@ThrillHouse Said
dont sync with itunes I had this exact prob when my comp crashed lost all my music on the hard drive and if i sync it would erase my ipod so heres what to do to save all your music you could symply download a program called POD to PC or u could just open up my computer go to ur ipod open it then when in the ipod go to the view tab then folder options and change the settings so you can see hidden and system files (remember to change it back when ur done u dont want to delete any system files by accident). You should now in the ipod folder see a heap of folders labeled F00, F01 and so on. Your music is in there it is not named though, all the songs will be labeled with four letters or numbers dont worry just copy them to ur new itunes and u can put it on a new pod. all the songs should get there names back once in itunes. If those folders did not appear you must have an IPOD touch or IPHONE If you have one of these this wont work I found the best program for this is IphoneBrowser find the prog through google sorry i forgot the addy, its free so dont worry, once you have the program close itunes when you plug in ur Ipod and open IphoneBrowser in the left panel go to the music folder and copy it to ur hdd, make sure u choose a destination folder otherwise u wont find them. that should be it any probs message me with an email addy and ill send the program. good luck.
So I do this even when I get a brand new iPod?
I can't just plug the brand new one in?
Cuz I should be getting a new one Monday or Tuesday, and I have iTunes still all together.