Lost my ITunes Library, can I synch it from my nano Ipod?

Hi,
I am not very tecchy, so have been struggling alot with this.
Originally tried to COPY over my WHOLE Itunes Library (including my old ripped CDs) to a USB flash drive., for security.  Which has sort of backfired. 
ThoughI followed the instructions, my Itunes Library disappeared from my PC and my songs ended up in a different form on my USB stick, just a bunch of albums/songs, NO "ITUNES" FORMAT!  Is that normal - I wasn't expecting that?!  Can I get it back to my PC in original form?  I've tried to restore my PC to an earlier time but no luck there either. 
I do have a Nano IPOD - is it easy to synch my music back with PC from that?  I've looked online at some rubbishy youtube videos, but it looks very complicated.
I do not want to lose all my old music that I have collected over 30 years.  Sometimes, I rue the day I ever started copying over my CDs to Itunes.
Any help would be gratefully received.  I have tried looking online but I find it too complicated.
Is it worth me ringing Apple support for help (my nano is out of warranty time though).
Many thanks.
Mary Ann.

I had to ring Apple in the end.  I find their stuff very complicated.  It took an hour to sort this out.  The woman I spoke to was great.  But what a palaver to just copy my Itunes account somewhere.

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