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As the title basically said, I had a catastrophic system failure, and im not spending the big bucks to recover iTunes from a failed drive from a data recovery service.
That being said, my secondary drive is fine which had my MP3 rips that I made form my CDs, and when I rebuilt my system, I used the storage drive as the same drive letter, so all directory structure would be identical.
I have my old Ipod Video which I want to add stuff to, and do not want to lose play lists, stats etc.
So to my question:
Is there a way to pull the library and db off of my ipod onto a new PC/OS load/ITunes installation?  I do not want to have to write down every list I had made, these came about from YEARS of assembling music (same ipod I have had since Ipod Video débuted, it just works, so I use it). The data is all there, and when I install iTunes again, I can aim it at "D:\Music\...\" for all of my ripped music so if the data on my ipod is looking for that location, it will find it all there.
Can someone help me out with this, as I am REALLY not sure how to go about doing this.
THANKS!!

If your hard drive was not backed up then you can download items purchased from the iTunes Store.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519 - enabled with iTunes 10.3 and newer; not available in all countries; apps, books (not audiobooks), music, t.v. shows, and movies (some - not all studios have permitted this). Movies currently available in the USA only. Downloading previously purchased movies and TV shows requires iTunes 10.6 or later.  Discontinued items not available. For items not included in the iCloud list, or locations or computer systems where iCloud is not (yet?) available, you only get one download per fee paid.  Apple notes it is your responsibility to back up your purchases.
Did you subscribe to iTunes Match service?  If you did, your other music would be available too.
Note, this restores the music files themselves, not playlists, playcount, ratings, or other things associated with the actual library file structure.
You really should consider getting a backup drive. Hard drives failures are a certainty and it saves a lot of grief.

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