Software upgrade - reloading itunes without erasing music from PC or ipod!

Hello, I hope someone can help me?
My PC software has recently been upgraded. All my music has been saved but is now stored under windows media player not itunes. I want to get everything back up and running and to be able to connect my ipod, buy new music and have my itunes library as it used to be.
What should I do? Download itunes again? Authorize my newly upgraded computer? Help please! Not particularly computer lingo literate so advice in its plainest form would be much appreciated!!

Hello Zosha15,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
Yes. You will want to download and install the newest version of iTunes. From there, you will need to move the music from Windows Media player to iTunes by first finding where all this music is actually located on your system. Then you can go ahead and import it into iTunes. The article below should be able to assist you with this.
http://www.jakeludington.com/askjake/20080329_transfer_music_from_windows_media_player_toitunes.html
You may have to choose the "Erase and Sync" option when you plug your iPod in because it will still associate it itself with your old iTunes library. This option will erase all content from the iPod and set it back to its default settings as well as allow you to sync it with your newly created library.
B-rock

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