I think I deleted my entire library...help!

I had an entire library from burning CDs and downloading songs from itunes. Then one day I wanted to download but had to upgrade to 6.0. For some unknown reason, my computer wouldn't let me upgrade so I just re-installed it all together. Now I can't access itunes at all. I'm guessing there's no way to get my songs back on my computer, and worse, now if I ever plug in my ipod to my computer all of the songs will be deleted? Is there something I can do?

Click on the File on the iTunes task bar and click on ADD FOLDER TO LIBRARY. iTunes does not hold and save your music, your hard drive does that. iTunes only holds the file paths to reference the songs by.
Oh, and are you havintg trouble DLing iTunes completely? Are you getting any error messages? Please give me more info about what is going on when trying to DL iTunes. Also, what antivirus and firewall programs do you use on your PC? I guess I am kinda confused about what your question is....

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