Had to wipe computer hard drive, songs saved on iPod

So I used to have my iPod and my one computer and everything was fine. Then my computer's hard drive broke/wore out. My home folder was too messed up to back anything up once I realized I would have to reformat it. So after I get my computer back from apple w/ a new hard drive I connect my iPod to it and get asked if i want to reset it and sync it to "this new computer", I answer no. I haven't been able to copy my song files off of my iPod back onto my hard drive. Well no problem until the battery starts crapping out and now I have to get it replaced. Is there anyway to save my songs?

Both of you should check out the instructions/suggestions here.
Music from iPod to computer.
There's also another method I've seen posted. 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.
However it appears that no playlists or any other info such as ratings/last played etc will transfer.
If this is important to you, you may want to use other options.
There's Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music and playlists etc from iPod back to the computer.
Once the songs are safely back in your iTunes library (and only then), you can answer "yes" to that message, associate your iPod with this new library and return to using the iPod as normal.

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Hello hoparella,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
With your iPod connected, have you tried using the *File-> Transfer Purchases* options?
Otherwise, another work around would be to copy all the music currently on your iPod to your new iTunes library. From there, you can "Erase and Sync" the iPod with your new iTunes library or opt to restore it.
[Restorin|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1339]
For ways on how to copy music directly from your iPod to iTunes, see this older post of mine.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10941982#10941982
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- Transfer your iTunes' purchases to the new computer by:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer
- Try making a backup of the iPod by right clicking on the iPod under Devices in iTunes and selecting Backup.
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If you have lost your previously purchased iTunes data, you can Download Past Purchases - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519.
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I really don't want to lose the songs on my phone. Why does Apple have to be so difficult?

That's like saying 'my house caught fire and burned to the ground, so I didn't have the opportunity to purchase a fire extinguisher'.
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I already owned and used OS X Yosemite, but had to wipe my hard drive yesterday, and had only one disk that I could find: Snow Leopard. How do I download Yosemite without paying for it again?

I'd like to download Yosemite. I am using Snow Leopard. Do I have to download the next OS X in order, or can I go straight to Yosemite, and if so, how do I go about it?

If the computer has a recovery partition, press the Command and R keys at startup and use it to download Yosemite. If not, open the Mac App Store, log in with your Apple ID, click on the Purchases tab, and redownload Yosemite from there.
Both of these are free.
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You can delete songs from your iTunes/computer hard drive after transferring them to the iPod, and for this you need to set your iPod to manage the songs manually.
However, this is an extremely risky option because when (and not if) there comes a time to restore your iPod, which is a very common fix for iPod problems, then all the music would be erased. If you no longer have the music in iTunes (or any other back up), then all that music would be lost.
My suggestion would be to bring that Maxtor hard drive home, transfer a back up copy of your music to it before you start deleting stuff from your laptop hard drive.
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have had to reformat my hard drive. I have installed windows 7 and want to know how to transfer the songs on my iPad back to the newly installed iTunes on my compute?

Copy all the content on your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes. Then go ahead and sync the iPod with your new library.
See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

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