Library has been wiped out! PLEASE HELP

So, our computer crashed a few weeks ago, therefore I needed to get iTunes set up on this laptop.
I installed everything correctly, then a pop up came up on iTunes saying there was already a library, did I want to change it? Or something like that... I really can't remember what it said, but I clicked yes and now my songs have been wiped from my iPod mini and my iTunes library! Please help somebody!

As long as you have not reloaded much (or any) new information to the iPod, the following links will direct you to software that has a chance of recovering some or all of your iPods music files. Most are not shareware or freeware, so you may have to spend a little money.....
This PodSalvage software will only work with Macs running OS X. See the PodSalvage page at SubRosaSoft.com: http://www.subrosasoft.com/MacSoftware/index.php?mainpage=product_info&productsid=2
This link will give you several 'Erased iPod' recovery resources for both Mac and Windows users:
http://forums.ipodlounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45619
Make sure you read through many of the posts on the iLounge some folks had good results, others had poor results. There seems to be a split camp on the effectiveness of recovery programs.
Either way, strongly consider a backup strategy after you recover/replace your music:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?14@@.68b61c5f/0
http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?14@@.68b5a3e8/1
http://www.recover4all.com/
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
http://www.handyrecovery.com/index.shtml
http://www.stellarinfo.com/mac-data-recovery.htm
http://www.binarybiz.com/vlab/mac.php
http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/

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