How do I include my share library in my itunes library. My Ipod is only synching what's in the ipod library and not the shared library

question as above.
thanks.

First, restore the itunes library of the backup of the old drive to the new drive. That will restore your music.
Now, here's one thing to try (I have iTM but haven't gone from icloud down to a new mac), with iTunes Match, you could try using a new itunes library (assuming you lost the old one and have no backup), set up iTM as you did before, and see if the cloud data will come down to the new drive/computer.
If that doesn't work, there are applications/apps that can connect a device to a mac (I assume also a pc) and let you transfer files to the computer. As I recall, iFile may be one of them - look at the itunes app store. There may be programs that run on the computer that can suck files from device to computer. Google around for more info.

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