I had to wipe out my hard drive, along with my iTunes music. Now what? : (

I had some sort of virus and had to reinstall my whole operating system on my Dell PC. Obviously I lost everything, including my iTunes files (both purchased from iTunes and from my own CD collection). I have all of my songs on my iPod currently, about 330 songs.
Is there any way to put the songs back into my iTunes library? I am also being prompted to re-purchase the items I've already bought.
Any help would be appreciated.
TIA!
Amy

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There are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the files from your iPod. This is just a selection.
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Have a look at the web pages and documentation for these and pick one you are happy with, they are generally quite straightforward.
There is also a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive through Windows posted in this thread: MacMuse - iPod to iTunes
You may already be using the iPod in manual update mode in which case you can ignore the rest of this post. In manual mode, your iPod is safe from being accidentally erased. However if you are getting a message that your iPod is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, click *No*
You can use a keyboard command to prevent your iPod auto-syncing with iTunes. While connecting the iPod to the computer on a Mac hold down the Option and Command (⌥ and ⌘) keys, on Windows, hold down Shift + Ctrl. This will stop the iPod from auto-syncing with iTunes and the iPod will appear in the source list. Wait until you are sure the iPod has mounted, and that it will not auto sync and then you can let the keys go. This may take between 3 and 30 seconds depending on your computer. Then go to Preferences>iPod and check the "Manually manage songs and playlists" box.
Keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync again.

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