Itunes got erased/how to I get my songs back

I don't know what happened, but all my songs in Itunes got erased for some reason. I had over 2800 songs in it. I still have all my songs on my Ipod, how do I get them back on my Itunes? I seen a topic on this on this site, but that was about transfering songs to a new computer, and it needed the original Itunes in order to achieve this. Someone please help me, there is no way I can import 200+ cd's onto Itunes again, it took 3 months the first time.

These links will give you
i several
methods of recovering whatever songs remain on your iPod; some free, some third-party software, some more comprehensive for restoring playlists, ratings, counts, etc. Read them and their associated links before deciding on a strategy that works for you. There are various third-party software programs that will offer a more robust process, or an easier GUI. Do a Google search if the links below leave you wanting…
Don King Resurrected, "Deleted files from hard drive" #1, 01:49am May 30, 2005 CDT
MacMuse, "Computer Crashed" #3, 11:48pm Feb 7, 2005 CDT
Copying music from iPod to computer
Copying Songs from Your iPod to a Mac or PC
iPodRip Software
After recovering your song files, consider developing a backup strategy for just this type of situation. Below are some very good threads to read on the subject:
Buegie, "Backing-up iTunes Files" #2, 11:48pm Jul 29, 2005 CDT
Buegie, "Can I backup my library?" #2, 05:21pm Aug 7, 2005 CDT

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