago, and you might lose many other things] 1. search for your songs by name, or by .mp3, .mp4 2. Try sharepod to simply get the songs back 3. THEN try the system restore. -- Posted by Disposition at 9:37 pm on July 3, 2008 Alright, I got them back. That was a close one. O.O