Itunes has all my songs but doesnt recognize my ipod

OK, short story. Brother-in-law with dialup access used my cable internet computer to download videos to my nieces video enabled ipod. Also downloaded the newest updates. So now when i open itunes my songs are not highlighed and a msg appears "The ipod is linked to another itunes library. Do you want to change the link to this itunes music library and replace all the existing songs on this ipod with those from this library?" I clicked yes and lost every friggin song on my ipod!But they are still in itunes, just not highlighed. How do i get itunes to recongize that it has my songs and i want them back on my ipod?
Windows XP

Are you seeing this grey text when the iPod is connected? Grey text when you look at the content and lock symbol at the bottom of the screen simply shows that your iPod is set to "automatically update songs and playlists". When you clicked yes to the question about linking the iPod to the library it will have overwritten what was on the iPod with what was in iTunes at that moment. With the iPod connected go to iTunes> Edit>Preferences>'iPod' tab>"Manually manage songs and Playlists". That will allow you access your iPod directly and the text will be black rather than greyed out: Managing Your Songs Manually

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1363
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