Library been emptied? Help!

My itunes stopped working on my windows computer, and told me to reinstall-so I deleted the old itunes, and installed the new one. When I went into my music library on my newly dowloaded itunes, it was empty. My ipod was not plugged in, so the music on that is still there. Where has all my music gone on my itunes though? And if I plug in my ipod will it clear everything from that too? Please Help!

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.
When you get it all working make a backup!
In the unlikely event that your media and backup library files have been removed see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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