Importing another library onto ipod

Hi, I bought a new laptop and have re-registered with itunes. By mistake I deleted old library (from first registration on itunes) from my ipod. Does anyone know how I can import my old library back onto my ipod
cheers
Chris

Copy your library from your old computer, or your backup copy of your old computer, to your new one, then sync it to your ipod.

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Please advise.
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All you need to do is set your iTunes folder [on your laptop] in
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Glad someone else has noticed this problem (and it IS a problem).
I think it's been happening ever since they brought in iTunes version 9, as far as I can remember it worked perfectly well before that.
I like to manage my songs manually, and it was just so much easier to drag an album image with the cursor to my ipod. Now it will only let me grab every 6th or 7th album cover, or so, which is useless, as far as I'm concerned!
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Hi eagles2008
Not really sure i remember when i was moving librarys i couldn't just drag the whole library in. i had to select everything in a folder and then drag that in. Try importing one song a see if it works.
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