Holly in France wrote:
Another point, the iPod says it needs a high power USB2 port - how do we
know if ours is high power or not, and just in case it isn't, are we likely
to do any damage if we plug it in and see what happens?!

Probably not. If the iPod needs more power than your PC's USB ports can
provide, you can plug in a *powered* USB hub which costs not a lot.

Owain