Computer crash has lost music on my computer music library

Hi
I have had a major computer failure and have just reloaded the back up discs. My music does not appear to have backed up properly. I seem to have lost all of the playlists and also there are 2600 tracks on my ipod but only 1085 tracks in my i-tunes library on the computer. If I synch, will the tracks on my ipod upload to the computer and re populate the library. Or by synching, would that delete the tracks from my ipod. If the latter, is there anything I can do?
Thanks

*If I synch, will the tracks on my ipod upload to the computer and re populate the library.*
No
*Or by synching, would that delete the tracks from my ipod.*
Yes
*If the latter, is there anything I can do?*
There are a few things you can do to restore your iTunes from the iPod. If you only want to copy your purchases to the computer that can be done using iTunes, you'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
For everything else (including purchases) there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. You can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Comparison of iPod managers
A selection of iPod to iTunes utilities:
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YamiPod Mac and Windows
iPod Music Liberator Mac & Windows
Floola Mac & Windows
iPodRip Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Music Liberator Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
Music Rescue Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iGadget Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
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