Lost Ipod Playlist

I have a 5th Gen IPOD and lost my harddrive on my computer. Everything is backed up on my ipod and an external drive. All the playlist are only on my IPOD. Can anyone recommend a solution to get the playlists off the IPOD?
I tried Yamipod, but it requires you to have your IPOD preset with ITUNE. If I do that it will erase my entire IPOD.
Thanks,
Eric

there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve music files and playlists from your iPod, this is just a small selection of what's available, you can also read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Senuti Mac Only
PodView Mac Only
PodWorks Mac Only
iPodDisk PPC Mac Only (experimental version available for Intel Macs)
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac & Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac & Windows

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