My computer crashed. I saved my music in cloud and external drives. Re-installed iTunes on computer. No playlists are listed. Will I lose them if I connect my iPod to the computer?

My computer crashed. I saved my music in cloud and external drives. Re-installed iTunes on computer. No playlists are listed. Will I lose them if I connect my iPod to the computer? Some of my playlists are work related.  I NEED THEM!  Don't want to lose them!

Was the ENTIRE iTunes folder copied from the computer to the External drive?  If so, simply copy it back and everything in iTunes will be exactly as it was in iTunes.

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    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499
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    Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
    Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000004
    Crashed Thread:  18
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