How to Get music from IPOD to External HD?

My external HD Failed. I have some of the music backed up on DVD but all most all of it is on my IPOD. Does any one know how I could get the music from my IPOD to my new External HD? One problem I think I will have is that I have about 100G of music and an 80G Macbook. There are some programs out there that let you take the music from your IPOD to you computer but they put the music right on your internal HD. Mine won't have enough room. So this is a problem. I had my old External HD set up to hold all my music so when I downloaded it, it went straight to my EX HD. I don't know how I did this because I had help from the genius bar. Can anyone help out?

annoying. itunes seemed to be a well designed product which did everything effortlessly. shame if apple didnt make it work for non apple MP3s. is Sharepod the only way to link non-apple MP3s or is there other products as well designed as Itunes that work? doesnt look like Sharepod has anything like the podcast and easy search music directory features of iTunes.

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[5 Ways to Copy Music OFF your iPod and onto iTunes|http://www.metaphoriclabs.com/articles/5-ways-to-copy-music-off-your-ipo d-windows-mac-os-x>
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[How to copy songs your iPod to your PC|http://lifehacker.com/software/ipod/how-to-copy-songs-from-your-ipod-to-your -pc-105256.php]
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