PodUtil

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I have a new machine (no iTunes loaded yet) and want to transfer music from my iPod. I have searched the archives and have a game plan but wanting to know what order I need to do everything?

I have plugged the iPod into the new machine and see it as a hard drive and see the music files, but if I right click>copy, then paste to new machine, I get some odd file/whatever that won't copy and an error message shuts the process down.

Should I install iTunes then install something like PodUtil and do it that way?
My concern with that is when I first hook up the iPod after iTunes has been loaded (PodUtill too), it may default and automatically update from the new (empty) iTunes, wiping out the stuff on the iPod.

I know that to use a thrid party aplication, the iPod in iTunes needs to be set to "enable disk mode" but also, "auto launch" needs to be disabled too. How do I make sure that these options are set correctly without... wel you know, messing it up.

Thanks in advance, I've learned a lot from this forum

Glenn

[honeybee1236]

Just open the iPod and drag the music folder to the desktop & then disconnect the iPod and install iTunes or use one of the apps in my sig under 'freeware'.

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When I drag the music folder over, part way thru the process I get a dialog box... "Cannot copy ZKZP: the file or directory is corruped and unreadable"

Glenn