which generation your iPod touch is? if you use iTunes to transfer songs from laptop to an ipod touch, you must will get frustrated since itunes will promply wipe out all your previous music, video on ipod and replac them with the itunes library. so for safe, you shoule be good to turn to other tool and get some help in this case.
you can go to this page:
http://www.ipodtocomputertransfers.com/can-you-put-songs-and-videos-on-an-ipod-touch-without-itunes.html
may this will be helpful to you. it seems that program in it support all ipod touch and ipods.
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all u do is plug it in to your compputer and i tunes will autamaticcly sync the music on to it