Can't copy downloded songs from ipod to itunes

I have and ipod touch with about 600 songs on it, mostly from itunes but last week my laptop got a virus which deleted everything. I've downloaded itunes again and plugged my ipod in and it asks me if i want to transfer the songs i purchased on my ipod to itunes so i click yes but nothing happens. none of the songs transfer so i don't want to sync my ipod incase i lose them all off there. and when i try to download them again it says i need to pay or copythem from my ipod which it wont let me do. does anyone know what i can do?

Firstly make sure that you can access your ipod as a removable storage media. Once you have access enable in your windows explorer the option to view hidden folders. The itunes music folder of your ipod will be there somewhere. However the structure of the folders on the ipod are different to your itunes music folder on your pc.
You will see a lot of folders with names such as F00, F01, F02 an so on. In each folder there are scattered tracks all mixed up. I suppose as a way of copy protection. Copy them into your itunes folder. When you import them into the itunes library they should show as normal but if you want to back them up into folders with meaningful names it will be a long process.

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