ABSOLUTELY PANICKING - PLEASE HELP - I lost my entire iTunes library

I opened my iTunes today and it was entirely blank. As of last night, I had 1400+ songs, several movies, and several t.v. shows.
I found the iTunes library folder which contained 1000 of my songs, the movies, and the t.v. shows and I transferred the folder back into iTunes.
Here's my question/fear:
I share my iTunes with my daughter so we have two Playlists set up and have our iPods set to sync from our playlists only. When I plug my iPod into iTunes, is it going to delete all the songs on my iPod because I don't have my playlist anymore? I don't want to lose the other 400 songs which I had imported and I don't necessarily want to have to recreate my original playlist.
After I get this fixed, my panic is going to be replaced with anger as to why my iTunes program failed. That's a costly malfunction.

"When I plug my iPod into iTunes, is it going to delete all the songs on my iPod because I don't have my playlist anymore?"
You can use a keyboard command to prevent your iPod auto-syncing with iTunes. While connecting the iPod to the computer on Windows with iTunes 7.3 installed hold down the Shift + Ctrl keys. This will stop the iPod from auto-syncing with iTunes and the iPod will appear in the source list. Wait until you are sure the iPod has mounted, and that it will not auto sync and then you can let the keys go. This may take between 20 to 30 seconds depending on your computer: iTunes 7.3 Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
Once you are safely connected change your update setting to manual. That way you can connect and use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing your songs. Keep it in manual until you can sort out the problems with your library: Managing content manually on iPod

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