I backed up my I-tunes library (by dragging my "music" folder to my new external hard drive.  Now 6,000  songs won't play stating, "original file cannot be found."  What can I do to get these songs back???!!!

I backed up my I-tunes library (by dragging my "music" folder to my new external hard drive.  Now 6,000  songs won't play stating, "original file cannot be found."  What can I do to get these songs back???!!!

Try putting the files back where they were before you moved them, then follow the steps in this Apple document -> iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive

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