Afraid to plug in iPod to computer!!!

About a week ago one of my computer hard drives crashed, and not all of my iTunes songs recovered. I have hundreds of songs on my iPod that are not on the computer. If I plug my iPod into the computer, will the songs on it show up in the iTunes Library? Or will it take all of the songs on my iPod that are not in the Library off?

Copying from iPod to Computer threads...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=926222&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=893334&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=797432&#797432
Also these useful internet articles...
http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/02/how-to-get-music-off-your-ipod/
http://playlistmag.com/help/2005/01/2waystreet/
iPod: Frequently Asked Questions
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60920
Patrick

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