After Windows XP reinstall....

I tried searching the forum but merely became more confused!
I have a 30gig ipod (purchased around dec '04)which is currently full of songs and play lists. After formatting my pc I am unaware of how to restore the song files (including purchased songs) back to the pc.
Is there a thread that can help guide me?
Thanks,
John-

Yeah do what Mitch says,
Just a note tho, when using yamipod, you will want your iPod set to "Enable DIsk Usage" or "Manual Update" (Which will set it to enable disk usage AND stop any auto updating)
TO do that you will connect the iPod, when iTUnes opens and throws you a prompt about the library being linked to another PC, just hit no then rightclick the ipod in iTUnes and hit options, now you can set it

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How do I get myself back to where I was before Windows crashed on me. I have a few dozen ripped albums and some purchased music on my iPod and iPad, a few apps on my iPod and a ton of purchased (and free) apps on my iPad. So we're not just talking about music.
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True in the general case, when two computers are running iTunes with different libraries - in this case any iDevice can be synced with only one, and will present the "... is synched with another iTunes library ... Do you want to erase ...?" message if connected to a different one. However, that behavior isn't because a different computer is detected - if an iTunes library is replicated from one PC to another (i.e., the iTunes database, media, and associated files are duplicated) then these will be seen as the same library for the purposes of synchronization. Although the internals of the iTunes database can't readily be accessed, its reasonable to assume that this "library identity" is based on this data element, as listed within the iTunes Library.xml file:
Interestingly, this "Library Persistent ID" value is also used as the name of the first-level subfolder under iTunes\Album Artwork\Cache. The basis of the iDevice-library dependence is - even if this is not the (only) way its implemented - definitely not hardware based. I run three different systems with iTunes, where the library is routinely replicated from the "master" to two secondary systems (using SyncToy and an external HDD):
With this configuration, I can connect an iDevice to any of the three systems and sync it as normal, without ever seeing the "... is synched with another iTunes library ... Do you want to erase ...?" message.
Given the scenario that the OP described, the iTunes Library.itl file now in use is, logically, the same as that before the export/reformat/restore operations - so the dreaded Do you want to erase ...? message shouldn't appear.

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