New PC will I lose my songs?

Question

I had all my music on my old computer, but that computer broke and I cant get my music back. So if I plug in my Ipod NANO into my NEW computer, will I lose all my songs? And is there a way to save them?
adri92683
Nano 4 GB   Windows XP  

Answer 1

Hi adri92683!
First, install the latest iTunes before you connect your iPod to your computer, if you haven’t done that already (to download iTunes, go here).
Then, when it comes time to connect your iPod to your computer, let's start out with preventing iTunes from automatically syncing with your iPod, which would delete all of the contents off of it. Although this is unlikely, let's go ahead and do it to be safe:
1 - Open iTunes.
2 - Connect your iPod to your computer.
3 - Basically as soon as your iPod begins to display "Do Not Disconnect", begin to press and hold the Shift and Ctrl keys on your keyboard together simultaneously.
4 - Continue to hold these keys for about 20 seconds after your iPod is showing up in the Source List in iTunes.
After you've done this, click on your iPod's name in the Source List, and under the "Summary" tab, tick the "Manually manage" option for your iPod. Click the "Apply" button in the bottom-right corner to save your changes.
Also, when you connect your iPod to your computer, you will get a message that says: "The contents of the iPod "your iPod's name" is synced to another iTunes library. Would you like to replace its contents with the existing library?" (or at least along those lines.)
Please make sure to click on "Cancel" when you receive this message, and NOT "Erase and Sync", or else your iPod's songs will be replaced with the current contents of your iTunes library, deleting anything that isn’t currently backed up.
After you've prevented your iPod's songs from being lost when doing that, we can transfer the iPod's songs to your computer.
There are a couple of methods in doing this.
First, you can use this article to transfer your iPod's contents to a new computer, as a folder in iTunes:
How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
Or, if you would rather use a more straightforward method, you can use a third-party program.
If you're on a PC, try using YamiPod.
-Kylene