Ipod Question

[Bramsafc]

My mate doesnt have a computer so i put his music on his ipod for him,but recently i had to format my hard drive and the last i done this when i put in the itunes etc for his ipod as soon as i plugged the ipod in it instantly formatted it,leaving my to put all the albums on again one by which took some time,,,,,,,so is there a way to stop the ipod from formatting as i dont want to put all the albums back on again one by one.........cheers for any replies

 

[Bramsafc]

this is the reason why i dont own an ipod i use an iriver i hate the way the pod is set up and much it is a pain to add and remove albums/single songs etc

 

[Bramsafc]

can you use these programs without installing the ipod software beforehand or an i gonna have touse it after the ipod has been formatted and then all the music put back on