HT201272 Help! I lost my music after laptop recovery!!!

I downloaded many songs to my lap top (for my ipod) and had to do a recovery on my computer.
How can I access my songs from itunes? The help pages are of no use!
ipod shuffle Genertion 4
Thanks Diane

It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer.
If for some reason you have failed to do this, then you can redownload some itunes purchases in some countries:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store ... - Support - Apple

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