How can I restore my old library?

Hi!
I hope this question will make sense and that one of you can help.
I lost all my music when I ejected my hard drive incorrectly. I still have, though, my iTunes files corresponding to that music: all the files starting with "iTunes Library" in their file name. I would like to access my old library so that I can remind myself what music I had that I would like to replace.
I thought that I could open up my old library file by hitting Option while opening iTunes. But it appears that I might be missing the key file. I thought I should check with you all before giving up, though. I have a file called "iTunes Library" with no extension; "iTunes Library Genius.itdb"; and I may have the "iTunes Library.xml " file. I can't say for sure whether I am looking at the right files, though, because I've changed the filenames so much that I may be looking at a file that doesn't correspond with my old library.
I have tried renaming the file with no extension to have an .itl extension, but this didn't work.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
I am using iTunes 11 on OS X 10.8.
Harry

If for some reason you have failed to maintain a backup copy of your computer ( not good), then you can redownload some itunes purchases in some countries.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Why would you start a new account?  Why no use the same account on the new computer?

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