Things you need:
- iPod
- Computer with iTunes installed
- The first thing you want to do is connect your ipod to your computer via the white USB cable.If itunes opens and asks you if you would like to sync up your ipod click NO!
- After your ipod is connected, open My Computer and look for the ipod drive. You will see the ipod logo in the listing of disk drives.
- If you are using Windows vista: Open the ipod drive and click on ORGANIZE. Then folder and search options tab. Then View and Show hidden files and folders.
If you are using Windows XP, open the ipod drive and click tools then Folder options then View tab then click show hidden files and folder. Finally click Apply. - Now you should have a new folder called ipod_control. Open that folder up and you should see the following: Calendar, Contacts, ipod_control, notes, photos, ect. If you are trying to save all of your music then the ipod_control folder is the only one you need to worry about.
- Open the ipod_control folder then open the music folder. Copy each one of those folders (should look similar to these: F00, F01 ...) onto your computer. You can do this by creating a new folder on your desktop and dragging the files into the folder.
- Open itunes and insert the new folder you created on your computer's desktop into: library ---> Music
- You can now sync your ipod to this new computer with out losing all of your music.
Method 2: Use Leawo iTransfer to transfer from iPod to iTunes in several steps
Things you need:
- iPod
- Computer with Leawo iTransfer and iTunes installed
- The same with the step 1 in the method above - connect your iPod with your computer.
- Open iTransfer, and you will see your iPod has been listed in the left.
- Click Music tab under the icon of iPod to list all the songs available.
- Choose the songs needed to be transferred and choose iTunes option in the drop-down menu of Transfer to.
- After that, you will find the music in iTunes.
