How do I prevent songs wiped out of NANO??

Hello & thanks for being here. Okay we charge the Nano 2GB by USB on our Win XP SP2 . The first time I had to do a re-install of my Windows XP, well when I was done I hooked up the Nano again to re-charge and it wiped out all the downloaded songs on the Nano. How can I prevent this from happening? I don't want to burn the music to CD's, I want it on my Nano
~~Thank you kindly,,Paul
Message was edited by: cooldep

Paul,
You can change the update setting on your Nano from automatic to manually update songs and playlists. This will allow you to connect it to another PC if you like (or to an empty iTunes if you have to reformat your hard drive) without your iPod being cleared of it's contents
For info:
The iPod offers three ways to transfer music from your computer. You can select one of the following update modes from the iPod Preferences menu in iTunes (Edit=>Preferences=>'iPod' tab):
1) Automatically update all songs and playlists. This is the default mode, in which your entire music library, including playlists, is automatically synced to your iPod. If the music library on your computer exceeds the iPod storage capacity, you are prompted to select a different update method.
2) Automatically update selected playlists only. With this option, iTunes automatically copies the playlists you have selected to the iPod when you connect it to the computer.
3) Manually manage songs and playlists. You can also choose to transfer music to the iPod manually. This allows you to drag and drop individual songs and playlists from iTunes to the iPod.

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