New hard drive and ITunes won't recognize my IPod

Hi, I recently had to replace my hard drive. I had to download Itunes again. While trying to upload the songs from my IPod, the Itunes application tells me that my ipod belongs to another library and my only option is to sync the library with my ipod (erasing all my songs from my ipod) or upload all "purchased" Itunes from my ipod (which are only about 10 songs!). How do I make it so my library recognizes my ipod as its own and not "another"?
Thanks.

Only the purchased iTunes songs can be copied from the iPod to iTunes - Unless you find some iPod hack program to access your iPod's library.
The best way to make sure you don't lose your songs on your iPod is to manually update your iPod.
Loading songs onto iPod manually
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesWin/7.1/en/2580.html
This setting allows you to drag & drop songs from your library to your iPod and won't ask you the "sync the library" question. You will have to manually eject your iPod before disconnecting it.

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