I’ve been a major fan of the iPod, iPhone, and iTunes until last night. For some unknown reason, I pulled up iTunes last night and I got an error message “You’re iTunes library has been corrupted. The file has been rescued and saved to your iTunes folder”.
As I look at iTunes and realize my iTunes library was cut from over 150 gigabytes of music to a little over 55 GBs. I cringe.
Then I look at my playlists, of which I have spent probably days worth of time setting up folders and lists just to my likinig. All gone. I cringe harder.
Then, thinking that the “rescued file” might just fix everything back to my personal settings like I’ve done when transferring all my music from computer to computer, I locate the .itl file and import it.
Nothing.
I cringe so hard I nearly fall out of my chair.
I look up help articles and forums on just this subject just to find that “Oh ya, iTunes for Windows in Vista sometimes just gets corrupted.”
Stupid iTunes, stupid Windows Vista. Can’t we all just get along?
Well, I guess it could be worse… it could be a Zune that gets bricked by the Y2K9 bug (yes, 2009 bug). (Wilbur, sorry to use you as a public example!).
Anyway, if this corrupted .itl file ever happens to anyone, I found a program that will reimport all your music, settings, playlists, play counts, ratings, the whole sha-bang. Download it from http://www.ipod-computer.com/. P.S. It also works great for when you want to download anything from a friends iPod!