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Copy files from an iPod to a computer using Disk Mode
It is possible to copy music from an iPod to a computer by using the iPod's Disk Mode. In Disk Mode, the iPod will show as a drive letter on your PC so that files can be copied from one drive to another.
Place your iPod in Disk Mode
Once you iPod is in Disk Mode, connect it to your PC.
Click on the drive letter that represents your iPod (it will probably be E: or F:).
Folders on your iPod are usually "hidden". To display these folder, in the Windows Explorer navigation menu, click on "Tools-> Folder Options" and click on the "View" tab. Choose the "Show Hidden Files and Folders" option and click "OK."
Look for the "iPod Control" folder and open it. Click on "Music" in that folder. There should be a number of other folders here, named F00, F01, F02 and so forth. These are your music files. They are not organized in a any particular fashion within these folders, you'll have to organize them later.
Copy the "Music" folder to your hard drive or whatever other device you choose. Or, if you do not want to select all the files, pick and choose through the MP3s. You should be able to see the file names as you mouse over each individual file.
After you have copied all your files from iPod into your Computer you can see that all files are labeled with 4 letter file name. You cannot understand which file is for which Song because all information is hidden into the file. But do not worried about that because you can play them in Winamp, Windows Media Player or QuickTime and then you can see all information such as Album Name, Singer and all other information what you added before in your iTunes. You can then rename the files if you would like or you can keep them as they are.
