Just opened iTunes, and my library is gone! I have some questions..

I just got home and opened iTunes, and my library was empty. I had alot of music and playlists and stuff, everythings gone.
I connected my iPod to the computer and erased everything off my iPod, then added all the music back to my library from various folders on my computer (what a headache).. It was really annoying and took alot of time.
Why did this happen? I've never had any problems before. How can I prevent it from happening again? And if it does happen again, is there anyway I can get my playlists and ratings back? I know I can copy my entire library from my iPods hard drive, but I don't want to do that because I already have the music on my computer and it would just waste space.
Thanks!

You'll be able to download previous iTunes Store purchases in iTunes.
Check out this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

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