ITunes Library Wiped out to Nothing...HELP!

Hi,
I have had an issue of my mini not being recognized in my iTunes although my library of songs, etc. was intact and all there.
I reinstalled the cd that came with my iPod, which says 'iPod' on the cd.
I think through this reinstallation, I completely erased all that was in my iTunes.
In 'My Music', the iTunes folder has my library on the computer, but even when I click on that folder, it still directs me to an empty library.
Please help me with how to get my library back in iTunes!!
Thanks, Susan

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Welcome to Discussions.
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point imported music stopped going to my external
drive and started going to my eMac drive.
This might have happened when running iTunes with the
external drive not yet mounted/attached.
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