I bought my ipod from my friend and it already had a lot of music that i like on it and i want to add more stuff from some cds but i dont want to get rid of the old stuff?

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Ask if you guys can share an account. More than 1 iPod can be used with the same music and account but if you are using different computers you can import your music. If it is an older ipod you may be able to open up the ipod device in my computer and go to tools, folder options, view and then go down to view and then go down to view hidden files and folders. If it is not an older ipod and it is a touch or another newer ipod you have to download a program to import your music. If you don't import your music when you hook up your ipod to the computer and sync it with iTunes, itunes will mirror what's in your itunes library to your ipod. So if nothing is in your itunes library everything will be deleted. There will be a message that comes up saying that the ipod has been synced with another itunes library and if you want to either sync the purchased songs from the ipod, erase and sync or cancel. Cancel the sync and click on your ipod in the side bar so you can get your ipod information there you can select to not sync your ipod when it's connected. So this it will save you a lot of hassle. Now you can download a program to transfer the songs from your ipod to your computer. Music rescue is great and it's free. There is just a message that comes up every 50 songs asking you to buy. It copies all your songs from your ipod to your computer. You can choose to transfer directly to itunes or create a folder of your songs. I recommend you create a folder and add it to itunes. Once you have all your songs in itunes double check all of your songs play and they don't have errors.