HELP! How do I transfer my itunes purchased items to a new computer

So my old computer with MANY purchased items died..I was able to transfer songs from my ipod to the purchased section of Itunes on my new PC..but what about all the other purchased songs? How come they don't load up onto the itunes on my new pc?

Depending on the type of old computer you had and you still have it. It is possible to pull the harddrive from the old computer (if the harddrive is still good) and either purchase a external harddrive case with usb support or hook the old drive up to one of either SATA or IDE (depending on type, If IDE then the master slave or cable select jumper needs to be in the proper place)connections in your computer and use it as a extra drive.

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