How do I make itunes blind to my ipod?

so,...I have this fifth gen 30 gig ipod that I took to my local apple store where they determined that the reason why I could never get itunes to read its mp3 contents was a hardware problem. They said that they are gonna send me a replacement. So now I have this 30gig ipod that still works as a regular drive. So my idea is to use it as a backup drive to back up all of my important stuff.
my question is this: how do I get itunes to not try to "set up" my ipod every time its plugged in and itunes is on.....
does that make sense?

I think there may have been a miscommunication between the Apple employee and you.
From the Warranty info page;
"When a product or part is exchanged, any replacement item becomes your property and the replaced item becomes Apple's property."

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