Updating to 7.02 and losing music

Last time I updating to ITunes 6.0, I lost all my music to include purchased music. Can I update without losing everything?

I am assuming that it will work the same for 7.02 as it does for 6.
yeah, the particular issue(s) that that document treats has been around for a while. (the original title of that document said "when upgrading to itunes 4.9", i believe.) i've seen it work for a few folks with 7.0.x versions.

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