Everything gone after incorrect sync, how to recover?

Hi. For some reason that I really can't understand, my iPod synced with the hard drive's iTunes library (even though I've always had it set to manual, as I don't keep a copy of the music on the hard drive).
Everything is gone now. I've spent sleepless hours online and the only decent recovery software seems to be CopyTrans Doctor. It did 'see' the 1800+ deleted songs, but you can't recover them until you pay and it's A$65, way too expensive. Are there any free alternatives, or something cheaper?

It is unlikely that your files are really gone if you did an UPGRADE.  On the other hand, if you installed a new OS from scratch, then you erased all your files and will end up with a mac with no files, just like it would come from the store.  If you didn't install a complete fresh OS then have you possibly logged in as a different user?  Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Users and see if there are more than one user.  If so, try logging in as a different user and see if your files are there.
The other things is to use spotlight to search for a file whose name you know.  Type command-space to bring up the search screen and type in the name of a file you know and see if it shows up.

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