Library is gone today -- Help!!

I started iTunes this afternoon and the library was blank.  I found in preferences that my music was pointing to an invalid directory and changed that.  Still nothing.  Selectetd Import Folder, found music and imported album files.  When finished, all play counts were reset to 0, none of my playlists were present and none of my song ratings were present.
How do I restore my ratings, playlists and play counts?  Why did this happen (I know you probably won't know the answer for the gremlins in my computer...)?
Thank you for your response!
Confused

This may sound stupid but have you checked your My Music folder to see if your music is still there. If it's not, is your music still on your iPod? If so, you can connect your iPod, change the settings to manually manage music and transfer your music back to your computer.
Anyway hope that helps.

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