ITunes has duplicated half of my songs?

I have a 80gb iPod and I was using an old version of iTunes and had no problem. I do NOT have a Mac I have a PC using Microsoft XP. When iTunes asked me to download a newer version of iTunes, I did. After it was all installed and ready to go, I noticed that my music had went from 60gb to 87gb. Half of the music from my hard drive had duplicated in iTunes, but not in the hard drive itself. I tried to create a new link from what folder on my computer the iTunes is pulling from. That did not work. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it again to see if I could start from scratch and link the proper folder, but it continues to copy the files twice. I am very frustrated because I am unable to sync my iPod with the new songs I have added to my iTunes. I have also tried to import my files, but that does not work either.
Is there a way I can start with an empty iTunes, or will it continue to find music on the computer? Is there any way that I can remove or export all my songs out of iTunes and then add a new file to iTunes bringing all of the songs back and hopefully without duplications? If you could please give me some suggestions to try? I really would appreciate the help.
Thank you for your time,
Victoria
Message was edited by: chidevil

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