How do i do this??

okay, here's whats going on:
a few months ago, i backed up my itunes to an external drive (along with the .xml, .itl files , album artwork folder, etc.)
i later DID NOT add that music to itunes after a reformat, and added NEW music to the fresh reformatted XP
I finally decided to add the backed up music from the external by ADDING the music folders ONLY to the music folder on the new XP format, and got rid of the .itl file, went to the import drop-down box and browsed to the .xml files i moved to the desktop, in order to rebuild the library.
when it was done, the only songs that were in itunes were the ones that were in there from the reformat, NOT the ones i just dragged to the itunes music folder.
so, what did i do wrong, and how do i fix it?
the reason i know the music is not in itunes is because in itunes it shows as having 500+ songs and being 12GB...when i browse to the folder where itunes music is, it shows as being 46GB...
thanks in advance for any and all who can lend a hand!
Scott

You cannot add music to the iTunes library by putting it into the iTunes music folder; you need to tell iTunes to put the music in the library database. Drag the music folder into the open iTunes window.
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