Finding songs without files

My problem is kind of backwards. I know I have music files missing. I need to know how to find the songs that are missing without having to play every single song (over 8000). When I updated to the latest version of itunes, it had them all marked. Unfortunately I quit itunes and when I started it up again, they were no longer marked.
I need to make a list so that I don't duplicate everything.
Thanks,
Thom

Mike410 wrote:
I recently changed my itunes music folder to another external hard drive where my music was copied too.
how did you do that exactly ? for future reference, click here for tips/instructions.
Now every song in my itunes cant be found, and i have to manually find each song! Is there another way to sync up all the music files so they are recognized without manually finding over 3000 songs!
you may want to try this:
iTunes Track CPR v1.3
This script attempts to locate the files of so-called "dead tracks"--iTunes tracks designated with (!)--that you assume are not actually missing but are still located in the iTunes Music folder in their "iTunes File Order" (Music -> Artist -> Album -> file.xxx)."
JGG

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First of all, I'd like to start by saying that i am a DJ and music producer using Logic Pro 9.
..I have just spend the last 5 days organising my whole iTunes, adding albums, renaming, adding artwork and pritty much making sure that everything is bob on and perfect!
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