I can't uninstall, change or re-install itunes

i recently removed an unused hard-drive from my computer. it was the old drive from my previous computer that i kept to use for storage. i wiped the drive using dban and then proceeded to use it as strictly a storage drive. later, i purchased a larger storage drive and decided to remove the smaller one.
when i opened itunes to search for a song to download, it would not load the itunes home page. i tried refreshing.....nothing. i tried restarting my computer (windows vista 64).....nothing. i tried repairing itunes and it said "Invalid drive: F:/".
the F drive was the one i removed. it had nothing on it as i'd moved over all my music, videos and everything else from it to my larger storage drive. this was done quite a while back and i just now decided to remove the unused drive.
now i can't open repair, unstall or re-install itunes.
anyone have any suggestions on what i can do to use itunes again (other than the obligatory "switch to windows 7/8" or "swithc to mac"? none of those are an option for me right now.

why are you posting this in the iPhone forum?

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