Thank you so much for your help. I have downloaded 'ipod access for windows' from drew findley .com it looks like it will do the trick just got to find the confindence to try it!!! One last question Do you think it will duplicate my songs in itunes or just sychronise the files so I can play them instead of it saying 'the song ....... could not be used because the file could not be found' ? Sorry to be a pain!