OK. My darling daughter who's never backs up anything HDD crashed. So, please, if you've been here and done this, give me your tips and suggestions about the easiest way for me to get all her music/videos via Nano 3rd generation back on to iTunes. She has a new HP notebook, OS Vista SP1. Thank you.

Or this

1. Insert your iPod to a Windows PC USB or FireWire port. (PC should runs Windows XP or other Windows operating system).
2. If your Windows PC still doesn’t have iTunes installed, skip this step. If iTunes is already installed and prompt a message on whether if you’d like to associate this iPod with this computer and deleting its content, click No. Or else you will lose your only copy of library on iTunes. Beside, ensure that ‘Enable Disk Use’ is selected.
3. Open My Computer or Windows Explorer, the iPod should be automatically detected as a portable hard drive.
4. Click on the iPod icon or the iPod portable hard drive letter to open the contents of the drive.
5. If you don’t see a folder called “iPod Control”, it’s hidden and invisible. To unhidden it so that it’s visible, go to Tools -> Folder Options -> View, and then check (enable) the option “Show hidden files and folders.”
6. Open the “iPod Control” folder, and then the Music folder.
7. The Music folder contains the iPod’s music and videos, divided into folders. Copy the library to local computer hard drive’s My Music folder.
8. The files copied have unintelligible four-letter file names. To reveal the names of the songs and other data tags, add the files to the Windows Media Player or iTunes libraries or switch to “Tiles” view in Windows Explorer.
9. Rename the file if necessary.

Hey thanks BIG time mdiver for the assistance and the links. I have questions.

With either options will her album art, playlist and rating still be in tack? (698 song) and videos (5)

On the 2nd option: I've yet to download iTunes on the computer but when I do I'm to say No to associating her iPod with her computer? Right? Also when I copy the music from her library to My Music folder will they all download in sequence? Thanks again.

TD3 said:

They will be in a totally unrecognizable format BUT when you add them back to itunes (you will have a folder copied from the ipod that you then add back in to itunes) it will sort them all out for you (if you tick the allow itunes to organize music box) and everything will be as it was. I had to do this on a 120gb and it was ll fine

No muss no fuss: I thank you and my daughter Brett thanks you.
Mom is suppose to know everything still... even for a twenty year old grown woman. Besides, I thought she was suppose to be the computer savvy one?

TD3 said:

No worries, glad it is sorted