Help! changed file location on pc, then back, now itunes can't find

because my c drive was getting full, i changed my itunes file storage location to another drive, following the 'help' instructions. i copied over my entire itunes music folder. it stored new imports there but when i click on most of the old stuff, it couldn't locate it. so i copied the whole itunes folder back where it was - and it still can't find it. and now it's deleted it all from my ipod.
what's my fastest fix? do i manually import everything over again from the new drive, or manually change every song's location, or is there an easier global way?
thank you!

Something is different in the paths to the files....hence itunes cannot find them.
Sound like you know about the ITL file, which is why you copied it over.
What you can do is look in its companion XML file to see the paths itunes thinks it should be using.
If your XML is really big, open it using WordPad instead of NotePad. About the 10th line down is the itunes preference setting for the itunes folder:
key>Music Folder</key><string>file://localhost/K:/iTunes%20Music/</string>
On my system it's K:/iTunes Music
The %20 just indicates a space.
Then each song will have its own path
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/K:/iTunes%20Music/Cowboy%20Junkies/The%20Trinity%20Session/07%2 0200%20More%20Miles.mp3</string>
Now....can you see ANYTHING funny in one of those song paths?Is there an extra space, a different user name, anything different than what you could browse to in Windows Explorer?

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