Computer crashed, want to restore apps to itunes without losing data

My computer, which is a Dell Inspiron laptop running Vista, crashed and I had to replace the entire hard drive. I even had to reinstall Itunes. I have some of my music on my Ipod touch, some on the kid's ipod nano and some (mostly holiday music) not on either ipod. I have quite a lot of apps on my ipod touch, and I am unsure how I can get back to synchronizing again without losing my apps and especially without losing the data I have saved (on my ipod touch) for certain apps (grocery lists, etc.) Also, will I lose my calendar data and my contacts? Please please tell me it won't be so. I am not even sure what else I need to worry about losing. I've been going crazy with this whole hard drive thing this week. Thanks for any advice.

If you search this forum for "ipod to computer," you will find posts which may help. You may also find some assistance in the iPod manual -
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPod_touch_3.1_UserGuide.pdf

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