Updated iTunes and lost my files again! Please help!?!

I just updated iTunes and once again lost my library. Using Windows7 64 bit OS. Now I found the file and imported as before and have some but not all of my files. Is there any way to restore my playlists?? I have spent hours creating these for my various devices and each time software is updated I have to do it all over again. It duplicates the names of the playlists but no files are within the lists themselves. Also I don't have any songs that I have paid for in the store. These tally into the hundreds as well into the hundreds of dollars. I kinda would like to have these back as well. Any help here??? Also must I rip all my CDs every time, this process is getting very, very, very old!

roaminggnome wrote:
"I just updated iTunes and once again lost my library. "
So you failed to maintain a backup ( basic) and you lost your music. And then after this happened once, you still have failed to maintain a backup?
Let's review your logic... If iTunes FAILS, doesn't work properly and it has BUGS the size of 18 wheels trucks THEN it's the users fault???
OK. He should have made a DVD back up in case of a disaster like this, I'll give you that. BUT the problems are Apple's and iTunes software engineering team responsibility. They're the ones providing defective, buggy software.
The reason 90% of users won't make a backup is just because they TRUST Apple to correct the problem if it already happened before or they don't have the time to do it. Or maybe they're just plain lazy. LOL

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