Just a question about 3rd Gen Ipod

I recently bougtht a 3rd Gen Ipod off of ebay. I'm a PC user but it's formated for a MAC. I know I have to reformat it for windows so I can use it. But my question is, is there any way I can somehow get the songs off my I pod to my computer before I inevitually have to erase and reformat it. There is alot of good songs that came with it, I don't want to lose them if I can somehow avoid it.

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