Ipod formerly connected to PC won't mount on new G4

I had a PC that crashed with no backup (yes, I realize how stupid that is now) and lots of music on itunes that was synched with my 20GB click wheel ipod. I recently bought a G4 and it won't recognize my ipod. I'd prefer not to have to do a restore because I'll lose all the music on my ipod and won't be able to put it back. Any advice or am I totally out of luck?

The first thing you need to do is copy all music in your iPod to your new G4, read the following post and hope it works
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=250220&tstart=30

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