Getting music onto an iPod sans iTunes?!

Is there another way to get music onto an iPod without using iTunes? I have all my music on my iPod and uninstalled iTunes because I cleared out my hard drive… if i plug it in, itunes will update my iPod and everything will be erased. i’ve learned this sad lesson once and don’t want to repeat it. I also don’t want to go back and re-make playlists etc that are now no longer on my computer.

There are some new songs I want to get onto my nano, but I don’t want to use iTunes cause I want to keep everything in tact as is.

thanks.

The way is to install iTunes. Plugin in your iPod and say no when it asks if you want to manage that iPod. You might need to ensure your preferences are deleted (registry [win] or ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist [mac]).

Afterwards, there are many programs that will copy your music to iTunes and restore your playlists and played count.