Accidently Removed All Music from Ipod

I have just accidently removed all my songs from my Ipod. I have the 5th gen, 30 gig video and using itunes, I selected in the options "automatically update selected playlists" and it deleted all my music.
What can I do to get my songs back? Is there a system restore feature available?
IBM Windows XP Pro

Well, I started doing a lot of research on Apple computers, once iPods became really popular. I talked to current users, read articles (mostly Windows vs. Mac), had a lot of talks with my friend Matt trying to figure out why Mac is proclaimed to be so much better. Anyway...I tested out some Apple systems for the first time at a local Apple store last Friday; I got this 20" iMac last Saturday. Enough said.

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If i click 'import files' the only files it comes up with are text file. Should it be doing this?' So the only files i can import are written documents :/
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