Entire Library Artwork Re-Sync..?

Hi iTunes People,
The other day, my PC informed me that it couldn't locate the iTunes library file.
I showed it where it always is, and I proceeded to find all my tunes effectively missing (i.e. with an '!' next to every track!).
Somehow, iTunes seems to have gone mad, and lost its ability to find its own library file, and subsequently all the links not only to all the tunes, but more annoyingly the links between all the artwork and the tunes!
I dragged and dropped the entire music library folder back onto the iTunes library window, which allowed it to understand that all the tunes did indeed still exist (in the same place as normal!), but now I find all my artwork is messed up.
Some albums retain their artwork intact, but many have tracks missing the artwork, and a stack load have lost their artwork / link to their artwork!
Is there any 'macro' way of getting iTunes to scan the entire library, find tracks / albums with missing artwork and then replace them automatically..?
What if I selected the entire library, then hit 'Get Artwork'..?
Any suggestions as to what's happened and how to clear up after it would be much appreciated!

Hi SaxonMusic,
If you are having issues getting all of your music to sync to your iPod Classic, you may want to go over the following article just to make sure that syncing is set up correctly in iTunes. Make sure that the sync "Entire Music Library" is selected. Also, you may be seeing doubles if you previously had your music library set up to sync manually and your iPod Classic is treating the new computer as a completely seperate library.
iTunes: Syncing media content to iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1351
If you continue to have issues, you may want to restore your iPod to factory settings and do a fresh sync:
Apple Support: Restoring iPod to factory settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1339
Cheers,
- Brenden

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