Library content deleted?

Hi,
I've just bought a new laptop and have downloaded and logged into itunes with my old ID and password. I haven't been on itunes for ages, as my old laptop has been broken for some time and I have been using it in safe mode. Anyway, I logged in, and nearly all of my music has disappeared! I had nearly 2 thousand songs in there, most of them downloaded from my old CDs, which I've mainly gotten rid of now.
The only songs still showing are the few hundred I've purchased from itunes, but none of the ones I've burned from my CDs. Do you know why this would be? Burning them all again would be so time consuming, and as I say, I've gotten rid of a lot of my CDs so can't do that anyway.
Any help appreciated! 

Your media is still on your old computer. See this migrate iTunes library post or Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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