None of my music is in my library anymore, how do I get it back?

Question

Our computer allows each person in our family to have a different sign on. We each also have a seperate iTunes library. My dad wanted to get some of the music that I had in my library and started messing around with the computer. Somehow all my music disappeared from my library and never showed up in his. I have no idea what he did to make this happen. I've found all files but is there a way to import it by folder and not file? I tried the "Add folder to library" thing under file in iTunes but none of my music was there. I had over 1,000 songs so I really need to find a way to retrieve my library by folder, otherwise it will take forever. Many thanks to anyone who can help me

Answer 1

Try this:
Start -> right click MyComputer -> select Explore
Find your main drive click -> Documents and Settings
click ->your profile name ->click My Documents
->click My Music -> click iTunes (if it's not there,
reinstall iTunes!) That's where all the music that
iTunes plays is stored. -> click iTunes Music! Let that folder sit open on your desktop.
Once you have that folder open, do it again by going to Start -> right click MyComputer -> select Explore and go find the folder where you already found your music. Now right click on the folder holding your music and drag it from this window to the one you found named "iTunes Music" in the other window. When you let it go there, you should select to "copy" it there. Then Windows should show you that it's copying the files over and you should have the music back in your own iTunes play list. When you open iTunes again, it should show your music.
This is assuming that you have never told iTunes to store the iTunes folder in another place. If you did that, then you must copy the music to the place you told iTunes to use.
Your problem is not so terrible because your music still is on the computer. Just get it back into the iTunes Music folder for your profile and all should be back to normal.