In Reply to: Erased the contents of my iTunes but iPod is intact posted by Amanda Kichering on July 02, 2007 at 00:44:54:
Open iTunes. Set it so that it won’t try to sync with your iPod. Set it to allow you to manage music on your iPod manually.
You should now be able to hook up your iPod (without iTunes erasing everything on it) and copy your music from the iPod back to your library.
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