Computer Reformated. Lost all iTUNES files.

My computer reformatted itself a bit. It saved the files that it supposively could save. I have lost all of my songs that I purchased on iTUNES. Is there any possible way for me to get the files back? Please help me.
Thanks.
Stefanie

Do you have an iPod? If you do then you can copy your music back from that. If you don't, then provide some more information, was it a Microsoft system restore? And whats "A bit" mean, was it only supposed to copy the system files back? If it was and it told you that it would save "the data files you have created" then it cleaned out your Documents and Settings, in which case you have lost everything, because most people use System restore when they download a virus, and most of the time viruses go into your Documents and Settings folders, for all users.

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