Suddenly getting write errors, iTunes randomly deleted my playlists

Last night I started having problems with the iTunes store, and today the problem is getting even worse. Initially I had a 'write error' that screwed up two different downloads/purchases from the store. Today, upon opening iTunes, my entire library was wiped out and so were all of my playlists. Now I can't restore my library without it running into write errors and freezing iTunes. I had the most current version of iTunes, uninstalled it, and reinstalled a fresh download.
Still having all of the problems I listed. They are completely out of the blue: I hadn't changed anything with my computer, and all of a sudden this problems started happening. If it can't be fixed I'm going to stop using iTunes completely. It's junk as far as I'm concerned.
Anyone else have any idea what the **** is going on here?

I am having a similar problem all of my music has a error log that says it can't find the file and therefore will not play. Most of the music was coped from my cd's. Any ideas?

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