Personally loaded music is gone, folders are there but empty.

Updated to iTunes 10, now all my personally loaded music is gone; the folders are all there but every song is gone. All my iTunes purchases are fine, just all the music I've loaded for 3 years is gone.

You would probably get more help by posting this in the MobileMe Forum.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mobileme
Good luck.
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To find the file, use the information in this article to navigate through the iTunes media folders -
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If you are still unable to locate the files, you may need to download them from the iTunes store again, or rip them from your CDs. See this article for assistance with downloading your past purchases -
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Personally loaded music is gone, folders are there but empty.

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