New computer, same ipod nano. cant access songs

i just got a new laptop and all my songs are on my old computer. i have an ipod nano 2g. i know i have to transfer them using an external drive or disc. but is there a way to transfer them off my ipod? alos when i use itunes on my new notebook it says that the ipod is synced with another library and i cant get my songs on it! please help....

Connect your iPod to your computer. When you 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. A paragraph on it has been added to this article: Transfer iTunes Store purchases using iPod
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 also read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
TuneJack Windows Only
iPod2PC Windows Only
iGadget Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
iRepo Windows Only
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
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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I have recently purchased a new computer. I have the same iPod, and it came with iTunes installed.
My old computer (which I still have access to) contains the library which my iPod recognizes as its "home computer".
I'm finding it very difficult to transfer my library from my old computer to my new one. They are connected in a network, if that counts for anything. Please help me!

what you can do is repost your question in the right forums that will give better answers.
YOu mention a 30 gb ipod video go here
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=808
You mention connecting it go here
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=806
You mention imac go here
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1110
No where in your post do you mention a ipod nano which what this forum is only meant for. I know its easy to get lost in these forums so check out the links and find which is best and i promise youll get better help than here for your imac and 30 gb ipod video.
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No. If you try to sync your iPod with a new iTunes library, it'll erase all content from the iPod and replace it with the content that is in the new iTunes library.
So if you need to move data from your iPod back to your new PC first, see this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering different methods and software available to assist you with this task.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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scubagirl77 wrote:
i was wondering if there was a way for me to officially transfer music from my iPod to the new computer.
check out this post by Zevoneer.
also, there is PhoneView.
additionally, check out [this|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12257908#12257908] post by *Chris CA*.
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Is the music on your computer? If so then make sure everything is updated...
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download
http://www.apple.com/ipod/download
Then just connect the iPod and it will sync the songs in iTunes.
Post back if I misunderstood your question
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Peter,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
First: It is not safe to have your music on your iPod only. iPods do fail sometimes and would leave you with an empty iPod and no music.
That said, it is possible to get your tunes of your iPod. You don't mention your OS but you may find an utility for this on versiontracker.
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Connect the iPod to your computer and select it on the left-hand sidebar of your computer's iTunes (if you have iTunes 11 on your computer then you can enable the sidebar via option-command-S on a Mac, control-S on a PC), and then on the right-hand side you can use the Music tab to select which of your music that you want on the iPod.
Syncing music : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1351

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I tried to transfer purchases from my iPod to a new computer, but for some of the songs it asks for a different Apple ID and password than mine. Ideas?

You definitely need to resurrect the old password associated with the Apple ID you used to purchase the music.
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If you no longer have access to that email, the resolution to this problem becomes considerably more difficult. In that event you would need to contact iTunes Support and explain your dilemma.

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