How do I restore music from iPod to PC

I recently purchased an iPod. I thought it would make a great backup device until I read about all the problems the iPod is notorious for having, including crashing suddenly. The day I bought the iPod, I deleted about 75% of my music files from my PC to free up space on my computer. However, upon learning that this was not a great idea due to iPod problems, I now need to restore the music to iTunes. How do I do this? I tried to troubleshoot last night for a little while, and selected the option in iTunes, "Consolidate Library." Thought this would be the answer. I don't think it was though, as I could not see my music files on the PC afterwards. I also tried to set my iPod to "Use as a hard disk," went to the drive, and tried to find thie music. The music does not show up though in this drive. Could somebody please shed some light on how I can restore music from my iPod to iTunes? In addition, what exactly is the "Consolidate Library" function?

MacMuse, "Computer Crashed" #4, 11:49pm Feb 7, 2005 CDT

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