Can't add most of my files to iTunes

Hi gang. I'm looking for some help.
I got a new PC recently, and installed the current release of iTunes with no issues. I am trying to add my music and podcast files to the iTunes Library. I have over 20,000 files (~17,000 songs + ~3,000 podcasts and a few videos). All are stored in the same directory, on an external drive (a Drobo).
When I go to "File -> Add folder to Library" and select the topmost directory, it only adds ~6500 of the files. I've rerun many times and gotten the same result. I've tried clicking and dragging the file icon into iTunes, and gotten the same result. I've noticed that most of the files are by artists early in the alphabet... it's as if iTunes starts importing Abba, Adam Ant, etc, but then peters out by the time it gets to Little Feat. Zappa doesn't stand a chance!
BTW, if I try to add one of the missing files manually (by selecting the folder with the band's name on it), it adds with no problem. It's just that it's not happening automatically when I add the highest-level, "umbrella" directory. It used to work fine with my old PC. I have so many files, that I can't possibly add them all manually. I've tried everything I can think of! Any help is appreciated...

There have many reports here of large adds not running to completion. Sometimes it will die on a certain troublesome file, and sometimes there is no obvious reason.
Since you have verified that the individual files seem to be fine, the workaround is to add the folders in smaller batches.

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