Probs with connecting to itunes on windows after using a mac previously.

Question

I had an iBook in the past and only connected my 60gb iPod through that, recently i've had problems with my iBook so its being repaired. So that i could add music to my iPod, i set up iTunes on my mothers laptop windows) and spent maybe £90 on songs to completely update my collection, but when i tryed to connect my iPod to it, a box just pops up saying "in order to sync this ipod, you will need to restore it" which of course i dont want to do, as i will loose the 2000 songs i already have on it, which i won't beable to put back as all of those songs are on my original source (ibook).
If anyone knows why this is happening, or has any tips to help, i would be so grateful. Thanks very much
C

Answer 1

I also reccomend MacDrive, but if you have a friend who has a Mac, maybe you can use some third party software and 'back-up' your music using software that will rip music from iPod to computer. Now that you have raw mp3's or m4p's you can use a hard drive, add those songs to your mom's computer, and there ya go, all your songs, requires a lot of hardware, and maybe if you dont have a friend with a mac, sneak into one of them Apple Stores, when the sales associates are busy, and you can do whatever you want on their computers.
http://www.longfingers.com/ipodfolder/
^software to back-up songs from iPod to Mac