can i transfer music from an old iPod to a new one

You need to transfer the music from your old iPod to your iTunes library first before it can be synced to the new one.

See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0

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