System Reboot, now my ipod doesn't recognise my Ipod

Hi all
I did a system reboot on my laptop yesterday so I backed up all my music on my ipod. When I plugged my ipod in this morning it gave this message:
The Ipod "Casey's Ipod" is synced with another iTunes library. Do you want to erase this Ipod and sync with this iTunes library?
An iPod can be synced with only one iTunes library at a time. Erasing and syncing replaces the contentes of this iTunes library.
How do I keep all my music on my iPod and put it onto iTunes??
Please help, I don't want to loose all my music
Thanks

I would first try:
Removing and Reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows XP
or
Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8

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