Recovering songs after laptop crash

My laptop harddrive crashed and had to be replaced. I have all my songs on my ipod "original" but they won't synch w/ itunes. I have autorized the computer with itunes store but it just does not synch back into Itunes library.. I hate to have to import all my personal cd's again. HELP!
Thanks

The transfer of non iTMS content is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there's a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to your Mac at this link: Two-way Street: Moving Music Off the iPod
If you prefer something more automated there are also a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod, this is just a selection. Have a look at the web pages and documentation for these, they are generally quite straightforward. I use Senuti but check the others out and choose whichever you are happy with.
Senuti Mac Only
iPodRip Mac Only
PodWorks Mac Only
iPod.iTunes Mac Only
PodView Mac Only
iPod Access Mac and Windows Versions
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
PodUtil Mac and Windows Versions
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
A paragraph on the transfer of purchased content using iTunes 7 has been added to this article: How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer

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