ALL Content Gone from iTunes on Upgrade

Help!! I upgraded to iTunes 7.0.1 and ALL of my previous content is gone. I'm afraid to poke around and look for it, or to sync my first generation 10G iPod for fear of losing all I have left. Previously purchased music, playlists, eveything uploaded over the years...GONE! I can't find this topic covered yet - Any suggestions?
Thanks, Sue
G5   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   1.8 GHz PPC 1GB RAM

At first glance, I just had the same problem. However, all files are still in my iTunes Music folder, the library, playlists etc just don't show up in the iTunes browser. Check for your iTunes Music folder. There are several other posts about content not showing up in iTunes after the 7.01 upgrade, so hopefully we'll find out more soon. I've tried replacing the preference files with older backup versions, but that doesn't fix it.

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