Error message when trying to play music in iTunes 8

I just upgraded to iTunes 8.0.1.11. When I now try to play any music (except for iTunes store purchases), I get an error message that says...
The song "x" could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it? Then shows the cancel and yes buttons.
I never had a problem with iTunes upgrades before. I see all the songs in my library, but just can't play them. All the music was playable and worked fine before I upgraded to this version. The only thing different I did notice after installing this, was it made a new "previous iTunes library" folder dated the day the upgrade was done. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.

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I posted this as a reply in another thread, but was asked to repost in a separate thread.
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I recently bought an external hard drive and I thought I had moved all of my music to the external HD.
But I think the problem started when I was out of town and I took my computer but not my ex HD. I added some songs to my library and made the mistake of connecting my ipod to my computer.
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