Ipod synched to only one library at a time - can not add songs?

I initially loaded my shuffle with songs on a friends computer. Now I want to add more songs to it but if I plug it into a different computer in itunes I get an error message that says my ipod is synced with another library, it can only be synced with one so my only option is to delete my ipod and sync with the new library? (my friends computer crashed months ago so there is no option of getting those songs or going back to that computer to change my settings) I do not want to delete my ipod and start over. Is this specific to the shuffle because I know people who have plugged ipods into other friend's computers to add songs? Has anyone else had this problem and do you know how to fix it? Thanks!

dschultz wrote:
Is this specific to the shuffle because I know people who have plugged ipods into other friend's computers to add songs? Has anyone else had this problem and do you know how to fix it? Thanks!
It's specific to the shuffle and is supposed to prevent (easy) theft of music.
Advising you how to circumvent this is actually against the terms of use of this forum...HOWEVER (from the very fine "iPod shuffle Features Guide:")
Important:
Once you’ve synced iPod shuffle with the iTunes library on a computer, a
message appears whenever you connect iPod shuffle to another computer, asking if
you want to sync with the iTunes library on the new computer. Click Cancel if you want
to keep the current music content on iPod shuffle. Or, click Transfer Purchases to keep
the contents on iPod shuffle and copy the purchased songs on it to the iTunes library
on the new computer. See iTunes Help for more information.

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