HT201272 Can't sync previously purchased iTune music & unavailable to re-download

Hello everyone!
Here's my problem:  I got a new computer, transferred all iTune files to new computer using flash drive & authorized new computer for my apple id.  I am still unable to sync my previous iTune purchases to my ipod & itouch.  My 100+ iTune songs error out, saying "unable to sync, cannot locate original file".  I checked help info & it says to download again from "Purchased" list in iTunes Store.  No "iCloud logos appeared in my list so I downloaded most recent iTunes update including iCloud & tried again.  No success.  Researched further and found if shows as "downloaded" it is unavailable.  All of my songs are listed as unavailable even the ones I purchased last week.  Does anybody have any idea what I could be doing wrong or how to fix it?  I am totally frustrated and out of ideas and my teenage daughter is not a happy camper either.  I;d appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks!

This happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout, or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
BTW iTunes won't offer your past purchases to you if there is a current entry in the library, even if that entry is to a missing file...
tt2

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