Restoring Ipod music back to I tunes software on PC, PC was restored

I had to restore my hard drive and lost all the songs on my itunes software, but they are still on my ipod. Why won't the software automatically sync with the content on the ipod and restore all of my music and playlists?

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions. 
The iPod / iTunes doesn't offer this feature as it would be used to illegally share music.
That said there are plenty of applications that will do it. Have a look in the iPod or iTunes forums on this site.
This forum is for feedback about Apple Discussions themselves only.
kind regards
mrtotes

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