Re-downloading old music

I recently had a 'glitch' with my external HD. It deleted all of my files (about 60GB of music and about 10GB of photos).
A lot of the music that was deleted was purchased from the iTunes store. Is there a way to download music that was already downloaded, so I don't have to pay for them again?
I see that iTunes has a list of all the music that I've ever downloaded, but I can't find a way to download them again.
Any help would be appreciated.
Dell E1505 Windows XP

Sorry, but officially Apple does not allow redownloads of purchased tracks. It's your responsibility to make backup copies in case something goes wrong with your system, as unfortunately it apparently did in your case, and you lose all the information on your hard drive. If they are indeed gone and you haven't made a backup and don't have your tracks on an iPod, you're probably out of luck and will need to repurchase your tracks.
You can try contacting iTunes Music Store Customer Service and explaining what happened. Reportedly in some cases Apple has allowed redownloading on a one-time basis, but don't count on it.
Forum Tip: Since you're new here, you've probably not discovered the Search feature available on every Discussions page, but next time, it might save you time (and everyone else from having to answer the same question multiple times) if you search a couple of ways for a topic, both in the relevant forums, in the User Tips Library and in the Apple Knowledge Base before you post a question.
Regards.

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