Windows XP I can't back up I-Tunes to DVD's

[floppybootstomp]

I just spent a lot of time re-compiling all my playlists for I-Tunes/My I-Pod after system crashed beacuse of a virus recently. First Virus I'd had in 6 years actually, thought I was bullet proof, but there ya go

I go through the I-Tunes procedure but it just spits out the DVD, I really don't know what's up and any help would be apreciated.

I also recenty configured a friend's I-Pod for a trip she was takng sailing off the coast of Vancouver and I done that on the second system in my sig. That system backed up to 4 DVD's perfectly.

The system I'm using to try and backup on is the first one in my sig.

I'd really like to do this thing as compiling all those playlists again after a system crash is a complete PITA.

And just by way of a mention, another problem, all of my desktop shortcuts now have a '.lnk' visible file extension on them. What's all that about?

I'm betting nobody comes up with any solutions for these probs, but if you do - I'll buy you a choc-ice, ok?

 

[V_R]

And just by way of a mention, another problem, all of my desktop shortcuts now have a '.lnk' visible file extension on them. What's all that about?

Well i cant help you regardng the burning issue, but lnk extention is a ahotcut.

http://filext.com/file-extension/LNK

 

[floppybootstomp]

Well, that was helpful..... not

So why I suddenly got this .lnk extension whereas I didn't before,

Fair cheeses me off

Anyway, ain't too bothered about that, it's the I-Tunes thing I want an answer for.

Betcha no-one can help.....

 

[Adywebb]

I'm wondering if the fact that the .lnk extensions have appeared is something to do with that virus, or a corruption after cleaning - what was it?

Here is a linky to others with that problem, and a possible fix.

Are you able to make a normal copy of the iTunes music folder together with the 2 libraries to DVD without using the itunes inbuilt procedure?


Edit: Oooops, I've just realised this is the Vista section - in which case the above fix etc probably won't help you, and neither probably can I

 

[floppybootstomp]

Who was a grumpy old Hector last night then? Sorry bout dat.

Ok, I've used the link Ady gave me to get rid of the .lnk extensions, all the links did actually work, it was just annoying.

After I got the virus five or six weeks ago, I fomatted C Drive (a RAID 0 array) before doing a fresh install of Win XP Pro. As it was my 4th install I had to phone MS to activate it

I'm using Kaspersky All-In-One and AdAware SE, both of which are up to date and I've just done a full system scan with both which found nothing. Apart from AdAware finding 17 cookies, anyway.

As for the i-Pod library, I can back up all the music folders to DVD as data, that's not the problem, it's having to put every album into a playlist if I do a fresh install that's the PITA.

Is there a place where all the playlists are kept? If I back them up as data presumably I could reinstall them?

Any help apreciated but I gotta rush out right now, so laters...

PS: Have moved this thread to the correct section...

 

[floppybootstomp]

Ok, this story has a conclusion.

If you look at the specs for my main system in my signature you may notice that all my drives are SATA, I have no IDE/PATA optical drives or hard disks.

So I had an idea.

I disconnected the data cable from my burner and fitted my Plextor burner from my other machine temporarily to the IDE port.

And it worked. I managed to backup all my I-Tunes music and - more importantly - playlists to 4 DVD's.

Which probably means I-Tunes doesn't favour SATA optical drives. Which, imo, is bad.

The more I use I-Tunes the more I'm noticing it's flaws.

Like, when you rip an album by various artists to m4a in I-Tunes, the tracks are scattered all over the place depending on the alphabetical order of the artist.

Why can't you designate a playlist before you rip and put all the tracks into it? Creating playlists is a pain. I think the option should be there, to make compilations, but albums should compile automatically into a playlist.

Oh well, when this I-Pod eventually craps out, it's a Creative Zen for me

But it will probably last for years and years, lol...