How do I back up my ipod to a usb drive?

I live out of town and finally got to a mac store last week and the guy said the best he could do was reset my ipod and see if the camera that's broken on the front would work without my settings but he realized I would need it for the car ride back home, so I was wondering if anyone knew how to backup onto usb drives? It's a 64 gig ipod and I don't have a lot of space on any 1 of my 3 computers.... Also, if anyone knows how to fix my front camera without having to send it in, I'd appriciate it since sending it in might cost me nearly $200 due to bad warrenty.... Thank you for any help.

The iPod can be backed up to a computer using iTunes. Alteritvley if the iPad is running iOS 5; you could try backing up to iCloud.
More info about iCloud Backup can be found in iCloud: Backup and restore overview.
iTunes: About iOS backups, outlines what iTunes can backup from an iPhone. (the list of what itunes backsup is longer.)

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