i accidentally deleted all of my music on itunes which were saved on my external hdd. i thought that deleting the songs off of itunes would only take it off the playlist. instead it was entirely deleted from my hard drive. i had over 2,500 songs. is there a way i can restore them or is my only option to upload everything on my ipod back to my hdd

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if all the songs are still on your ipod. you can use an ipod to computer transfer program to help.i personally use iphoneitouchipod to computer transfer.it helps me to transfer my songsvideosphotos from ipod to my computer directly and safely.it works well for me,you can give it a try. free download it at dvd-video-softipodconverterit even has step-by-step guide on the whole process.hope it helps.you can use ask to search more answer

search your recycle bin if there then ok. if on, then you cannot restore your music.

check your recycle bin if not there then yes you will