Music won't show up but is still on iPod // 80GB 5G iPod

[MrMike23]

Originally Posted by GoldenArm

OK, I seem to have figured out how to get everything back if your data gets shifted from "Music", "Video" etc.. into "Other" for whatever reason.

1) Plug your Ipod into your pc
2) Find the Ipod in Windows Explorer
3) "Unhide" Hidden files & Folders in Windows
4) In one of the ipod's hidden folders, locate "itunesDB" and an "itunesDB.old_mlpmp"
5) Rename "itunesDB" to "itunesDB.old" (this is the newly corrupted DB), and rename "itunesDB.old_mlpmp" to "itunesDB" (no file extention). This restores the automatic backup of your DB that Apple doesn't seem to think we need to know about...

It worked fine for me. I didn;t pay attention to when the backup was made, I believe it was last time I synced with Itunes. I didn't add anything new on that last sync, so I'm not sure if you will be missing some files if you do this restore and you had changed the Ipod's contents on your last sync...

Either way, it's a whole lot better than rebuilding your library and all your playlists (they have also miraculously re-appeared!)



Hope this helps some of you!

OMG I LOVE YOU SOOOO FUCKING MUCH!! this shit happened to my ipod, i never saved any of my music tho, music ill never get again. thanks so much!!!

[drewm52085]

Originally Posted by kramm

This just happened to me and I cannot find the "old" file. I would really like to fix it as opposed to restoring it.

Can anyone offer advise before I have to begin moving all the music off my full ipod?

I couldn't find it either? does ANYONE know any way around this??? My girlfriend is going to kill me if I lost her music.

[Clownyx13]

Originally Posted by drewm52085

I couldn't find it either? does ANYONE know any way around this??? My girlfriend is going to kill me if I lost her music.

For those of you who could not find the itunesDB.old_mlpmp here is my fix

I fixed, i used floola to find the correct itunesDB

For those who cant find it here was my fix
1.Download floola
2.Install floola on youre ipod and make sure floola works and shows youre music if it does not show youre music this wont work.
3.if floola did work and showed all youre music, find the hidden files as stated above
4.find the file itunesDB witch is the only one i found rename it to ItunesDB.old
5.Find the Floola folder inside the hidden files folder there should be an itunesDb file in there(only if floola worked)
6. just copy and paste the file to the same folder that itunesDB.old is in this should work.

let me know if it worked

[vineshp]

floola method didnt work for me