Lost purchased songs after sync.

I just synced my ipod touch to iTunes on my computer to update my playlists and my library. I haven't been on iTunes on my computer for almost a year, due to before my computer has had constant problems after installing iTunes, and I would then have to uninstall the program. Recently I've wanted to update my playlists on my iPod and update my library, so I downloaded iTunes, signed in, authorized the computer, and synced like I did before, which was awhile ago. My iPods battery was low when I first synced, so I left it hooked up to my computer and went to do other things while it charged. Now I'm back, and my iPod is a complete disaster. *_Now I cannot find about 100 songs that were on my iPod before I even hooked it up to the computer in my iTunes library, on my computer, or even on my iPod, along with random songs' cover art now messed up!_* I've been looking through all of Apple's support solutions and have not found anything that could help me. The songs that are missing I've purchased within the past 2 months. *_If it helps, 6 or 7 songs that I've purchased in the last week though are still on my iPod and in my iTunes library, with their cover art also messed up._* I don't really understand how my iPod could have everything fine before syncing, then have around 100$ at the least of songs completely missing and nowhere to be found, along with the cover art messed up! Please if anybody can help me I would greatly appreciate. Thank you.
Message was edited by: Jake Stoutz
Message was edited by: Jake Stoutz

When you sync your iPod for the first time (at least with a new iTunes on the computer, you should stick around and customize your ipod options. Does the songs you purshed show up in iTunes. To fix the album artwork problem see if the songs with the bad album artwork has the right album name. If so goto the menu bar: store>get album artwork.What does it look like? Also if the iPod artwork is messed up after that just reset after you sync.

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