Well my laptop finally packed in with my music collection on board, so until I get an ide dock to convert the hdd to usb and rescue my old files, just wondering if there was any way to repopulate i-tunes from the current selection of music on my ipod.

thanks

apparently this works but i haven't tried it personally
1. Connect the iPod to your PC. If iTunes starts syncing (ie erasing) your music automatically, hit the X in the upper right hand corner of iTunes display, to the left of the search box, to stop it.
2. In Control Panel, Portable Media Devices, double-click your iPod.
3. In the Tools menu -> Options, in the View Tab, check "Show hidden files and folders."
4. Navigate to the Music folder. On my 2nd gen 'pod, the full path is
Portable Media Devices\GINA'S IPOD (F:)\iPod_Control\Music
5. Select all the music folders, and drag and drop them into a folder on your hard drive, or directly into iTunes.

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Get Mediamonkey, then plug IPod in, and copy music from IPod.

Thanks Violet couldn't remember the name, works well

will try the control panel technique 1st and if no luck will try mediamonkey,

thanks everyone