Itunes update lost songs but not library

Hi
I recently updated to Itunes 7.3 and lost most of my song files in the process. Is it a bug??? Am I the only one this happened to?
My Itunes library shows all the pI am the only one to whom it happened laylists and song names but the files are lost except for those that were recently added. They appear with an exclamation mark. I haven't plugged my ipod onto the computer since then, so I still have a back up of the old library.
Now the question is, how can I restore the files back from the ipod without having Itunes reset it?
thanks for help

You get exclamation marks or dead tracks because iTunes can’t find the file. This can happen for a number of reasons:
The song file or a folder in its path was renamed
The song file or the folder it is in has been moved
The song file has been deleted
The device containing the song files e.g. external drive is not accessible.
So you need to be sure your fles really have been deleted and not just now where iTunes thinks they should be.
If they have gone this sevoneer post should help recover them from your iPod:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4446066&#4446066
If you remove items with exclamation marks (dead tracks) from your library you will find a script here:
http://home.comcast.net/~teridon73/itunesscripts/
You need itunesremovenotfound - download the EXE version

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