Restoring ipod and not losing information.

My ipod died and so i plugged it in. when i took it out the screen said to connect to itunes. so i connected it to my computer and it says to restore my ipod. can i do that without losing any of my music or apps?

http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
The manual and the article above will tell you about restore.
Your music and apps should be on your computer. You can sync them back.

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