ITunes deleted all my music on my ipod... Can I get it back?

Damned Apple software. My computer's disk crashed irretrievably. So, I have a new disk in my iMac (thanks applecare).
I hooked my iPod up in order to try to transfer my music from my iPod onto the new disk.
Up comes a pathetic message that I thought implied that my iPod would be used to fill in my iTunes. I clicked "ok" and iTunes cleared my iPod. (Where was the usual "you are about to delete all information on this iPod" message? Apple will hear from me on that one.)
Does anyone know how to get my iPod disk directory rebuilt so I have my 20 GB of music back?
Thanks...
Doug Garnett
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.6) video 30GB iPod

Is the music not on your computer?
It should be.
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