How to transfer playlists from old computer

I have managed to get all the music files transferred to a new computer from a back up hard drive after old computer crashed but do not see any playlists in itunes on the new computer. What do I have to do to transfer those over - which file do I need and how do I do that?

Sorry nobody got to your sooner, we are all volunteers here.
If you have a copy of your OLD iTunes folder, there is a .xml file located in there that contains your playlists and locations on the former drive where your music can be located.
By clever "find and replace" in a Text program to fix the path names, and if your copied your music in bulk in the same folders as on the former drive, then you can match your music locations and preserve your playlists.
Good Luck

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