I just installed itunes on my laptop, my other one died. How do i get my library back?

just bought a new computer how do i get my libray music, video, ect.. back on itunes. other computer died.

Depending upon what country that you are in you might be able to re-download your iTunes music purchases and tv shows and, if you are in the US, some/all of your films : re-downloading. Have you not got a backup of your content on, for example, an external drive that you can copy onto the computer and add into its iTunes ?

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