How do I reconnect my iTunes files so they play after Library move?

Help! I had a 13g iTunes Library which I moved to an internal drive in my G4 Dual, not the original drive it has been on since 2002. For some reason I was unable to play the files in the new location so I moved them all back to their original folder and now for each tune I try to play I get a prompt "iTunes cannot locate the file xxx. Do you want to locate it?'. Well, I can't do this for 13g worth of tunes. I have tried to Consolidate and do all the proper things listed here as well as moving the whole folder back to the internal drive to try again. All the music is there but in every case it asks me if I want to locate the tune beofre playing it. How do I re-attach each file to it's title in the Music list w/o doing it individually? Thank you so much!
Don

dsf,
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