Previously purchased songs?

I know this is asking a bit much, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask...
Over the past few months, I've downloaded quite a few songs through the iTunes store. Recently, my computer had a critical meltdown and I lost everything I had downloaded. Does iTunes keep a log of what songs you purchase? Is there a way of replacing these songs without having to remortgage my house to do it? I have reinstalled iTunes on my laptop and hope to replenish my collection soon.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
HP Pavilion zt1000 laptop   Windows XP  

I am not sure that you can.
But there is a sort of work around, you can create a smart playlist and set the condition:
Kind IS Protected AAC audio file
Or maybe Kind CONTAINS Protected AAC
To get the exact text you need, right click in the header row of the library which should produce a list of columns, check "Kind". This will show a file type column.

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