Upgraded to Windows 7, lost all my itunes music and podcasts.

Lost all my stuff when i upgraded. Can I retrieve my preferences in the itunes store and recover the songs i had bought?

Upgraded to Windows 7
You did make a current backup of everything before you upgraded, correct?
Can I retrieve my preferences in the itunes store and recover the songs i had bought?
No.

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I use to have a iTunes account with my old computer, and I have lost all my iTunes music, some purchased, some downloaded from another source. Now I'm using a brand new computer (Windows) and I have opened a NEW iTunes account, but I now I need to figure out if it is possible to recoup my music content that I originally had. I had, I believe around close to 300 songs on my account ;(......Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Again, Ronald
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ronaldkerr24 wrote:
Now I'm using a brand new computer (Windows) and I have opened a NEW iTunes account
Now remove all your info and update the old AppleiD/iTunes account and use only that account.
You cannot transfer items between iTunes accounts.
You can redownload all the content.

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If they really meant that much to you, they would have been copied off to a computer at the earliest possible opportunity.
I personally find it amazing that people get so upset when pictures "accidentally" get deleted and then scream about how important they are. You wouldn't leave important paper work lying around to be lost/damaged/stolen, so why take a chance with important pictures on a device that can so easily be lost/damaged/stolen, or deleted by a child.

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Here is a review of Music Rescue.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
That is, if still available in the iTunes store.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
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Win 7 - \Users\[your username]\My Music\iTunes\
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As IO said before:
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I do not think it included audio books.

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