Can see entire library in iTunes but can't play any songs

An exclamation mark "!" appears next to each song in my library. This happens seemingly arbitrarily- sometimes everything is OK- since I installed v 5.0. From what I can tell, the song list is not connecting to the song files...I have no idea why. Has this happened to anyone else?

Disconnect other USB devices from your computer and connect iPad to a different USB 2.0 port on your computer (not on your keyboard).
Turn iPad off and turn it on again. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on top of iPad for a few seconds, until a red slider appears. Then slide the slider.
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
Restart your computer. Then reconnect iPad to your computer.
Download and install (or reinstall) the latest version of iTune

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Click to view full size
If it isn't formatted to that you should move the library off of it and reformat.
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Select the options identified in the screenshot.
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Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
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Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
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