Cannot burn or import songs

Hi everyone,
I posted this problem a few days ago, but my question kind of got lost when other peole started posting other questions on the same thread. I still haven't solved my problem, here is the original question:
I have my itunes on an external hard drive, and just recently when I went to open it, itunes came up fine, but before it did I got the following message:
"Warning!
iTunes cannot locate the CD configuration folder, so you cannot import or burn CDs and DVDs. This folder must be in the same directory as iTunes."
I know to some it may seem self explanatary, but I am confused. I think I must have deleted something, so I have looked in my recycle bin, and there is nothing there to the name of 'cd configuration folder' so I'm not sure what to do. I did recently delete some files and I may have deleted something I shouldn't have, but I'm now fairly sure it isn't anywhere on my computor considering it isn't in my recycle bin (unless it is likely to be in another name). Is there anyway I could download what I need a fresh - without loosing all my play counts, playlists and music?
Please help!
since I posted that a few kind people have suggested various things - for example that I ensure the cd configuration is in the same directory as 'my music'. I have put the cd config folder in the same folder as my music (is folder the same as directory?) but the problem persists.
Another possible solution was to uninstall itunes and reinstall it - i was told as long as i have my itunes music library (which i have) the play lists and play counts should still be remembered....but i am worried that it wont work because like the other solution whereby i put the cd config folder in my music but the problem persists....
If i uninstall itunes - how do i ensure that when i reinstall it, it will pick up my music library? You see I have a 60 g ipod and really don't want to have to create all my playlists again...
thanks for your help in advance

just to follow on from that - i have 'itunes music library' (that from what i gather reading on this site doesn't contain all the info about my playlists and playcounts) but when i find just the 'itunes library' and try to open it a box pops up from windows telling me it can't open it as it odesn't recognise it - i think this has something to do with the fact that a while back i moved my music from my c drive to my e drive.

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