"corrupted" iPod -how can I save my music

It seems that my 15 month old iPod (sod's law its just out of warantee) is corrupted. It will play the first 20s of some tunes, all of others and some not at all. I've just battled to get my computer to see it it for about an hour and finally i get the message that i need to restore the factory settings. however my computer is a laptop and old and only has 1Gb free space but I have 15Gb music on my 40Gb iPod. does anyone know a simple way of trying to save all my lovely music. I can't access it at all using iTunes so I can't copy and paste it to CD for eg.
is all lost??
Thanks
click wheel 40Gb iPod   Windows XP  

1) ensure iTunes is authorized for your iTunes store account(s)
2) connect your device and right-click or control-click it in the iTunes Source list, then choose transfer purchases from the shortcut menu that appears.
3) sync the device
iTunes will wipe the iPod but, since you transferred your purchases in the previous step, your content will be in your library and you can re-populate the iPod with it.
above works for purchases from the iTunes store. for everything else, check out this post by Zevoneer.

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