How come I updated itunes and my music is gone?

I was going to put some of my music from itunes on my PC to my new iphone. Itunes asked me to upgrade and when it opened, all of my songs are gone. I know I can go through the process of downloading purchased music again, but what about the songs that I had on the computer transferred from CDs before that?

Sounds like Itunes lost your Library file right after update for some reason. You should not have copied the music again. Quit Itunes, In finder go to where your music is stored and drag the Itunes library file from there to the desktop. In the Itunes Folder, open the Previous Music library sub -folder and see the library file w/the date of when you upgraded Itunes (not the one where you dragged the music back in). Drag this file from this inside folder to the Itunes Folder and name it Itunes Library. Now open Itunes and it should be all there.If it it did not help, may yyou used the wrong "previous library file" You could check your library files to find the one you need--Quit Itunes and launch it while holding Option button, click on Choose library and navigate to the Music/Itunes folder and go inside the Previous Music and try one of those library files to see if they have your staff as you remember it. If you find the correct one, you would need to switch your Itunes Library file w/the one you found (drage the original out of there and then put the one you found in its place adn name it Itunes library) and then switch Itunes library back to it.

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**I think I made a mistake by dragging my music from my HD into iTunes...**
I also noticed that my desktop was restored with my files and folders again when I rebooting my computer for the second time...and these items were no longer placed in a "Desktop" folder on the HD.
Not sure what's going on with that iTunes update.
I also have a Time Machine...so if need be I can restore my computer back to what it was before I updated iTunes, right? And if I do...how do I prevent this whole issue from happening again when I update iTunes?
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Sounds like Itunes lost your Library file right after update for some reason. You should not have copied the music again. Quit Itunes, In finder go to where your music is stored and drag the Itunes library file from there to the desktop. In the Itunes Folder, open the Previous Music library sub -folder and see the library file w/the date of when you upgraded Itunes (not the one where you dragged the music back in). Drag this file from this inside folder to the Itunes Folder and name it Itunes Library. Now open Itunes and it should be all there.If it it did not help, may yyou used the wrong "previous library file" You could check your library files to find the one you need--Quit Itunes and launch it while holding Option button, click on Choose library and navigate to the Music/Itunes folder and go inside the Previous Music and try one of those library files to see if they have your staff as you remember it. If you find the correct one, you would need to switch your Itunes Library file w/the one you found (drage the original out of there and then put the one you found in its place adn name it Itunes library) and then switch Itunes library back to it.

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Thank you for all the supports and answers.
But I have a new problem here.
I connected my ipod to my mac and turned on the itunes.
And I still haven't done anything to my ipod. (haven't re-synced or tried to fix my problem. my situation is same as my original post says,)
I clicked 'my ipod's music'section on itunes' sidebar.
And surprisingly, all my old music are still there, but with some greyed titles.
What do i have to do? I don't want my situation to get any worse.
What is needed if I want my musics back?
Help me please!

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Hi all,
Sorry for asking what is probably a question which is easily answered. I was updating iTunes and I got this error message:
[IMG]http://i46.tinypic.com/5feueu.jpg[/IMG]
Can anyone tell me what it means and how I fix it?
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iTunes
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Short or wiping my computer and starting again I have no ideas left.
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In iTunes sign out of your daughters Apple ID and sign in with your own.

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