Lost music files in iTunes 10 update.

I updated my iTunes and have since noticed that several music files are missing from my library including recently purchased items from the iTunes store. I tried locating them by going to the Purchaced folder along the left side of iTunes and this folder has now completely vannished. Music that I have copied to iTunes via CD is also missing.
Any ideas as to why this has happened and how to recover my music files without having to trawl through the guts of my computer?

I lost all my music and found most of it. The purchased music I found also but it was never recognized by iTunes. Also all my playlist were gone. I still haven't figured it all out.

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