How do I back-up music so I can "restore"?

If I restore, I lose all my music? and if I dont, I cant access my ipod on the computer? What?
Restore instructions mention "backing up" but dont mention "HOW"? oy! Help!

I found IPOD services under admin tools of control panel and disabled it...
No, no, not "Disable" it, just "STOP" it. You still want it to be set to "Automatic", you just want to Stop the Service.
After you have stopped it, you can verify that it is not running as follows: bring up the Task Manager (press ctrl-shift-esc), select the Processes tab, and verify that the iPodService.exe process is not listed there, nor is iTunes.exe (iTunesHelper.exe is okay though).
If you don't see those listed, and it still locks up when you plug in your iPod, well, then your computer is well and truly hosed. You need to reinstall Windows. And that's a whole other can of worms...

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