Is it possible to back my ipod touch to an external hard-drive

my ibook G4 is nearly 10 years old and the memory space is going so i am unable to store my music on my itunes library so i only have one copy of all my music and that is on my ipod touch. my dad recently bought an external hard-drive and i was wondering if there was a way of backing up my itouch without having to use my laptop. if i lost all my music i would die
Message was edited by: seth jones

Hi,
While Jolly Giant's advice is sound, it only applies if your music is in your iTunes library on your iBook, from what I can understand from your post this is not your situation.
To retrieve your music from your touch I would suggest you read the (famous) post by "Zevoneer" (Thank you Zevoneer.)
[Click Here|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11095330&#11095330]
He explains how to get your music off without risking losing it, you will need to use your laptop or another computer but I should think the music could be saved directly through to your ext. HD, read carefully, when you have finished make sure you back up elsewhere properly.
Good luck,
Dud.
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