Hey! Remember back when my computer fouled up and I almost completely lost everything?

The thing I was worried about most was my vast, vast music collection. So what I did was, I backed the whole thing up on DVDs. What I didn't report, because I was so sick of posting lousy news, was that after everything was taken care of virus-wise, half of the DVDs didn't work.

HOWEVER. I had a backup backup plan. Only I didn't want to implement it for fear that that, too, wouldn't work. I am ecstatic to say that as of this morning, all music has been restored, along with some new, amazing functionality heretofore unseen.

This morning, I went to this site and downloaded a program called XPlay 2, which is simply awesome.

See, the problem with iPods is that normally you can only move music from the computer to the iPod. However, with XPlay 2 installed, you can move music in the opposite direction as well. Luckily, I was smart enough to keep my iPod intact.

Another great thing (some would say) is that I can now transfer music from ANY iPod to my computer, and from my computer to ANY iPod. Not that I would do such a thing. Oh, no, never.

Uh, call me.

[note: a similar program -- iPod Access -- is available for Macs at www.findleydesigns.com]

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