Itunes 11 won't show my current library?

I downloaded Itunes 11 (my IPOD Classic) was plugged in and charging when I did this. Now it wants me to recreate a new library and I can't bring back the old library which has all my songa and artists organized? I lost all of my 4000 songs and when I plug it in the Itunes library won't recognize what is currently in my IPOD? No support from Apple hope someone can help? Thanks

had the same problem and thought i was going to be screwed. found this and think it has helped me. try it out, alot easier than other solutions ive found on here.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967

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Yes you can download the iTunes program onto your new computer, you don't need to register the iPod over again to use it on another computer.
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If your iPod is set to sync automatically you'll get a message that it is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all the songs from your iPod. When your iPod appears in the iTunes source list change the update setting to manual, that will let you use our iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it: Managing content manually on iPod and iPhone
*Also, I didn't have any way to backup my Itunes library by burning to disc.*
Once you are safely connected there are a few things you can do to restore your iTunes from the iPod. If you have any iTunes Music Store purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
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