Restore from library

I have a problem with my ipod touch. I've installed the new iphone 2.2 software, but itunes than asked me to restore my ipod. So I've done that, but now all my music is gone!! there's nothing more on my ipod!
Now I thought, if I connect my ipod again with itunes, my itunes library will again put all the music at my ipod but it only restored 290 songs, while I had more dan 1000 songs. Appearantly that's because the other songs i've had on my pc, i've deleted because they took too much place.
But what do I have to do to put the other songs also again on my ipod??
THANK FOR THE ANSWER!

This has come up before and I do not remember the solution - you can search the forums for the answer or try posting it in the Time Machine forum as it is a TM issue - and someone probably remembers the solution here and will answer
LN

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