Saving songs on iPod before reformatting it to new laptop (how?)

So I have a 120GB iPod Classic that was formatted originally on a Mac. All of the songs on that Mac were downloaded. I now have a PC laptop with new songs on my iTunes. I made sure I disabled the automatic synching on the iTunes for my PC. I plugged my iPod into my laptop, and it said I had to reformat it since it was done before on a Mac. I assume that means I need to save those songs on the iPod somewhere else before I reformat it, right? How does one go about doing that? If I bought a portable hard drive, could I download the songs from my iPod on to that hard drive? I can't do anything on my computer without reformatting it the iPod, and I'm worried that means I will lose my songs. Am I being paranoid? What might be the best way to take care of this?

If your iPod is formatted for Mac it won't run natively on a PC because Windows operating systems don't recognize Mac OS-formatted disks (HFS or HFS Plus formats). A portable hard drive would have to be connected to a computer so you could load anything on to it so you'd still be accessing the drive through Windows unless you intend connecting it through a Mac first.There are third party programs that will allow you to use a Mac formatted iPod on Windows. XPlay for instance gets good reviews and has the added functionality to let you copy your songs back to iTunes. Once you have your songs saved to the PC you can go ahead and restore the iPod on your PC and reformat it for Windows. You can purchase XPlay at this link: XPlay

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    Hence the reason we are always harping on backups.
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