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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: hanson18 on June 17, 2003, 10:52:14 am

Title: help [MC9 / 30gb iPod / deleted files on PC]
Post by: hanson18 on June 17, 2003, 10:52:14 am

folks

just received my 30gb ipod and have chosen media center (version 9.0.180) as sound manager.

i have remarked the following "fatal" problem:
after ripping a cd or importing files from pc, i syncronized with my ipod. everything worked fine. but after restarting the pc and syncing a bit more, i found out that all the previous files were deleted on my pc!!! in the location "my music" if found the directory structure (artist, album), but all the mp3s were gone. but they still appear on my ipod.

Does anyone have a solution?

Thanx

Lukas

Title: Re: help [MC9 / 30gb iPod / deleted files on PC]
Post by: Wobbley on June 17, 2003, 11:17:22 am

I assume that you have formatted the iPod for Media Center since you say that your "initial" sync works as expected.  If you have not for any reason, then make sure you format the iPod for Media Center by right-clicking the drive letter from within Media Center and choosing the "Format..." option (forgive me for expounding if you've already done this).

Let's continue assuming that you have formatted the iPod...next, after your "successful" sync, why are you restarting your PC?  Is it just coincidence, or do you always restart your PC after syncing, or have I misunderstood something you've said (or not said)?  I would suggest that you right-click the iPod dirve letter from within MC after a successful sync and choose "Eject..." to unmount the iPod.  When you do eject, wait unitl the iPod screen shows the main menu options before removing the iPod from the craddle.

It sounds as if, based on what you've written, that MC and the iPod plugin are actually transfering the files to your iPod instead of copying them. If this is the case, then hit the Ipod thread and post this to Steve and he'll get back to you (quickly)!

Also, make sure you uninstall MusicMatch using control panel and delete the MusicMatch directory in your (presumably) Program Files directory.  You may even try opening the iPod Manager (from system tray) and disabling disk mode for iPod.  Just a thought, although I haven't had this problem and haven't had to do this...

Hope this helps,

Wobbley

Title: Re: help [MC9 / 30gb iPod / deleted files on PC]
Post by: SteveG on June 17, 2003, 02:52:45 pm

Wobbley,

Thanks for the post.

Lukas,

Lets continue this on the other thread. I will close this one.

Steve