Can i get my old purchases back?

I had a bunch of i tunes purchases on an old computer, but it got fried. Is there any way I can re-download my old purchases if I don't have access to the hard-drive they were on?

Sorry, but officially Apple does not allow redownloads of purchased items. It's your responsibility to make backup copies in case something goes wrong with your system, as unfortunately it apparently did in your case, and you lose all the information on your hard drive. The official statement of their policy can be found here, among other places. If your hard drive died and you haven't made a backup, and don't have your tracks on an iPod, you're probably out of luck and will need to repurchase your tracks.
You can try contacting iTunes Store Customer Service and explaining what happened. Reportedly in some cases Apple has allowed redownloading on a one-time basis, but don't count on it.
If you do have a backup or have your tracks on an iPod, post back and we'll go from there (or search the forums for "iPod back"; it's been covered a number of times already).
Message was edited by: Dave Sawyer

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