Problem: files on ipod but not on computer- am i gonna lose all my music?

hi,
hopefully i'm not screwed. i basically had to erase and reinstall everything on my harddrive yesterday. i had my songs backed up on a flashdrive. i synced my ipod with itunes and tranfered purchased songs to the ipod. today, i deleted some songs from itunes and attempted to sync by ipod with my library and got an error message saying that about 200 music files couldn't be found. these are songs that i didn't buy through itunes. i did something i now realize is stupid- i deleted the songs off my flashdrive. i thought once i synced last nite, the songs would have been saved in my 'my music folder'.
is there anyway that i can start over and transfer the songs on my ipod to my itunes library and not lose the songs that weren't purchased through itunes? if i uninstall itunes and reinstall it, will songs on my ipod then get transferred?
thanks...

*is there anyway that i can start over and transfer the songs on my ipod to my itunes library and not lose the songs that weren't purchased through itunes*
The transfer of content sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, this is just a small selection of what's available, they are generally quite straightforward. You can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Comparison of iPod managers
TuneJack Windows Only
iPod2PC Windows Only
iGadget Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
SharePod Windows Only
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac and Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
There's also a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to a Mac or PC. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available on page 2 at this link: Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide

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