New computer and I want to transfer songs

I just got a new laptop, and I'm trying to transfer all the songs from my desktop to my laptop. A few times I had to reboot my desktop. I lost everything obiviously (including all my songs), but I thought since they were on my iPod, I could plug that in and the songs would do a reverse transfer if you will. Normally, the songs get uploaded from the computer to the iPod, and I figured they would upload from my iPod to my computer instead. Well I thought wrong. Since my iTunes library currently had nothing in it, when I wne tto sync my iPod, all the songs were deleted. This happened both times I needed to reboot my computer. It's a pain to go CD by CD and upload all the songs I like back on to my computer. So I'm wondering if someone knows how to correctly transfer songs on my iPod to my new computer, if it's even possible. Or do I have to use a flash drive and transfer the songs in small groups back and forth between the two computers? if anyone can help, that would be SO appreciated. Thanks so much!!
Kara

*I'm wondering if someone knows how to correctly transfer songs on my iPod to my new computer, if it's even possible.*
Connect your iPod to your new computer. If it is set to update automatically you'll get a message that it is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all the songs from your iPod. Your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list from where you can change the update setting to manual and use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Also when using most of the utilities listed below your iPod needs to be enabled for disc use, changing to manual update will do this by default. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button: Managing content manually on iPod
Once you are safely connected there are a few things you can do to restore your iTunes from the iPod. If you have any iTunes Music Store purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod to a computer
The transfer of content from other sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, this is just a small selection of what's available, they are generally quite straightforward. You can read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
TuneJack Windows Only
iPod2PC Windows Only
iGadget Windows Only
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iPodRip Mac & Windows
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Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows
There is also a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows or a Mac. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available at this link: Two-way Street: Moving Music Off the iPod
Whichever of these retrieval methods you choose, keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync. I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up, relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days, you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay.

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