Transfering music from my ipod to my new computer

I have a new computer. I gave my old one to my grandson. I deleted everything from the old computer including my itunes. I tried to transfer the music from my ipod onto itunes in my new computer, but it won't transfer unless the music is from the itunes store. Most of my music is from cd's. If I try to sync it will delete everything from my ipod. It shouldn't be this difficult. How do I transfer my music into itunes?

I have to admit I've never actually tried it, but I think it can be done. If you go into Preferences and click the devices tab, there's an option to prevent devices from syncing automatically. If you check that before connecting your ipod, it won't delete the files. Then when you connect your ipod, select the option to enable the disk as a hard drive. After that, you should probably be able to access the ipod through my computer and copy the files over to your computer.

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    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
    or i found this item
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    Pasted from another thread
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2234756?start=0&tstart=0
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    B-rock

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  • HT1329 My old computer crashed and I had to get a new one.  I was unable to save anything from the old computer.  Is there anyway to get my music from my Ipod to my new computer without having to start over with the old cd's again

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    iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
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    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5044027&#5044027
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=893334&tstart=0
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=797432&#797432
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    http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/02/how-to-get-music-off-your-ipod/
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