Computer crashed, wiped out iTunes

My computer crashed recently and obviously took out everything with it. is there any way that I can transfer the music from my iPod into iTunes? i don't want to have to rip 4 thousand songs back onto my computer
i tried searching for acticles, but all I found was how to transfer between computers by turning the ipod into a hard drive. unfortunately, i don't have an old computer to transfer from.

You can't sync your music back from an iPod to iTunes, the transfer of music is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there is a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows posted in this thread: MacMuse - iPod to iTunes
If you prefer something more automated then there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the files from your iPod, this is just a selection. Have a look at the web pages and documentation for these, they are generally quite straightforward.
iPod Access Mac and Windows Versions
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
PodUtil Mac and Windows Versions
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
PodPlayer Windows Only
iGadget Windows Only

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. If I reset my computer thereby wipeing out firefox brower and then reinstall it later, will firtefox remember my bookmarks? I really do not want to loss my bookmarks. Thanksn

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