Can I recover corrupted iTunes media files via iTunes game?

I store my movies and music to iTunes on a separate hard drive. This HARD drive has just damaged. I thought that backs up files on Time Machine (which is on another separate hard drive) would allow me to recover songs, but this doesn't seem to be the case (begging the question - what is Time machine?).

iTunes shows me always the albums I have in my library, but of course cannot locate the real tracks.

So, can I sign up for iTunes game to repopulate the lost files?

You must set the Time Machine to back up any connected external hard drive.  The default setting for Time Machine is to back up the complete internal drive, but not a connected external volumes.  If Time Machine is set to save the volume of external hard drive with your support of iTunes, you can "go back in time" to a backup state when these files are not corrupt and restore them on another volume.

iTunes game "corresponds to" or upload your library iTunes music to iCloud, to create your iCloud library.  You can then download songs from your music to iCloud library in your local iTunes on the Mac.  But you must already have an iCloud music library with your songs.

The songs that were purchased from the iTunes Store can be downloaded again on the iTunes Store purchased free of charge screen.  To view the purchase screen, click your name at the top of the iTunes window, and then select purchases.

Download your purchases past - Apple Support

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