...but I don't want to get rid of my iTunes music/videos etc. Obviously this is because I've paid for downloads and have thousands of songs. Is there any way of avoiding deleting my iTunes library?
Get yourself an external hard drive and copy everything (not just your iTunes music files) to it. In my opinion you should be backing up everything regularly anyway in case your computer dies/breaks/gets pinched etc...
My problem is I have formated my computer, and forgot to back up my itunes but I have songs on my Ipod, what can I do to get all my music back to my computer?