Lost everything after synchronisation????!!!!!

Hi, can anyone help me out?
I've lost ALL purchased songs and apps on my iPhone after synchronising with iTunes.
Background:
- Windows got stuck and was unrecoverable
- Reinstalled Windows
- Reintstalled iTunes
- Synchronised iPhone with iTunes
- Lost ALL purchased songs and apps that were on the iPhone
How can I recover this? PLEASE HELP!!

If you didn't make a back-up of your purchased songs to restore from (as you are advised to do) then I'm sorry to say that the policy on lost purchases is that you have to pay to download them again:
"Once a Product is purchased and you receive the Product, it is your responsibility not to lose, destroy, or damage the Product, and Apple shall be without liability to you in the event of any loss, destruction, or damage." iTunes Store: Purchased content can be downloaded only once
Purchased applications can be downloaded over again, see this article for details: How to redownload purchased applications from the App Store
You could try contacting iTunes Store Customer Service and you might be able to persuade them to sanction a second free download. There have been occasional reports in the iTunes forum of this happening, however just be aware that they are not under any obligation to do so. If you click on this link you'll be able to email your query: Customer Service - iTunes Store Support
You might also want to check out these pages for future reference:
How to back up your media in iTunes
Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive

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