My computer crashed. When reistalled the Itunes on my old classic I Pod my Music was not there.  What do I recover the old music and continue with my new music now.

My computer crashed.  When I reinstalled the ITunes on my computer a new version came up and I lost all 3500 songs?  Ooooch. I started downloading music from Amazon and have created a new list.  I really would like to be able to down load the new music without losing the old music.  It will not let me sync otherwise.  Please help.

Your music is stored in the iTunes folder (under pictures on a Mac or My Photos on a PC). 
If you have downloaded new music, you can always copy your iTunes folder to another place (called iTunes backup or something), then restore your old iTunes folder from your backup.  The old music is gone if you don't have a backup. You have to reload it from CD or download it again (hopefully they won't charge you twice). 
Once the old music is restored, make sure the newly downloaded songs are still there.  If not, copy it from the iTunes backup folder into iTunes.

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