I have formatted my IPOD shuffle,now im unable to listen to songs

Hi,
i have mistakenly formatted IPOD and now im unable to listen songs even if i have re-installed ITUNES on my windows PC.
please help me guys.

By formatted do you mean a low level filesystem reformat of the Shuffle's flash storage using the reformat option available in Windows (and NOT iTunes)?
Does the iPod still appear in iTunes when you connect it? If so, are you sure have content synced to it?
B-rock

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