Corrupted iTunes question

If this exact question has already been answered, sorry in advance.
Long story short, I turned on my laptop, which started up very slowly, for some reason, and then attempted to open my iTunes. It gave me a message indicating that it couldn't be recognized because it had been corrupted and it was restored to an iTunes with nothing downloaded.
So, here's my question: when I plug in my iPod (Nano, 4th gen) will it erase everything currently on there as it updates? If so (which I certainly don't want), is there anyway to restore the music that was in there?
Thanks in advance for any answers.

Do you have your iPod set up in iTunes to "automatic sync"? If so, think very carefully before you decide what to do as this COULD result in removing all the music from your Pod. If you have it set up to "manually manage" your music, there is no problem : you can attach the iPod and nothing will happen until you tell it... BUT...
1. Is it just the app itself / the iTunes Library database that were corrupted? If so, have a look for your music files, which should all (or mostly) still be there - look for an iTunes Music folder or, if your music was stored outside iTunes itself (you had 'copy tracks to my iTunes library when importing' UNchecked) then it will be safe where it was.
2. If iTunes is behaving like a new fresh copy and has set up a new iTunes Library database file, then it won't recognise your iPod from before, and will prompt you to set up its Settings via the Summary screen the first time you connect it. Just don't tick "automatic sync" !
3. You could get hold of software that allows you to copy from the iPod back to iTunes (Google "ipod to itunes" for a whole stack of stuff) - but only do this if you can't locate your music files.

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