ITunes 7.7 can't find songs

I upgraded to iTunes 7.7, and the next time I opened iTunes
it couldn't find any of the songs in my iTunes Library(all exclamation
points).
I went to preferences and selected the "iTunes music" folder
where they were stored, and hit the "change" button.
It went through the whole "Updating iTunes Library" process, and "Keep files organized" process, and still all exclamations.
I used Time Machine to restore iTunes 7.26, iTunes Library, and the 4 iTunes.plist files in Preferences, and still it can't find the songs.
Anything I'm missing?
Thanks!

Oh, sorry--the iTunes Music folder is on an external drive

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