Force iTunes to "rescan" iTunes folder?

I keep my library on an external drive. I have iTunes looking in the correct place and I have consolidated to the new folder.
After upgrading, iTunes says it can't find the original files to about 200 songs even though they are in the iTunes folder. All I have to do is help iTunes find each song which is very time consuming.
Is there a way to force iTunes to "rescan" the folder for the missing songs so I don't have to point each one individually?

There is no way known to me to let iTunes rescan the 'iTunes Music' folder and restore the 'dead' links.
iTunes Track CPR v1.3 might help.
I've tested it a while ago with a deliberate messed up library and it was able to restore the links with about 70 % of the 'dead tracks'.
Hope this helps.
M
17' iMac 800 MHz, 768 MB RAM, 200 GB HD, DL burner   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   iTunes 7.0.1

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