Itunes Deleted EVERYTHING!?

I have just reformated my computer and after i got everything back i opend itunes and tryed to sync but it said i had to althenticate my computer so i did and it whent through and deleted all my music and apps. i cannot seam to find a way to get anything back or a reason why this happend. i try adding music, it wont add. i try doing anything with itunes, wont work. I dont have any apps at all beasides the deafault ones and ones i didnt pay anything for. can someone help me?

You can redownload some iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
After you get them on your computer you need to restore the iPod to factory defaults/new iPOd and then sync with your iTunes library. 
The iPd saw the reformeated computer as a new iTunes library. You can only synce to one iTunes library.

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