Why can't I get to my songs?

Somehow in taking pictures off my ipod on my wife's computer my operating system decided there is nothing on my ipod. I can see and play my songs thru Windows explorer, but neither my ipod or itunes register that I have anything on the ipod. I manually update it and would lose a lot of music if I have to reload all the software. Is there anything I can do?

I can see and play my songs thru Windows explorer
See the songs where? On the iPod?
Windows Explorer is not a music player.
I manually update it and would lose a lot of music if I have to reload all the software. Is
Reload what software?
Reloading iTunes will not delete any music on your computer or on your iPod.
Can you see the iPod in Windows?
Can you see the iPod in iTunes?

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