Ipod owners - help!

[LynneSin]

I reimaged my computer about a week ago after it totally crashed from bad drivers I installed. The computer was acting funky for about a month.

I wasn't to worried about backing up any data since the most important data on that computer was also all on my Ipod (my music).

Now I'm a bit paranoid - if my Ipod gets wiped out I lose all my music and some of it might be difficult to find again. And searching help I haven't found anything that quite answered my question.

How do I go about making sure that when I reconnect my Ipod to my newly reimaged computer that all my music gets uploaded back up and still plays. There is not one illegimate song in all of that so I don't want to lose this.

[meegbear]

1. ...

http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/ipodsupport/copyoff/index.shtml

[LynneSin]

2. OMG - I'm so paranoid

If I lose all my songs I'm gonna scream. I wonder if I can test this out with my shuffle first.

This is ridiculous that Apple disabled that feature. I didn't have that problem with my Sony MP3 players and Connect.com.

:cry:

Have you used any of these products - did they work?

[meegbear]

3. No I haven't ...

but I would go with either the store software or do it yourself ...

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/07/16/copy-or-transfer-music-and-songs-from-ipod-to-pc-and-computer-without-itunes/

[LynneSin]

4. no way I'm doing this myself

I'll pay the $30 to save my music

:cry:

[Pierre.Suave]

5. NOOOOOOOOOOO

it is really easy...

Dont do that.

Let me go get you the super simple thing that will do it for you...

For free.

Are you on a mac or a PC?

[LynneSin]

6. PC

you realize if you fuck this up you'll be in the shitcan the rest of your life with me. At least with store bought software I can blame someone else.

I'm really paranoid - this is a CD collection I spent decades building and many weekends uploading. Including Vinyl that I had converted to MP3.

ARe you that confident in what you are doing?

[Pierre.Suave]

7. Yes

if you follow the directions.

[Pierre.Suave]

8. Step 1 is to open itunes

and then open preferences > syncing > and then put a check in the box that says Disable automatic syncing of all iPhones and iPods.

[Pierre.Suave]

9. Sorry, that previous link was the wrong one

Here is the right one:

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/iPod-To-PC-Transfer-Download-73612.html#download_locations

Go there nad download the iPod to PC transfer.

It is free, you can ignore the option to purchase it at the beginning.

[LynneSin]

10. I hate being in this situation

my friend was amazed at how well my Ipod was organized complete with all the album covers.

I don't want to go thru that again

:cry:

[Pierre.Suave]

11. According to what I read and was told

this software will move ALL of that back over to your itunes, as if nothing had changed.

I know it sucks, but I have had to get this done before myself when I bought a new computer, it works. You have to trust it.

If you had a mac, I would give you some software I have personal experience with, but I am a bit less than fully knowledgeable on PCs.