How do I find lost music?

I switched computers and lost 300 songs.

If you do have your iTunes content stored in a backup somewhere, on your iPod, or the hard drive it was originally on is no longer available, I'm afraid you are out of luck.
You can redownload most iTunes purchases again via iCloud using the instructions in this link.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
For all other non-iTunes purchased content, you'll need to rerip or redownload them from their original source.
For the future, consider making backups of your iTunes library or your entire PC.
iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive
B-rock

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    Hi ajoddo20,
    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
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    how do i recover lost music i already paid for

    Dustin Hunter wrote:
    how do i recover lost music i already paid for
    A: If Windows isn't working:
    You need to boot the computer from a "recovery disk or USB" that has a operating system on it and a graphical user interface to transfer files from your boot drive to a external drive.
    I suggest using the Easy USB Installer to install Ubuntu 10.10 onto a 2-4 GB USB key.
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