I "restored" my itunes library after erase/reinstall and now I can't play them.

This is a continuing issue from last weeks question:https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4176309
I now get this message: "The song could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" So, I click yes and it can't seem to be found. I log into my apple account and download all my past purchases again. This fixes a few of the songs, however songs I downloaded from CDs years ago are now not available to me and some purchases from years past via my previous imac. I was told by several Apple Geniuses that my Time Machine would back everything up, and it seems that it has. I restored them, I guess because they show in my library. Only this time they have exc!amation points and say the files can't be found?! How are they listed but not there? Ugh! Did I put the files somewhere I shouldn't have? I guess it's entirely possible that I don't know where they were supposed to be. I don't have these CDs anymore. iTunes and my iPod have made moving them obsolete so I got rid of them. Please don't suggest I download the CDs again because that is an impossibility. I do however need some direction on what I may have possibly done wrong. I'm super frustrated. I tried again just yesterday and can't find where the original files were restored so I can restore from the proper place.

If there is a cure you may find the folks over here have more information for you. Repost your question here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/itunes/itunes_for_mac?view=discussions

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