Simple iTunes question

[Skilz34]

I recently bought the 40G iPod for my music of course but also as a backup hard drive.

Let's say my iPod is full of songs and my hard drive crashes. I get a new hard drive, and plug my iPod into the machine (of course iTunes will have no songs in it).

My question is:
Will my iPod load the songs that are on it INTO iTunes?

The reason why I am asking is because my thinking is, "Well I don't have to backup my music because it is on my iPod."

Someone let me know if my question is legit, :) thanks.

[tomf87]

Not that I know of.

However there are programs, like Pod Manager, that let you copy songs back from the iPod to the Mac. Definitely worthwhile in getting this utility beforehand.

[LFrascogna]

The iPod itself will not do it. Try ipodRIP. I don't have a link, search around for it. However, I would be worried if iTunes was last set on autosync, it will automatically sync up. So set it to manual before you ship it off or change drives.