All songs in iTunes uploaded but can't play them from Macbook

Hi,
I've matched and uploaded all of my iTunes library to iCloud through iTunes Match. The problem that I have is that if I try to play a track from my Macbook I just get an error message saying:
'The Song ____ could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?'
Before I got iTunes Match I stored my library on an external HDD. Could this be the problem? And if so does anyone know how I can play my iTunes library from my Macbook without having to connect the external HDD?
Thanks for your help
D

Yes, the HDD is the problem.
You need to actually delete the songs from your library to stop iTunes from looking for the files on the HDD.
Select all your music in iTunes and delete it, making sure that you don't check the box saying to delete it from the cloud as well. Also make sure you choose to keep the original files (unless you have them backed up elsewhere).
Once you have done that the songs should stream from the cloud.

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