Lost Hard Drive...MUSIC????

Had my hard drive ruined by a power outage. Bought a new HP and downloaded ITUNES, how can I get the music that was purchased. Over 1000 songs!!!!

Use the form on this page to request a free redownload, restore a backup copy of them, or use the Transfer Purchases feature if applicable. If neither of these works, you will need to purchase the content again to get them back; Apple needs to pay the copyright holders for each download from the iTunes Store other than podcasts, album artwork, and iPod touch/iPhone applications.
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Copying from iPod to Computer thread...
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3536077#3536077
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Hi, I'm sorry, I don't have an answer, just to be clear immediately, but I do have the same problem and I'm looking for an answer as well.
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