IPod Mini: General Problems AND semi complicated issues!

Hello.
I've had my trusty Mini for about...2 or 3 years now. It's always been faithful, never having any terrible problems. But recently, I've noticed the charge time has decreased insanely. If I charged it for 3 hours, I could probably get a good 30 minutes out of it before needing to charge it again. It's that bad. Have I maybe been over charging it?
And to my complicated problem. I had an old version of iTunes installed on my old computer. I never updated it because I liked iTunes just the way it was. Everything was good, untill the power supply on my computer burned out and took with it the motherboard. So, every shred of music I ever had was gone, except for what I had on my good 'ol iPod. I've been charging the iPod on other computers and that's been working alright (charge was already decreased). Now, I need to burn a couple of CDs for a friend of mine, but I only have the songs on my iPod. In my old iTunes, if I plugged in a second iPod other than mine, it brought up its library which I could play. And then I could plug mine in and play that later, too. But when I tried doing this on the most up to date versions of iTunes, I simply get a screen with a few tabs about settings and a bar with my memory usage, none of which bring my iPod's library up so I can possibly copy its contents to the computer. What am I supposed to do?

About the battery problem:
After about 400 charge cycles, the battery is only able to retain up to 80% of its battery charge, and with even further cycles, can hold even less. Read more about batteries here: http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipods.html
By the way, it's impossible to overcharge the battery. The iPod has an I/O Controller (binary for on/off) that controls charging and prevents you from overcharging (the iPod will simply display "charged" and will not charge any further).
About the other problem:
I don't know of any specific, because I don't use them, but I know there are some programs out there that "reverse sync" the music on your iPod back to your computer. Try one of these.

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Kyle,
Thanks for your help. I will check the Hp website for warranty information for her iPod.
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I reset her iPod and it seems to have solved the charging problem. It may have been an indicator problem — I saw some posts about that. I am having my daughter listen to her iPod all day today and see how long the battery lasts.
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