Kinda technical, but deals with music so I'm posting here You guys ever have a computer crash? or just lost all your music for your itunes? or just simply wanted to transfer music from your ipod straight to a computer w/o the need to download a program well here you go(shamwow YEAH!, i sound like an infomercial). I have vista, but the way you do it on XP worked perfect for me. STEPS: 1. An ipod (stating the obvious) 2. When you connect the Ipod go to my computer 3. From there right click on the device and explore 4. Folders are going to come up, the folder you want is named ipod control 5. This folder is hidden 6. Tools --> folder options--> view --> show hidden files and folders 7. ipod control folder shows up The mp3s are contained in various folders which might be a hassle, and there is also the fact that details like author, song, title, etc do not transfer over BUT it sure beats losing all of your music for whatever reason. Hope this helps blades one love <3 if this is already a post, my apologies