Formatted HD and iPod won't see songs that I have reinstalled on HD

I formatted my HD. I copied the library of the iPod back onto the computer into MyMusic. However my iPod won't see any of the songs that I recopied onto the computer. I was forced to reformat the iPod. My song library is in MyMusic the whole time but the iPod won't see any of it. How can I get my iPod to see the songs in MyMusic.

" However my iPod won't see any of the songs that I recopied onto the computer"
What exactly does that mean? The iPod is not supposed to "see" your music in your "My Music" folder.
I don't get what you're saying, or what the issue actually is.

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Thanks!

If you have made sure that both the iTunes and iPod software are current and have deauthorized and reauthorized your computer, try this:
1. Deauthorize the computer.
2. Create a new user in the system.
3. Download the free song of the week from the iTMS in the new user account.
4. Play the song in that user account to authorize again.
5. Restore the iPod (using the iPod updater) in the new user account.
6. Sync just the free song of the week and see if it plays on the iPod.
If it does, you appear to have a corrupted iTunes library file, and you should recreate the iTunes library file in your normal user account, and then sync your music back to the iPod and all should be well.
The following articles will help you.
Authorization and Deauthorization.
How to create a new user account in Windows.
How to restore the iPod.
How to recreate your iTunes library.
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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- Try on another computer
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5085
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Regards.
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Consider buying a backup drive so you do not need to do this again. If you are going to run old hardware and software you need to live differently because yes, at some time you will find your version of iTunes no longer works. You're lucky it still works with Leopard. As you can see, some versions still work with the iTunes Store but not for repeat downloading.
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