Deleted library, please help!

I installed the newest version of iTunes and it deleted all the songs that were not in the library of my computer. Songs that I imported from other computers are all gone. I don't have access to all of these computers anymore. Is there any way I can reverse this? Maybe like a system restore for your iPod? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I installed the newest version of iTunes and it deleted all the songs that were not in the library of my computer. Songs that I imported from other computers are all gone.
hi Lori!
try not to do too much on that computer for a while if you can.
just checking on some things before we try proceeding. everything that was in your itunes library is still there? you have all the song files in your "itunes music" folder still?
have you already done a file and folders search on file names and filename extensions for the missing files?
love, b

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