Itunes UNinstall = bad idea??

Just a quick & possibly dumb question: If I uninstall then reinstall itunes on my pc, will it affect any content on the ipod itself?? I got almost 25gb on there & wont unintall itunes if it messes it up.
Reason being is I accidentally deleted the ituneshelper in the registry so itunes does not open automatically when I plug my ipod in...
Thanks,
sincerly,
Idiot

Thanks - actually as long as they stay on the ipod itself, I'll be okay! I dont use the itunes library whatsoever after I put them on the ipod.
Concern is that I don't have alot of the content on my hard drive any longer & I listed all the albums, artwork etc manually.
Thank again

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