My iTunes is corrupted. Where are my music files located?

Hello! My iTunes in Win8 has become corrputed and won't start. I get an error msg which says that "iTunes Library.itf cannot be read by a newer version". What do I do? Worse yet, I cannot find any of my music files. I have a lot. perhaps 2,500 different individual items, but I don't know what file extension they are, nor what subdirectory they are in.
It would be several days' work to reload every single CD (I don't want to go there!).
Does anyone on the list have any suggestions as to how I can get iTunes reloaded or fixed?
Sandy Gerli, Mount Airy NC
ac1wye at gmail dot com

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