ITunes 7.4 won't recognize my library files

I have all my music on an external hard drive and just changed from set playlists to smart playlists. I upgraded to 7.4 tonight and
1) It wouldn't import my library.XML file
2) Couldn't find my iTunes folder on the external hard drive
3) Erased all my playlists including the ones I built on a song by song basis
4) Deleted all my song ratings and play counts and modified data.
Thanks Steve. I really needed to spend hours on end adding back in my playlists, ratings and fixing genres that were incorrect.

I have the same problem.
I've had these songs in itunes & on my ipod before for awhile & they played just fine. I upgraded itunes & everything seemed fine, until I auto synced my ipod & I get this message saying that five files aren't copied to the ipod because the ipod won't play them. Then I try to play them in itunes & itunes won't play them, even though they show up in the library & are MP3s. Quicktime player & VLC both play these files still...
I have no idea what could cause the error for these random 5 songs, which are not related to each other & come off the same CDs as other songs which are still able to be played...

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