Need to import iTunes library, but can't "consolidate" first

I recently downloaded iTunes 7. Shortly thereafter, the program would unexpectedly quit within a minute of starting up iTunes. After so many times, my hard drive lost its ability to start up. With the help of Tech Support, I used Disc Utility from the Tiger Install DVD to determine that the drive was problematic and that I should copy files off of it before losing them forever. I now have a new hard drive installed and am able to read off of the old one through an external hard drive enclosure via USB. I have looked at how to move an iTunes library, but everything I read says that I need to start up from the old drive, open iTunes and "Consolidate Library..." (under Advanced). I CAN'T DO THIS!!!! The best I have been able to come up with is to open the new iTunes on the new hard drive and import from the old one. This gets me all the songs, but no playlists. THEN I import the .xml file and this gets me my playlists and fills up what it can. I can't figure out how to import all my ratings and without those ratings, some of my Smart Lists have no songs in them. So my first problem is: How do I get the ratings back? I also have a second problem: I had to "authorize" the music I purchased from the iTunes Music Store. Will I have to "authorize" for each iPod I update on this machine??? I'm hoping someone can tell me the correct way for me to move my music to my new hard drive that includes all my ratings and stuff and gives me no loss of "authorizations". HELP!!!!
P.S. - Startup Disk does not give me the option to boot in OSX from the old hard drive. Strangely though, I do get the option of booting in OS9! Perhaps this means I just need to repair OSX on the drive somehow??? If it's easier, help me get my old hard drive to boot again in OSX, that would then allow me to "consolidate" my library and do it correctly.
G4 Mirrored doors   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

Quit iTunes. Go to your user account/Library/Preferences folder and locate a file named "com.apple.iTunes.plist". Drag it to the trash.
Restart iTunes and the iTunes Setup Assistant will run again and you can select your choice for internet playback on the second screen.
You will have to goto iTunes > Preferences and reselect your preferences in each tab. The default general preference is to not show iTunes U, Books, Apps and Ringtones libraries, so if you want to see them, be sure to check them off.

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