I want to update my itunes, however i'm worried it will mess up my library. ast fall when i did the update it caused about 40% of my library to disappear, including a lot of music from cd's that i imported. if that happens again, can i unistall v. 11?

I want to upgrade our Itunes to version 11.0 We have not upgraded since last fall when about 30-40% of our library disappeared when an update was done. Is there a way to reverse or recover if that happens again?

What you should do now is make a backup!
Should something go wrong during the upgrade the following will usually work but it is no substitute for a complete backup.
Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash
Hopefully it's not been too long since you last upgraded iTunes, in fact if you get an empty/incomplete library immediately after upgrading then with the following steps you shouldn't lose a thing or need to do any further housekeeping. In the Previous iTunes Libraries folder should be a number of dated iTunes Library files. Take the most recent of these and copy it into the iTunes folder. Rename iTunes Library.itl as iTunes Library (Corrupt).itl and then rename the restored file as iTunes Library.itl. Start iTunes. Should all be good, bar any recent additions to or deletions from your library.
See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
Should you wish to revert to iTunes 10.7 after trying 11.0 first download a copy of the installer from here, uninstall iTunes. Probably best to also remove other supporting software, e.g. Apple Application Support, Apple Mobile Device Support & Bonjour. Reboot. Restore the pre-upgrade version of your library database as per the diagram above, then install iTunes 10.7.
tt2

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