I need to reïnstall my computer, am I gonna lose all contens from iTunes?

Can someone help me please?
I did this once before and lost all of my music that I had collected together. I do not know where the backups go or stay, so do not know where to get everything back then!
In this case I can't get anything back, because my computer is gonna get a "clean reset" . So Windows7 is gonna install on a clean computer.
But I have iTunesMatch. Will that help me to get my music back?
And what about all the apps pn my iPhone and iPad? Will they be synchronised automatically or deleted ?
Who can tell me this before my pc is getting cleared?
Help???

Right-click a song in iTunes, choose to show it in the Windows Explorer, navigate up to the iTunes folder, and drag that to another drive. Afterwards, drag it back.
In addition, press the Alt and S keys and choose Deauthorize this Computer just before the reset is performed.
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