I went through this issue a few weeks ago, heres what you do.
Install itunes 8, set music syncing to manual
Install Media Monkey v3 (its free) from
www.mediamonkey.com its the only programme I tried that actually works and I tried half a dozen.
Media monkey will transfer all your files from your ipod to your new computer no questions asked (although the file name will be different like "VGEP.mp3" but the ID tags will be unaffected. In Media Monkey you can just highlight every ipod song in the library and drag and drop them into a folder on you pc in the left side panel (like i did) or you can auto sync Media Monkey to auto sync music from your pod to the pc through selecting this option from the little ipod icon in the menu bar.
Once done use Itunes to import the folder where Media Monkey has transferred all your music to into the itunes library. When you first sync you ipod using itunes after this it will still wipe your music collection but then it will reload all the mp3s imported from Media Monkey back to your ipod tags still in place. Note backup your ipod (non music files) before syncing to sync your non music files/info like applications/pictures/contacts and settings.
After this you can set itunes to auto sync music afterwards.
Last edited by cribology : 04-12-2008 at 02:44