HT1202 I currently have a 4g iPod loaded music from my own cd's through iTunes on computer I no longer have.  Now would like to add new songs but do not want to lose current songs. How do I do this help!

Currently need help to load additional songs on my iPod without losing current songs that were load from my own cd's through iTunes year ago on computer I do not have therefore songs are not on my current computer   I would like to up load from this devise to current computer &add additional songs. Through purchase & my cd collection without losing current iPod songs.   Please help

Your iPod is designed to sync with only one iTunes library at a time.  It will recognize the iTunes library on the PC as a new library.  If you sync the iPod with this new library, all content will be erased from the iPod and replaced with what is in the new library.  So what you will want to do is copy everything from the iPod to your new iTunes library on your PC first.
See this excellent user tip from another forum member turingtest2 outlining the different methods and software available to help you copy content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device
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