CHANGING IPOD LINK FROM APPLE COMPUTER TO PC

MY IPOD WAS LINKED TO MY DAUGHTER'S APPLE COMPUTER. I FINALLY PURCHASED A NEW LAPTOP WITH WINDOWS XP. HOW CAN I ADD SONGS TO MY IPOD WITH MY COMPUTER WITHOUT LOSING THE SONGS MY DAUGHTER PUT ON FOR ME WITH HER APPLE LAPTOP?
IPOD MINI   Windows XP  

If your iPod is formatted for Mac it won't run natively on a PC because the Windows OS does not support the HFS Plus file system and therefore will not see the drive: How to determine your iPod's disk format
There are third party programs that will allow you to use a Mac formatted iPod on Windows. This is one for instance gets good reviews and has the functionality to let you copy the songs from the iPod to the computer. Once you recovered the songs you could restore the iPod on your PC and format it for Windows: XPlay 2
If the iPod is already formatted for Windows there is a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows. The procedure is a bit involved and it won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's posted in this thread: MacMuse - iPod to iTunes
If you prefer something more automated then there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. This is just a selection, you'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, they are generally quite straightforward. You can also read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
iGadget Windows Only
iPod Access Mac and Windows Versions
PodUtil Mac and Windows Versions
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
PodPlayer Windows Only
CopyPod Windows Only
If your iPod is set to update automatically take care when connecting back to your computer and an empty iTunes. You will get a message that your iPod is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all songs from your iPod. Your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list from where you can change the update setting to manual and use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button: Managing content manually on iPod
Whichever of these retrieval methods you choose, keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync again.

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