How to recover lost/deleted data from IPod ?

There can be various reasons of data loss form iPOD like virus attack, hardware & software compatibility issues, accidental deletion or formatting of iPod.

How to recover lost iPOD data?

If you have backup your iPOD data at iTunes then you can restore it from there. For doing so, first you need to run recovery mode after that restore the device from iTunes.

Follow the given steps to put your device into recovery mode:

·         1) Turn off your device 

·         2)  Connect the device to a Windows system with iTunes using USB cable

·         3) Plug in your device's USB cable to a computer with iTunes. 

·         4) Keep holding down the Home button to open the Connect to iTunes screen.

·         5) When the iTunes screen will open, it will show you a message indicating that your device has been detected in recovery mode

·         6) Now you can restore your device using iTunes. It will erase the whole data and leave you with an empty device. You can restore your previous data if you have synchronized with iTunes or iCloud to back up the iPOD data.

Note: Before restoring you phone into recovery mode, it is advisable to backup it using iCloud or iTune So that, you can restore the data from it if required in future.

How to back up the iPOD data using iCloud or iTunes?

Backup data using iCloud:

·        1)  Connect the  device to an internet/WI-FI network

·         2) Go to Settings > iCloud > Backup( or Storage & Backup)

·         3) Turn on the option iCloud Backup

·         4) Click Back Up Now. It will begin the backup process.

·        5)  After completion of the backup process, Go to Settings > iCloud > Storage > Manage Storage>your device. And ensure that the backup is available there along with other details like backup time and size.

Backup using iTunes:

·        1)  Connect your device to iTunes

·         2) Go to File > Devices > Transfer Purchases, it will save all the downloaded items from the iTunes Store or App Store

·        3)  Next, Go File > Devices > Back up.

·         4) This will start the backup process. You can re check it by clicking iTunes Preferences > Devices. There you can find the backup details for you r device.

Note: If you not able to find the file menu, press the alt key to open it directly.

How to recover lost/deleted data from IPod?

If you have an updated backup of the data, you can restore it form there but what if you haven’t backup your data.

Don’t worry! Here is the way to get it the lost data back!

Connect your device to a Windows system and run Stellar Phoenix iPod Recovery – Windows. The software let you perform three step easy recovery of the deleted/lost content from iPod Classic and iPod Shuffle. This tool is enriched with powerful data recovery feature that can scan the lost data within minutes and fetch all the recoverable items in the preview pane.  From the preview list you can choose the desired data items and save them at desired location on your system. One additional feature offered with the tool is 'Create Image’ that create .dat image file of the iPod that can be used as a mean for data restoration in case of data loss in future