Keep your old music on ipod

i find it hard to keep me old music on my ipod when my computer is crash and i need to reboot my laptop. can someone tell me how to save my music so i dont lose them when i reload the software. coz i keep getting the message (new ipod is plug and do u want to syn and if so that will delete your music and replace them with the music in your itune. please help me.

Hi Joe!
I want to give my ipod to someone else with all my music on it. When they synch on thier computer, will itunes erase whatever is on the ipod as that music isn't in their copy of itunes?
Yes, iTunes' default settings are, when you connect an iPod to the computer, to automatically sync with the iPod, and replace all of its contents with that of the current iTunes library.
If you are still owning and using this music in your own house, however, then giving a copy of this music (presumably copyrighted) to someone else (again, presumably living in a different house) through your iPod would be illegal.
Again, this would only apply if you were still using the music on your own computer, and if the songs were copyrighted (most music, if not all, on a record label is copyrighted).
Is this what is happening, or am I missing something here?
-Kylene

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I had a warranty on my ipod touch and so I went to exchange it for a new one. Now on the new ipod I did a icloud restore so all the old content would be on my new ipod, but everything except my music downloaded fully. So my music is half there and I don't know how to get it to fully restore. Can you help me?

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To prevent auto sync, before you connect the iPod go to the iTunes preferences and select "devices", then select "disable automatic syncing for iPhones and iPods".
An alternative method is to connect the iPod whilst holding down the 'control+shift' keys and do not let them go until your iPod appears in iTunes.
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Other free programs are SharePod, Floola and iDump.
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There is also CopyTrans. This does preserve ratings/playcounts etc if those are important to you but this program is not free. It also supports video transfer.
More information is contained here.
Copying content from your iPod to your computer - The Definitive Guide.
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