Sharing music between 2 ipods

I have a nano and a classic. Most of my music is on the classic and not on my computer's library. I would like to transfer a few songs from the classic to the nano and/or the library on my computer. Is there any way to drag and drop from the classic to the nano or from the classic to the library? (I only get a "no" sign when I try) I have tried opening up the music files from the classic from the windows start menu but when I open up the classic's file folder there is no music folder, only calendar, contacts, etc. I have tried reading several tutorials with no luck.
Also, I am tentative to sync my ipods to my library because when I tried it before all of the music from the ipod was erased except for the file I was trying to update. Is there any way to update a folder while leaving everything else alone?
Any help is appreciated!
Amber

You can't transfer directly from one iPod to another, anything you have on one that you want on the other (that isn't in iTunes already) has to be copied back to iTunes and the second iPod updated from there.
If you have any iTunes Music Store purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
The transfer of content 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 read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Comparison of iPod managers
TuneJack Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod2PC Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
SharePod Windows Only
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac and Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows
Floola Mac & Windows
iGadget Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
There's also a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to a Mac or PC. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available on page 2 at this link: Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide

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