Trying to reinstall music library from ipod

My wife's macbook had a major crash and hard drive needed to be completely reformatted and rebuilt.
after reinstalling mac os I can't reinstall her itunes library from the ipod ( the only source of her music)
I keep getting an error that says the ipod is already synced to another library and would i like to erase the ipod and sync it with the new itunes.
is there anyway to recover the music from the ipod to the computers itunes?

Yes there are programs out there that will do that for you. Senuti - http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/ another is iPod Works - http://www.scifihifi.com/podworks/
iTunes is a one way conduit excluding iTS purchases - from iTunes to the iPod.
To prevent erasing your iPod that is synced to another library - hold down the 'option' + /command keys when plugging in the iPod -- keep the keys down until your iPod shows in the Devices List of iTunes - this will prevent an update of unwanted sync.
MJ

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