Lost ITunes on my laptop how do I get my old library back?

Hi
My laptop hard drive recently died, so had to get a new one installed.
I've downloaded and installed Itunes 10 however when trying to synch its giving me the message The ipod is synched with another i tunes libraty. Do you want to erase this ipod and synch with this itunes library?
I cant get my original library off of the old disk as its completely dead, so how do I get the tunes that are on my ipod to synch into the new itunes library as I've not got access to all the CD's now?
Thanks
Fiona

The bad news is, since your old hard drive is dead, you cannot get your itunes library back using itunes. It just isn't designed to do it.
The good news is, you can buy a 3rd-party ipod manager that can get stuff off your ipod, even things you didn't get from the itunes store. These other programs can also get your playlists and CDs you ripped off the ipod.
Here is an article that is a few years old, but it's a good place to start your research:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-co mputer/P2/
You can always get itunes purchases off your ipod using these directions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848?viewlocale=en_US
Going forward, consider backing up your hard drive. You probably lost a lot of other stuff besides just itunes!

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