PLEASE HELP - how do I download old library onto new ipod???

My old IPOD broke & will not function. I bought a new IPOD and need to download the music from my original ipod library on to my new IPOD (same computer). How do I do this?? Please help me - I have so much music downloaded already that I am afraid of losing or needing to download again. Any suggestions??? Many thanks in advance for your help.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Is the music on your computer? If so then make sure everything is updated...
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download
http://www.apple.com/ipod/download
Then just connect the iPod and it will sync the songs in iTunes.
Post back if I misunderstood your question
btabz

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Please keep in mind I am not very computer literate and therefore although I am sure this is a very easy question I can't do it and I need some help!!!
I have upgraded my old computer. This had my i-tunes on it, however after a while it got so slow I started to keep music on an external hard drive, which resulted in my music files being split. I have now dragged and dropped everything on to my hard drive under one folder (I think) and I now want to put this on to my new computer.
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