Using iTunes again after complete op system reload

My windows XP machine got trashed by a virus and has had a complete op system reload. When I re-installed iTunes it found my old library on the disk but now iTunes refuses to sync with my iPod as it says that the iPod is linked to a different library.
Is there any way to persuade iTunes that it is in fact my library so that I can carry on using it as before ?
My iPod is a iPod Touch - 2nd generation - and has been upgraded to the latest version of the op system (3.x from memory).
Many thanks

well done, NoahsMyBro!
hmmmm. some thoughts (speculation warning) on what might have gone wrong with the QT. a system restore "over top" of a fresh itunes install will strip out some installation registry entries from both QT and itunes. (under those circumstances, itunes won't launch, spitting out a "some of the required files ..." error message.)
under those circumstances, i usually recommend uninstall QT and itunes prior to the reinstall. (of course, you had other more pressing things to worry about at the time ...) i've been doing that because the QT component of the itunes installer bundle can be a little more delicate than the itunes component when it comes to installing "over top" of existing program files and folders. i think it's partly to do with the fact that it's the second install in the chained install (more can go wrong with it). so the QT may have been compromised on the reinstall, even though the itunes part of the install went through fine.
you don't tend to get the same QT install problems on a standalone QT install (again, speculation, but it seems plausible) because it's not the second install in a chain.
love, b

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