Associating music files with palylists and/or music library

My HD went out but luckily (I thought) I had a backup of my iTunes folder on an external drive. After installing the new hard drive and all the updates to TIGER 10.4.x I copied my original iTunes folder to new drive to the music folder.
I see all my files in my library and play lists, but they all have an "!" by them and when I choose a particular song, a message comes up saying that iTnes can NOT find the associated music file (even though the file is actual there in the iTUnes folder and on my HD). Short of manually associating every library/playlist song with the actual music file (more that 2,000 files), is there any automated process or method to associate all the music files with the library/playlist files?????

Morris:
First, back up your iTunes Library file - just in case the original gets damaged, you will have a clean copy to restore to.
*From the File menu, select Export Library and save as an .xml file to your desktop.
*Go to iTunes Preferences>>Advanced, and make sure that you have DESELECTED Copy music to iTunes folder when adding to library and SELECTED Keep iTunes Music folder organized.
*Close iTunes
*Now, go to the ~/Music/iTunes folder and remove the
b iTunes Library
file from this folder.
*Restart iTunes - your Source Menu and Library should be empty of everything except the standard preset playlists.
*From the File Menu, select "Add to Library" and navigate to the location of your music files.
*When the import process is finished, go to the File Menu, select Import and navigate to the Library.xml file you created in the first step.
Your links between songs should be reestablished and your metadata intact.
Good luck and let us know how you make out.
Lita

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