Trouble after reformat

So, I had to reformat my computer the other day. I saved the library files. And then when I redownloaded itunes, I moved the files back to save my playlists and what not. However, now all mymusic on my ipod is grayed out and can't be edited or played. I changed the music destination(since I had that problem before), restored my Ipod and reupped my files, and it still doesn't work. I couldn't find any settings that I need to change, so I'm really at a loss to what the issue is. Any help would be much appreciated.

*all my music on my ipod is grayed out and can't be edited or played*
Grey text when you look at the content just indicates that the iPod is set to sync automatically with iTunes. If you want to play the iPod songs through iTunes, delete songs from the iPod, drag songs from iTunes, add playlists to the iPod etc. you need to change the update setting to "manually manage songs and videos":
Managing content manually on iPod and iPhone
Syncing Music to iPod

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