After syncing iphone 4s all previous music gone

Hi - I recently uploaded some CDs to my itunes library and the synced my iphone 4s. Now, all the music that WAS in my library is gone from my computer and from my iphone. I searched my PC - none of them are there, not in the recycle bin either. And they are not in the cloud either. In fact there is not even a music folder in my icloud. This represent ALL of the music I had on my library since about 2007.
I have exhausted every search for help in Apple support and otherwise. Please help.
Note: I am not a novice with computers, but I admit that I find iTunes confusing.
Note: I also have an original apple TV, which still has most of the original music.
Thank you.
wdb95126
San Jose, CA

Me too. If I sync again, and during the sync, drag and drop an App over to the right, i.e. on the phone, it will appear on the phone correctly. This only works 1 at a time. I have 16 apps in "Waiting" mode.
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