After Hard Drive Format

I had to reformat my hard drive on my pc...have a backup now of my music on my PC....my question is how do I get the music into I tunes and have I tunes recognize my ipod now when I connect it to my pc so that it syncs automatically
Thanks

I'm having the same exact problem (ironically, also due to a Toshiba) and I would love it if anyone with any information would post something. Even if it's just about how to actually contact tech support or something. I would appreciate anything at this point.
I have a 20gb iPod with click wheel and the latest version of iTunes if that helps at all...

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    4. Then I put my old version 4 library files into the place where the library files should be.
    5. Then I crossed my fingers and restarted iTunes. It took awhile to start and said it was updating my library files. Now I have back most or all of my playlists and ratings.
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