Lost music on itunes

I have an iphone 4s and have just upggraded, problem is a few months ago when I changed pc's I've somehow managed to mess up my itunes and 75% of songs say original file could not be found. I've just got around this by not syncing my phone to itunes but now with a new phone I need to. Can I transfer all of the music on my phone back into my itunes? If so how?!! Any help appreciated.

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Adding music and other content to iTunes - Apple Support
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iTunes helps you add digital audio and video files on your computer directly to your iTunes library. You can add audio files that are in AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless, or Audible.com (.aa) format. If you have unprotected WMA content, iTunes for Windows can convert these files to one of these formats. You can also add video content in QuickTime or MPEG-4 format to iTunes. To learn how to add these files to iTunes follow the steps below.
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Lost music after itunes update

Hi All
I just did the latest software update for my itunes and seem to have lost all my music. Called apple care and they talked me through looking the lost music. They said it looks like its gone. Any one have this problem? I was not the first one to call with this same problem. Any ideas on where to find my lost music libary along with ratings and such?
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sorry to hear of your loss. that is why I always back up my purchases.
you can email support and they can provide a one time exception and allow a re download of all yoru purchases, or at least what is still available for download.

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I am soo MAD!!! what is the problem with Apple and iTUNES!!! I am tried of re-ripping my music and frustrated with APPLE iTUNES!!!
I have asked multiple times if Apple can put watch folders as a feature, but NO they can't get the stupid thing right!!!!
I have -- SORRY HAD 400GB of music and now it is gone!!!! I am F**** MAD!!!
I have an external drive and have the default settings in iTUNES with the exception that I point the music folder to the external drive. If i happen not to have it hooked up and aciedently start iTunes the it resets my default directory to the laptop drive and then next time if I do not repoint the directory to the external drive then it tries to move over some of the files until my hard drive is full.
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is there any way to get the music from my ipod to itunes?
For iTunes version 7 or later, then you can transfer purchased iTunes store music from the iPod to an authorized computer by using the "file/transfer purchases from iPod" menu. Note that the maximum of 5 authorized computers applies here.
Find out how to do that here.
How to copy iTunes purchases from an iPod to a computer.
For all other non purchased content (your own CDs etc) try this method which works on some Windows PCs.
Enable your iPod for disk use.
See: iPod Disk Use.
Open iTunes and select edit/preferences/advanced/general. Put a check mark in the box marked "copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library" and also "keep iTunes music folder organized", then click 'ok'.
Connect the iPod whilst holding down the shift/ctrl keys to prevent any auto sync, and if you see the dialogue window asking if you want to sync to this itunes library, click 'no'.
Then go to file/add folder, open 'my computer', select your iPod and click 'ok'.
The music files should transfer to your iTunes.
If this doesn't work (and it may not because officially it's not supposed to), check out the instructions/suggestions here.
Music from iPod to computer (using option 2). This a manual method using "hidden folders" and although it works, it is a little more involved than other methods.
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See: How to restore the iPod to factory settings.

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Hello , Willy_D
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that you have an issue where your Windows computer is not longer recognizing your iPhone in iTunes. I also realize you have already completed a lot of great troubleshooting. I would first recommend, to ensure all steps have been completed, reading over the attached article and working through any steps that you have not yet completed.
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Browse your iTunes folder. Do you have files in folder in your media folder? In other words, did you really lose the media or did iTunes just lose track of it?
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