Confused with multiple Library's.

I Have two Ipods, the older on is a 30GB classic and the new one is the 32GB iPod touch...I'm giving my wife the classic, tonight I have being reading here about how to create a new library for her without creating a new account.
Things were going fine I did the hold down shift and created the new library and the classic was erased so now she can put her music on it.
Now when I plugged hers out and the plugged mine in I got this warning....
"This iPod is synced with another library. Do you want to erase this iPod and sync with this library.
An iPod can be synced with only one iTunes library at a time. Erasing and syncing replaces the contents of this iPod with the contents of this library"
What have I done, all the music I have on the iTouch is still there except I DO NOT see it on the iTunes....so if I click "erase and sync" I will lose it all?...
Why is my content not showing in the library when it is there in my iPod even after I sync?
I did something wrong I fear.
Any help appreciated.
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*Can I find my old library*
Hold down the Shift key in Windows when launching iTunes. In the resulting dialogue you will get the option to create a new library or navigate to an existing one. The default location for your iTunes library is in \Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\. Look in there and see if you have more than one library file (they have the extension .itl) If you have more than one then open them in turn, you may find your original library is still intact: How to open an alternate iTunes Library file

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