Hard Drive problem - lost all my music help?

Hey,
I recently got a hard drive so i decided to move all my music from my laptop to it. This included iTunes and everything. Everything was working fine - I imported my music and it was playing etc. But, I decided to defragment my Hard drive and this seems to have included my music collection. When I go to the file to import instead of the iTunes icon there is the - "which file would you like to view it with" icon. Then, when I use the iTunes icon it doesn't work. The folder still is the 39GB size it was when my music was there. So that means it's still somewhere right? Does anyone know how I can restore my files again? I have over 10,000 songs that I have been collecting for over 6 years. And help at all would be greatfully appreciated. Thanks.

Jarrod, Redcube is correct that it's store policy about downloading once & it's the user's responsibility to backup important files. Now, to give you a little hope, the store has been known to grant a one time re-download to folks with special circumstances. You will need to pick the appropriate link to e-mail the store, politely explain what has happened, & ask for a re-download. Keep in mind that if you are fortunate enough to be granted a re-download, to get your new library backed up because if something should happen, again, I'm afraid you will be out of luck. Also, keep in mind that the store is not required to grant you a re-download. Hope this helps.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/

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