Forgot to click eject ?!?!?! Lost all songs!

im going crazy!
i forgot to click ejectr and now all my songs are gone off my ipod!!!
is there anyway to get them back?
i have alot of music in my itunes library and only like half were on my ipod so i cant autofill because i will have unneccesary songs back on it.
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP
;(

Well, I hate to say it, but : I think you'll have to manually put your tunes back onto your iPod. Click on a song you want on your iPod, and then hold the 'Shift' key. Click another song you want, and continue that process. Using the Shift option will allow you to select multiple songs, which you can then drag onto your iPod easily.
Make sure and click the 'Eject' option every time though, or things like that could happen. You can also turn your PC off and the iPod will automatically eject itself.

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