Recovering files after computer crash

My HP computer recently crashed and eventually I had to reinstall XP and consequently lost all of my files. Is there any way for me to recover my iTunes library (I had 100's of files...)? I did not backup my music as I had no external drive or anything similar to put them on. Also, I only have a shuffle so that would only let me recover ~200 songs from there. Is there any hope for me? Any programs or iTunes options that anyone is aware of? I'm pretty desperate as that was 100's of dollars.... thanks in advance for any help.

I wrote some programs that will probably help:
This one removes the tracks that iTunes cannot find:
http://home.comcast.net/~teridon73/itunesscripts/itunesremovenotfound.zip
This one removes the duplicates (if they are exactly the same file, or one that is like "foofile.mp3", and "foofile 1.mp3")
http://home.comcast.net/~teridon73/itunesscripts/itunesremoveduplicates.zip

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