Lost purchased itunes music

my computer went down and i took it to a store to have it repaired, he restored just the my documents and it looks like I lost all my purchased itunes music as the "purchased music" folder is empty. I had several thousand songs that I had bought when I "check for purchases" it says music can only be downloaded once, is there any way to restore this music or get ppurchased songs downloaded again?

Use the form on this page to request a free redownload, or use the Transfer Purchases feature if applicable. If neither of these works, you will need to purchase the content again to get them back; Apple needs to pay the copyright holders for each download from the iTunes Store other than podcasts, album artwork, and iPod touch/iPhone applications.
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