Cant get music off of it

Ok first of all I had no idea where to post this.
I have a Ipod nano(not the new one). I need to reset it but beore I do I need to get some of the music off of it. When I connect it to itunes and try to drag the music to the library it will not go....my question:Why?
Thanks
ps the reason i am reseting it is because I get a chkdsk error

Two things.
First off, resetting the iPod will not erase the contents of your iPod. You may be confusing this with a restore which will.
Second thing. It isn't possible to drag the music from iPod to library in iTunes because that feature does not exist. You need to do it another way.
Check out the instructions/suggestions here.
Music from iPod to computer.
There's also another method. I've successfully tested this across several different Windows PCs.
Open iTunes and select edit/preferences/advanced/general. Put a check mark in the box marked "copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library" and also "keep iTunes music folder organized", then click 'ok'.
Connect the iPod whilst holding down the shift/ctrl keys to prevent any auto sync, and if you see the dialogue window asking if you want to sync to this itunes library, click 'no'.
Then go to file/add folder, open 'my computer', select your iPod and click 'ok'.
The music files should transfer to your iTunes.
If this doesn't work (and it may not because officially it's not supposed to), there's Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music and playlists etc from iPod back to the computer. However, it does not transfer playcounts/ratings etc.
The above methods may depend on what version of iTunes you are running.
If none of these methods work, try CopyPod which also supports the transfer of videos from iPod to computer.

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