Dumba$$, each of those options and 37 others were tried. You can stick your Ipod in the same place I told Apple.
You claim this...
But I've done it for clients, using only one or two of those methods. Why can't you?
Others have done it? Why can't you?
If you bought your music from Apple, Apple will re-authorize the downloads. They've done it before, why not for you?
Is it possible that your Flash Drive backup is corrupted?
If your music is on your iPod, it is recoverable. Why does not one of the third party utilities not work for YOU?
Something is very suspicious. Is it a conspiracy against you?
If you have a good backup on your Flash drive, an Apple Genius bar visit can recover it, and authorize your new computer. Have you even bothered?
If your computer merely crashed, the file most likely still exists on your hard drive. It's recoverable through several approaches.
Did your hard drive completely die to the point it could not be read? Were all files completely unreadable?
If not, then the files were recoverable, and your computer was a Mac, then your music would have been easily recoverable.
You've misspelled both iPod and iTunes in two different posts which makes me wonder about your knowledge of the products.
That makes your complaint and attitude suspicious.
Your insulting attitude toward a fellow freeper tells me everything I need to know about your opinion.
It's FUD.
In the meantime, have a Merry Christmas.
Idiot, I had a terabyte drive crash on me and it took my iTunes collection with it.
I’d backed it up to DVD DLs and hey, look, iTunes found the disk upon insert and let me copy them back in. I didn’t even have to reauthorize.
You are full of crap - or more likely, you copied the wrong things and now just blame Apple for your mistakes.
I hope you got coal for Christmas, and not the kind useful for barbecuing.