ITunes 8.2.1(6) upgrade deleted music content - help!

I recently upgraded to 8.2.1(6), and subsequently had trouble sync'ing my iPod Touch. iTunes would go through the process, and then hand up. I found that a significant amount of my music and videos are GONE after the update. The album folders exist in the iTunues music folder, but the music files - and/or video files - are missing. Much if this is music that I purchased from iTunes.
Note that my playlists and library are still intact, so the missing songs are still listed (along with purchase dates)
Some of the music is still on my iPod, but not all of it (won't fit):
1. how can i recover this lost music?
2. if I can't recover it, will APPLE download it to me again (for free?)

Don't count on Apple to help you out. No offense to Apple, I'm just sayin...
Is the lost content still on your iPod? There are several utilities such as Senuti and Yamipod that will allow you to get music off an iPod and move it to your hard drive.
If the number of files is not too large, I'd try putting each file back into the folder where it belongs.

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