Synchronising when files are missing

I store my Itunes on an external hard drive only. Unfortunately it has recently died. All my tunes are still on my Pod but I am worried about plugging it in to my computer in case autosynching will delete everything..need I worry ? Or will auto updates simply not overwrite as the files cannot be found ?

Helpful - thanks.
Just to clarify when starting up Itunes my music library is there it's just that there is a an "!" next to each track and when clicking on tracks it says "file not found" because my hard drive (where my tracks were stored) isn't attached as it's dead.
Taking the above into account will plugging my pod in wipe it ?
Incidentaly I have just downloaded copypod..any good ? anything I should watch out for before plugging in ??
Thanks

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