Is there any way to transfer my iPod library to my new Windows Vista laptop without a program?

Question

I just got a HP Laptop with Windows Vista Business for graduation, and it will be the only PC I have while in college. I have transferred an iPod's library to my friends XP computer for her using online instructions, but they don't work with Vista. Does anyone know how to do so? And preferably without needing a download? [because I have to wait till late August for internet access through that computer]

Answer 1

1) Open itunes, under the summmary tab there is an option to enable disk mode, enable disk mode.

2) Minimize itunes, and open my computer.

3) Open the ipod disk drive.

4) After the ipod disk drive window is open, at the top of the window click, 'tools.'

5) At the bottom of the list, click 'folder options.'

6) Select the 'view tab'

7) Alittle ways down the list you can see the option to 'show all hidden files and folders' click to enable the feature.

8) Apply the settings chages, and exit out to the ipod disk drive window.

9) Now you will see a folder called 'ipod_control' , open it.

10) In this folder, open the music folder.

11) All the files on you ipod are located in these files all of which start with the letter F.

*The files have no distiguishable names so either you have to randomly select them untill you find the right one

or you can just select the entire ipod folder and COPY it, then create or select a folder on your PC's HD that you know where

it is and PASTE them there. Once you open itunes, import the files ,from the folder you created or put your files in, into itunes. Itunes

will automatically indentify the files.

If you're asking can you get the files off the ipod without itunes on your computer YES. just follow the above method and paste the file into the a folder on the new PC's HD and the file will be there. when you do get the net, imprt them into itunes and itunes will properly identify and catagorize the files. just dont change the file names or you will have to rename them again once they are in itunes.

Also, There is a program called Floola. It is free and will allow you to use the ipod without itunes. you can

add files to the ipod and remove files from the ipod. You dont need itunes at all. But its not too stable, I have trouble

with it shutting off randaomly. But it does have its uses, like allowing you to idendify particular files and remocving them from the ipod and putting them on the ipod. You can download Floola at snapfiles.com for free.

If you wouldl ike to get floola or itunes even though you do not have the net, you can get a jumpdirve or a disk and incert it into the drive of a PC that has the net and go to snapfiles.com and download the setup file onto the disk. When you get to where it asks you do Run/or Save select save and navigate tot he disk drive or jumpdrive and save it there. what you are doing it saving the setup file. Do the same thing to itunes, just go to apple.com and save the download to the disk or jumpdrive and then remove the disk or jumpdrive and plug it into your new PC. Open "my computer" and select the drive that has your stored data on it, open it and double click the downloaded file. This will download the programs onto your PC. Do one at a time, if you get both.  

Answer 2

no, you'll have to download a program that will do it. i'll not good at that kind of stuff so just google it.  

Answer 3

i have vista & a new comp too same problem only when i go to my computer, it doesnt even show my ipod as an option to click, or portable devices and i know my ipod is hooked up to it, cuz it shows the name of my library on itunes but it just wont let me select, play or do anyhting with my old librarys songs. to the answerer above me, if u re-read this, lol help me too!!!