Itunes de-linked a majority of my music

Really not sure what happened, but after an update of iTunes 8.1 and update to 10.4.11 my music file designation has changed and the dreaded "!" showed up. About half of my files are not linked to the correct path.
All of my files are on a hard drive and easily accessible.
What's the easiest way to get all my music re-linked to the correct path?
Also if I blow out the files and reimport will all of my playlists be missing the files?

are you also syncing with itunes on the computer as well as using itunes match?

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