HELP - My Songs Are there but iTunes can't find them!!!

I just moved my iTunes library to a different drive and iTunes just gives me "!" next to the song files and tells me the song file isn't there.
Help!!

Edited:
Did you go to iTunes Preferences/Advanced/General/ and show iTunes the path to the new drive? If not, you need to do that.
The ones which will play are the ones iTunes can find. The " ! " ones are the songs iTunes thinks it can't find. If you quit iTunes and restart your system, the next time you open iTunes the checks should be gone.

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I looked into the XML file for two examples:
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<key>Disc Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Track Number</key><integer>12</integer>
<key>Track Count</key><integer>12</integer>
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<key>Date Added</key><date>2010-01-20T20:42:16Z</date>
<key>Bit Rate</key><integer>256</integer>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Part Of Gapless Album</key><true/>
<key>Comments</key><string>24-bit conversion from 33 rpm LP</string>
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<key>Play Date</key><integer>3347294248</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2010-01-26T02:57:28Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>1ECF1829851D272F</string>
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<key>Library Folder Count</key><integer>1</integer>
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<key>22357</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>22357</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>Our Day Will Come</string>
<key>Artist</key><string>Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass</string>
<key>Album Artist</key><string>Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass</string>
<key>Composer</key><string>Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass</string>
<key>Album</key><string>SRO</string>
<key>Genre</key><string>Latin</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>AAC audio file</string>
<key>Size</key><integer>3778576</integer>
<key>Total Time</key><integer>142437</integer>
<key>Disc Number</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Disc Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Track Number</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Track Count</key><integer>12</integer>
<key>Date Modified</key><date>2010-01-20T20:41:21Z</date>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2010-01-20T20:41:16Z</date>
<key>Bit Rate</key><integer>256</integer>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Part Of Gapless Album</key><true/>
<key>Comments</key><string>24-bit conversion from 33 rpm LP</string>
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<key>Persistent ID</key><string>62E6584021054038</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>File</string>
<key>File Type</key><integer>1295270176</integer>
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/Volumes/1TB/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Music/Herb%20Alpert%20& #38;%20Tijuana%20Brass/SRO/01%20Our%20Day%20Will%20Come.m4a</string>
<key>File Folder Count</key><integer>5</integer>
<key>Library Folder Count</key><integer>1</integer>
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The relevant file path information from both seems to be:
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/Volumes/1TB/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Music/Herb%20Alpert%20& #38;%20Tijuana%20Brass/SRO/12%20Flamingo%201.m4a</string>
AND
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/Volumes/1TB/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Music/Herb%20Alpert%20& #38;%20Tijuana%20Brass/SRO/01%20Our%20Day%20Will%20Come.m4a</string>
Both file paths are valid - both real files exist in the listed folder.
I SUPPOSE I can go through my entire 12,000+ track library searching for randomly lost media links within iTunes, then use the 10+ clicks it takes PER TRACK to tell iTunes where the file is. Even though the path in the XML look accurate.
Any ideas? And please don't tell me to dump my iTunes library itl and xml files and start from scratch. I have dozens of playlists, layers smart playlists, etc. I can't even imagine getting all that setup again.

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