Can't Find CD Music in iTunes But Still On iPod

Not sure this is iPod problem, but occurred after linking iTunes to a library. I first moved my iTune file to secondary drive to free up space & no problems playing back downloaded iTune songs and CD music copied to iTunes. I hooked up my iPod only when booted in the 2nd drive to download from iTunes. Then I moved the iTune folder to an external drive (firewire boot-able) and again no problems playing back any of the music. Again I only connected my iPod when booted in the external drive to download from iTunes. I found out from Apple Discussions how I could press option when opening iTunes to link to a different Library and both download files to play, and load them to my iPod. This way I did not have to reboot from my main drive just so I could download iTune files and/or listen to my music including CD imports that were located on the external drive. So, when I was on my main drive, I linked the iTune app to the library on the external drive and was able to download from iTunes and sync my iPod with no problem BUT!!! Now there is an exclamation point next to every imported CD title in my iTune folder and it says can't find the original file. I booted into the external drive and opened iTunes but the ! is still there etc. The music file is still loaded/playable in my iPod but I can't play it from the computer. So my question is...
WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW DO I FIX IT?

So I put all my music into the iTunes folder (copied it back from my external hard drive) but when I open iTunes, it doesn't "find" it.
If you didn't back up or restore the iTunes database files, you also need to drag the music into the open iTunes application window.
What are the chances that Apple will let me redownload all of her purchases?
Click here and ask.
And last question, I know that they only let you copy your music onto "5" computers.
For most purposes, that doesn't apply to recent song purchases.
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So I put all my music into the iTunes folder (copied it back from my external hard drive) but when I open iTunes, it doesn't "find" it.
If you didn't back up or restore the iTunes database files, you also need to drag the music into the open iTunes application window.
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Click here and ask.
And last question, I know that they only let you copy your music onto "5" computers.
For most purposes, that doesn't apply to recent song purchases.
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