Half of my music library has vanished from iTunes...help!

Ive lost most of my music in my itunes account. I cannot find it anywhere on my computer and am having trouble accessing the cloud. Has this happened to anyone and how do I restore?

Hi Nathan,
You need to make sure the external drive is mounted and accessible before opening iTunes.
Regards,
Colin R.

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T-21 wrote:
Hello.
I did not touch my computer the past week, I've only been messing with my laptop. I had my computer off a whole day. I turn it on, open iTunes, and everything is gone.
Is your laptop a different computer than your computer?
You have two computers?
iTunes is missing everything from which one/both?
I system restore. Everything is gone. None of my podcasts, apps, or music files are there.
Do you mean you reinstalled the system from scratch?
Yes, that tends to delete everything.
Or you restored everything from a backup?
Directions on where to go to download all past purchases?
Selete Store on the left side of iTunes.
Make sure you are signed in.
Click on Purchased on the right side under Quick links to redownlaod your purchases.
Then make sure to regularly backup, backup, backup all your important data .

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check here for info on iTunes 5: No music shows up in iTunes after upgrading
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