ITunes songs are gone/uploading question

Today I turned on my computer and all of a sudden all of the songs on iTunes are gone...
my question is, if I connect my iPod to the computer will all my songs disappear?and can I upload new music on my iPod without any songs being erased from my iPod?
thanks to whoever can help

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
If iPod is set to automatically update, then a message like this will appear...
If you click Yes, all of your songs will be deleted off of the iPod. If you click No, they will not.
You can use something like YamiPod (as previously mentioned) to get the music off of your iPod.
But before you do any of that, make sure all of your music isn't still on your computer. Go to My Documents-->My Music-->iTunes-->iTunes Music. Do you see music files/artist folders with music in them there?
Try searching your computer for a song file. Did you find any?
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