ITunes wiped all the audio on my iPod

Just bought a new computer - the old one was left behind in Europe. I had 8 gigs of very important language files on the iPod. Installed iTunes (against my better judgement) on my brand-new XP laptop. Plugged in the iPod and this peace-of-**** iTunes proceeded to wipe all the info from my iPod without asking me anything. Is there some way to retrieve these files?
2nd gen iPod Windows XP Pro

Not if they're already erased off of the iPod. That's strange, though. As long as you weren't going from Mac to PC, you should have received a message stating that your iPod is linked to another library, and would you like to link it to this library, erasing all files that are currently stored on it, etc etc.
If you went from Mac to PC, it would have had to be formatted for use on the PC, which would have erased everything off of the iPod.
But, like I said, if the files have already been erased off of the iPod, there really isn't any way to retrieve the data.
Best wishes,
CG

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