Can't find file location.

I recently transferred my iTunes to my laptop via the backup discs, which I thought worked well. When I tried to play some songs, iTunes told me that they couldn't be played because the original file couldn't be found. I first thought it was because the songs that couldn't be found were songs that I'd downloaded off the internet and put onto iTunes on the computer, then they were backed up with the rest. However, there are loads of other songs I've gotten through this method and they are all able to be played, it's only a few artists that aren't. I'm wondering if there's anything wrong because I can locate the songs on the backup disc and they work, as do the other songs I downloaded from the internet, but I don't want to have to find each song individually now as there are seven backup discs to go through.
If I transferred my iTunes library from the computer onto the laptop via homesharing instead of the discs, would I still encounter this problem?

Are the "missing" songs somewhere on your local drive as well as the DVD backup set. If so iTunes might just be looking in the wrong place. Select a broken entry and press CTRL-I to Get Info, then look on the Summary tab. What path is shown? Where is the file really? Post back and I might be able to offer some suggestions.
Alternatively just copy the entire iTunes folder from one machine to the other over your network.
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