Importing Library .XML File Error

Ok, So I had to do a System recovery on my Gf's computer ( windows vista 32 bit). I transfered all computer data and iTunes libray to an external hard drive.
Now when trying to import the iTunes playlist from the .XML file I get a message that reads " Some of the songs in the file ""iTunes Library .XML"" were not imported becuse they could not be found. The playlists will still show up in iTunes but they are all empty showing no songs in.
How can I find a list of what the songs are in each playlist in th .XML file so that I can rebuild the playlist?
When looking at the .XML file in IE I do see what appears to be all songs listed along with track id #'s but they are within a bunch of other coding.
Is there any other way to view all the songs that are attach to each playlist so that I can rebuild the paylists?
What I believe happen was the music files got moved around when the tranfer happened, so now it thinks they are gone but really the song files are just in another spot.
Any help would be great!
Thanks!

When you did a File-o>Library->Export Library operation on your old iTunes a 'Library.xml' file was created.
Part of that files looks like:
        <dict>
            <key>Track ID</key><integer>1512</integer>
            <key>Name</key><string>More Than a Feeling</string>
            <key>Artist</key><string>Boston</string>
            ......bunch of xml elements deleted for clarity.....
            <key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/C:/Users/Jimmy%20O/Music/iTunes/iTu nes%20Media/Boston/Boston/01%20More%20Than%20a%20Feeling.m4p</string>
        </dict>
The location of your song is in the <key>Location</key> portion of the file. In this case it is:
<string>file://localhost/C:/Users/Jimmy%20O/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Media/Boston/B oston/01%20More%20Than%20a%20Feeling.m4p</string>
If your song file is located somewhere else just correct the path to the file in the Library.xml file and re-import it with File->Library->Imort Playlist...
The '%20' in the path is just an encoding for a ' ' (space character).
Hopefully the path has just changed for all your songs and you can do a global replace.

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What are the iTunes library files? - [http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660]
More on iTunes library files and what they do - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management]
Library files with graphic and explanation of different iTunes versions - http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=13169517
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