Only part of my Itunes library shows.

The Ipod touch has all my music and such on it but when I go to sync new music onto it, only part of the library shows. I cant see any of the library in my itunes on the computer other than what i have purchased. New music doesnt sync even though it shows the device is connected. When i go to play with the settings to manually sync, it asks if i want to restore the ipod.
What do i do?

It is possible but it is not standard configuration for iTunes. You will need to learn details of how iTunes operates in order to stay on top of it and not be back here in a month with a messed up library, or in a year or two when you discover it is a real nuisance when it comes to transferring your content to a new drive.
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/instant-expert-secrets-featur es-of-itunes-9/ - "To perform a consolidate operation on selected tracks only, simply highlight the tracks you would like the consolidate, right-click and choose 'Consolidate'. iTunes will prompt you to confirm that you want to copy these tracks into your iTunes Media folder." You will, of course,need to temporarily re-designate your iTunes media folder location as part of doing this.
The above method is a possibility but I have not tested it because I still run iTunes 7.5
Another way would be to copy the files to the external drive. Delete them from iTunes, then drag the copied files back to iTunes (re-adding them) while holding down the option key. If you do have anything in a playlist it will have to be re-added to the playlist, and you will lose ratings and date added.

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