Did i Permanently Delete My iTunes Library?

Greeetings!
I upgraded t to.4.11 a couple months ago on an imac 800 flat screen. I have had no problem using iTunes. Last night I deleted my previous system folder - and now my itunes library of 1,000 songs is gone!
Yet My pictures in my iPhoto library are still there, if that tells us anything.
Any ideas; are there copies or some sort of files of the itunes library kept somewhere else?
Does anyone know of a free utility that may help recover them?
PLEASE HELP!
many thanks,
chris

*Any ideas; are there copies or some sort of files of the itunes library kept somewhere else?*
Your iTunes library files are kept in User\Music\iTunes. Try holding down the Option key when launching iTunes. In the resulting dialogue you will get the option to create a new library or navigate to an existing one. Look in the location above and see if you have more than one library file. If you have more than one try opening them in turn, you may find your original library is still intact: How to open an alternate iTunes Library file

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