Restoring ithmb photo thumbnail files after restoring ipod

I have lots of photos on my ipod that i copied from my computer when i was back at home, i'm miles away from home and won't be back until another year.
I DID NOT include the full resolution photos when i copied the photos so I just have thumbnails which are stored in 10 .ithmb files.
I need to restore my ipod as i have video issues so have copied all my music and videos to a PC.
The folder 'photos' which contains a file called 'Photo Database' and the sub dir called 'Thumbs' which contains the 10 .ithmb files, if i copy these to back to the ipod after restoring will my thumbnails be restored ok and work as normal?

They should be, however i cannot garuntee it..sorry. You could google a program that will copy the photos off your Ipod. You could then copy the pics off your Ipod and onto your computer. Then restore your ipod and then reimport the pics back onto your computer. If you just copy and paste all the files on the iPod, restore it, then replace the folders again with the copies you made u could end up with the same problem again. But that is depending on how you got the songs off the iPod.
Hope this helps...
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