ITunes mp3s showing up at duplicates w/only one file in folder

I recently recovered a slew of my mp3s from an external hard drive. I re-added them from several locations, creating duplicates. The problem I'm having is that in many (as in most) cases, there is only one file in the folder but it's showing up twice in iTunes and deleted either in iTunes will delete the (only) file from the folder.
I'd experimented with deleting, selecting "keep file" then re-adding the folder but then I lose all my ratings, which I've spend a LOT of time creating.
A) Is there any way to simply delete all the "ghost" files (single files that show up twice in iTunes) without losing the ratings?
B) There are also legitimate duplicate files. When I do "show duplicates" it's a shallow feature that only goes by track name (while many different tracks have the same name (live versions, different albums, etc.). Is there a simpler way to find and delete all of these duplicates?
Thanks in advance for any help. - Brian

Dupin may be helpful (it's not free, though).

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