ok here we go i recently purchesed a 40gb ipod and at the time i was overseas so a friend with a apple laptop downloaded some music on to it for me(4000+songs) but the problem now is i not knowing much about these things went and plug it in to my PC with consulting the manual first now my ipod is showing Format Windows and no music yet half of my ipods hard drive is full how can i retrieve the music my friend put on with her apple so it all shows and plays in widows format, please help thanks james

If you have formatted the iPod then you are unable to retrieve the music. iPods will only let you work with one computer IE: If you set it up and download songs on one computer, then take it to another computer, the iPod will want to reformat so the songs are cleared from the iPod and cannot be transported to another system. This is to prevent illegal copying etc. You could use a tool such as Senuti, but it is only available for the Mac platform, and from what you say you have a windows system? Senuti will get all the songs off your ipod and allow you to save them to your hard drive (for later conversion) providing the songs are still there. However, a similar program for Windows is available here: http://www.ephpod.com/ I have never tried it so don't know if it works, so you will have to read through the help file. I hope this is of some use. Regards, Kyomii

There is another software on the internet that I had used personal to recover my music, its called Ipod agent. You can download and use a trial version for free for a certain amount of time, then you would have to pay or just remove it from your PC. Zen01