How to import all my music back in iTunes?

I formatted my computer and install a new OS. I have iTunes reinstalled but under the Library/Music, all my songs are not listed despite I went into the Edit/Preferences.../Advanced tab and redirect the media folder to my music folder. Any suggestion? All my ringtones are not showing up either.

It's not working. I'm using a PC with Windows 7. I was reading the article you pointed out above but it's not working either. I'm not sure if the article above even applied to my case since the location of all my ringtones and music never changed location. I just redirect iTunes to use the existing location but still iTunes is unable to read all my previous files. Any other suggestions?

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jjdevney wrote:
I had to reinstall Windows XP, erasing everything on the hard disk. I had saved the music files with backup software, so I now have them back. But iTunes won't add them to my library. I tried importing songs from a new CD to see where iTunes put those files, and then copying an album folder into the same location. But Windows wouldn't copy the files inside the foder. Nearly all the songs were originally taken from CDs in my collection, and the songs are still on my iPod Nano.
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