After reformatting then restoring using cd's my librarys are all jacked up?

Ok so I finally had to reformat after 5 years. I had backed up my itunes the last couple of years about once a month. I loaded all the backed up disks. When I plug my ipod into my pc itunes wants to erase my ipod and mirror my itunes with all the lame back up libraries. Is there any way to mirror my ipod instead of my ipod mirroring itunes?

Sounds like you didn't backup the itunes library database file. For the future, it is named
iTunes Library.itl
Now, since you don't have that file, your best bet is to get a 3rd-party ipod manager to get everything off your ipod. See page 3 of this article.
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-co mputer/P0

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