HT1449 we lost our entire itunes library in hurricaine sandy. we have 2 ipods full of songs-can we transfer them to a new harddrive?

We lost our entire itunes library in hurricaine sandy. we have 2 ipods and would like to get an external hard drive for our itunes.
Can we put the songs from our Ipods into the new Itunes we will download? and can it be done with out either of us loosing our songs?
Thanks, D

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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