ITunes Update deleted everything!

My iTunes updated yesterday and when I restarted my computer this morning my entire library was GONE! AND my iPod Shuffle was reset and my playlist was gone! What Happened? Where is my music? What about the music i paid for from the store and downloaded?

Did you do a search of the harddrive?
Soapbox: It sounds like you don't have any backups if you are so worried about the music you bought from itms. I would HIGHLY recommend that you change that. Harddrive can/will fail without warning.
Does this article help you guys?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301895
Remember backups of ALL your digital data is very important thing to do.

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