Sure its been asked before but please can someone help re transfer old ipod

Question

Hello,
I appreciate this has probably been asked loads of times before but could someone "in the know" please tell me the easiest way to sort my dilema!!
I have a 2nd gen ipod & 1st gen ipod touch which were both on my old PC on seperate user accounts. I have since left my wife & she has the PC (we're still amicable!!) which contains both itunes accounts. That left me debating what to do as ideally I didn't want to be going back to hers to do my music management! To make things easy both the audio jack & dock connector broke on my touch meaning the repairs would have been the same as the cost of a new ipod classic so I went for the latter & set up a new itunes account on my laptop. Problem is I would like all of my old music on my new ipod as I had approx 4000 songs on the 2ng gen & 3500ish on my touch. Is there an easy way to get all of that music over to my new laptop & subsequently my new ipod without losing whats on my new ipod/itunes now?
Thank you to anyone who can help me with this.
Ben

Answer 1

Hey there,
One solution is to copy all the songs currently on your iPod to your new iTunes library. There are several ways you can pull the music off your iPod and onto iTunes.
It all depends on if you have a Mac or PC with how you copy your music over. The first link after the Apple support document below provides step-by-step instructions for the direct method if you have a PC as well as a few third party applications (for both the Mac and PC) if you choose to go that route instead. You can also do a simple google search for "copy music from iPod to computer" and you should receive a number of sites that can help you out.
Just make sure that when you have your iPod plugged into your new computer, that you don't hit "Erase and Sync" before completing the task of copying your music over.
Also, if you have any purchased music, you will probably have to re-authorize your computer by heading to the Store drop down menu and choosing "Authorize computer." From there, restore your iPod and sync it with your new library. I did notice you did not want to go this route though.
[5 Ways to Copy Music OFF your iPod and onto iTunes|http://www.metaphoriclabs.com/articles/5-ways-to-copy-music-off-your-ipo d-windows-mac-os-x>
Here are a few more helpful sites.
[Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide|http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipo d-to-computer]
Or
[How to copy songs your iPod to your PC|http://lifehacker.com/software/ipod/how-to-copy-songs-from-your-ipod-to-your -pc-105256.php]
B-rock