Bon, I know nothing about PCs but I think it's weird that it would delete his music. Maybe it's still there in the music library but the new iTunes doesn't know it's there?
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Stephanie - Oct 23, 2009 1:19:57 pm PDT #11439 of 25501
Trust my rage
bon bon - Oct 23, 2009 1:21:11 pm PDT #11440 of 25501
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The music is there. Part of the problem I am having is trusting Bob's version of what has happened, since he is fatalistic about software failure, and just assumed that the music was gone since the new version of iTunes didn't have it. I will try to fix it from here.
Stephanie - Oct 23, 2009 2:18:24 pm PDT #11441 of 25501
Trust my rage
I asked because I had something like that happen with my photos and iPhoto once. I forget how I did it but there was some way to import the library. I had a Mac, but it may have been as simple as drag and drop the folder into iTunes (which I don't think would work on a PC).
Ailleann - Oct 23, 2009 2:23:18 pm PDT #11442 of 25501
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
No, you can drag and drop folders into iTunes on a PC.
erin_obscure - Oct 23, 2009 6:39:51 pm PDT #11443 of 25501
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
{pops head in, looks around fearfully}
I has question. The internal hard drive in my laptop died yesterday. I has ordered a replacement...but it'll be days before it arrives. My netbook is great, but not an adequate substitute. I have an external hard drive that i've been using for storing documents, music, photos...tried hooking it up and turning it on but the system won't allow it. Is there some trick for convincing the computer to boot off an external drive or am i SOL because it doesn't have the startup configuration or something like that?
DCJensen - Oct 23, 2009 7:04:35 pm PDT #11444 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Might be in the bios/cmos to allow boot from USB, and needs to be turned on.
If I knew what model the laptop was, I could look up the command. In the mean time, try booting holding down the escape key, or del or the like.
erin_obscure - Oct 23, 2009 7:52:44 pm PDT #11445 of 25501
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
it is a dell inspiron 5150 laptop. booting while holding the function key sends me into diagnostic mode....everything else brings the same failure.
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2009 7:55:25 pm PDT #11446 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You need to boot off a CD or a floppy to install an OS on whatever hard drive you want to work from--does the BIOS see the external drive?
erin_obscure - Oct 23, 2009 8:09:39 pm PDT #11447 of 25501
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I *think* it sees it....it gets slightly further in attempting to boot when the external drive is hooked up. now i get "unmountable_boot_volume_" as the eventual error, after windows begins to start. Without the external drive the computer gives up even earlier telling me it can't find a hard drive.
eta: correction - now getting to the same place with or without the external hard drive, which is different that where i ended up last night. Hrm.
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2009 8:54:21 pm PDT #11448 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Has an OS been installed on the external drive yet?