Help! Lost all songs

Question

My daughter has an I tunes account for herself and one she created for me. Today when adding a song to her ipod she received a message asking if she wanted to link her library to mine. (At least this is what she thinks it said. She is 13 and was in a big rush to do her download.) She pressed yes and all her songs disappeared. Does anyone know how if it is possible to get them back?
  Windows XP  

Answer 1

Hello Julie,
She just needs to link the iPod back to her own Library. Her iPod is in automatic update mode, linking it back to her own library will replace your songs with hers.
Just some additional information:
If your iPod is set for automatic update and you link it to a different iTunes library, iTunes brings up a dialogue window asking whether you want to replace the songs on your iPod with the songs in this iTunes. Unless you do want to replace your songs, you should always press press *No*. Pressing "Yes" will irretrievably remove all songs from your iPod unless you link back to your original library.
The iPod offers three ways to transfer music from your computer. You can select one of the following update modes from the iPod Preferences menu in iTunes (Edit=>Preferences=>'iPod' tab):
1) Automatically update all songs and playlists. This is the default mode, in which your entire music library, including playlists, is automatically synced to your iPod. If the music library on your computer exceeds the iPod storage capacity, you are prompted to select a different update method.
2) Automatically update selected playlists only. With this option, iTunes automatically copies the playlists you have selected to the iPod when you connect it to the computer.
3) Manually manage songs and playlists. You can also choose to transfer music to the iPod manually. This allows you to drag and drop individual songs and playlists from iTunes to the iPod.