Imported old library but lost rating of music

Hi,
I have succesfully imported my old library to my new computer only the music has lost the rating I gave earlier? How to fix that?
Thanks Sebastiaan

I have exactly the same problem - importing my music library from a G4 PowerBook to my new MacBook, all my custom playlists and music categories are there, but no ratings. This is especially frustrating with smart playlists like "5* Electronica" - if there are no stars, there's no music in that playlist. Please Help! I have 60 gigs of music I don't want to re-rate!

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Ok, I had a glitch, forced to restart, and lost my train of thought.
Reinstalling iTunes should fix the major issue that might have gone wrong, perhaps your explaination points will disappear and everything will be peachy again.
But if they don't, you can open the XML file in iTunes Folder using a Text edit program to see what the common pathname is to the iTunes Music folder or where your content is located.
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It sounds like your issue here is that iTunes can not find the files for some of the songs you have brought into it. This happens occasionally even if the songs have not been moved from the location that iTunes places them on import or purchase. When you try to use the song, iTunes prompts you to find the file, as you have seen.
To find the file, use the information in this article to navigate through the iTunes media folders -
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If you are still unable to locate the files, you may need to download them from the iTunes store again, or rip them from your CDs. See this article for assistance with downloading your past purchases -
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imported my images as a new library. Aperture marked
my first images seperately as "Old Library". I
exported these images to my desktop and i can see
them there. They are in files called "Unititled
Project 11.approject".
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