Cant locate music file????

i have lost almost everything on my itunes some how; it keeps saying cant locate file and asks me if i want to locate them?? i didnt know they were moved to be able to even begin looking for the files

no its a new internal hdd, though the fix may be the same? cant see why it would be different both run through the mobo just different conectors and a hdd with no operating system installed, which i,m guessing is the reason itunes cant find my music in windows on the c drive, cos it aint there!!!

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