downloaded latest Itunes with one album,will I loose songs on my iPod?

downloaded latest Itunes with one album,will I loose songs on my iPod?

will i loose the songs on my iPod if i plug it in to Itunes which has only got one album on it ??? I recently had to reformatt laptop for more space but lost my Itunes library , but have it on backup on HDD (DONT KNOW HOW TO GET THEM BACK INTO NEW LIBRARY THOUGH) so worred if i plug my Ipod in i might lose all of my 2,000 songs, is there a way to prevent this happening please???

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