Hooked up my nano and my library erased

Hey all,
I hooked my nano up today and iTUNES came up %100 percent empty. I still have all my music on my iPOD but my entire library is wiped out. I had some cool stuff in there that is gone for good it looks like(unless my library is stored some place I am not aware of). The Nano is great but I can't believe this happened to my library
1st question: Does anybody know what may have caused this?
2nd question: How can I get some of my purchased music from my Nano back into my library? I hadn't backed a few things up on disk yet.

Try TuneJack or PodPlus to get your music off your iPod back to your PC.
http://www.purpleghost.com/
You'll need .NET Framework 1.1 installed. I assume you may already have it if you are running Windows 2000 or XP as Microsoft's Windows Update site will suggest it.
There is a utility to help you re-download your library assuming you have some specific files still on your PC. Though I dare not mention it here. The product does things Apple does not like to its DRM. You can search for it if you like through Google. The clue is: it's a name for a song used in church. four letters, starts with an "H".
Don't steal music. It's a living to some people.

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