IPods/ITunes and a reformatted HD

[kyzerjose]

Short version - Needed to reformat my HD for the 2nd time (screw Dell). Last time I tried to synch my IPod to ITunes and ended up having to reformat the IPod and reload all of my CDs, then synch.

Is there a way to upload the tunes I already have stored on the Ipod to ITunes or am I screwed again?

Is there a different application (Real Player?) that could accomplish the same thing?

[LeapFrog]

Dock your ipod with a pc. Then go to my computer, you should see the ipods name listed as a storage device. You can then navigate the folders and copy off your music.

[kyzerjose]

Nope. Music files not visible, just three generic txt folders.

[LeapFrog]

Make sure you are viewing hidden files and folders, they should be there, just pulled a few off of my ipod to test this. The file names were wacky though but the tagging and everything else was fine.

[coderiver]

You can also burn a backup copy using the itunes backup menu item. Allows you to burn your whole library to CD or DVD.