Short answer, no with a but :) The DRM'd music from iTunes is authorized for up to 5 computers. Once she reformats, from what I have experienced iTunes will treat it as a new machine. So she will be able to play them, although the best solution is to go into iTunes and "Deauthorize Machine" beforehand to prevent wasting a spot.
The problem is that one of the DRM limitations that the labels forced was that songs could not be copied from an iPod back to a PC. This is to prevent me from taking my iPod to your house and giving you all my music. So if she attaches the iPod to her reformatted machine it will say something like "this iPod is linked to another computer, wipe and sync with this machine?" which is a NO. That will erase all the data. The solution is to use a 3rd party iPod software utility like one of the one listed here: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/ipod-software-windows/ I haven't really tried any of them so I am not sure which is the best but I'm sure with some googling you can find something cheap/free that will let you transfer the files off. -- Brian
