Automatic file deletion???

So, i went into iTunes today to just chill out and listen to some music and i noticed that, seriously, about 10 albums are missing!! all the artwork and song listing is still there, but the songs arent!
So, just to see if things got goofy, i turned on my external hard drive (connected via usb) and looked in my "music" folder and they arent in there either!!
Is there any setting i dont know about that automatically deletes files after a certain time period that i dont know about?!?!
I can always re-rip the cds again, but its so time consuming!!
Thanks for any help!
-Sin

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