How to import iTunes Lib from ext disk w/o losing playlists and rating

Situation:
PC is newly re-installed.
Back up of music on ext disk D:\My Music and exported .xml file from iTunes with all playlists and ratings
What is the best way to import the music, playlist and ratings on the newly installed pc?
The way I tried: in preference set the music library on D:\My Music and choose Add folder to library and select the D:\My Music folder.
All music correctly imported into iTunes.
Now import the .xml file.
All playlists appear back in iTunes but my ratings are gone.

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