ITunes doesn't detect the files on my Linkstation NAS driver  after crash

I had iTunes set up with the music folder on my Linkstation NAS drive. Every thing worked fine.Then a week ago my laptop crashed and I had to re-install Windows XP home and all that goes with it.
After installing iTunes I set up the location of the music folder to be on the Linkstation (using Edit/Preferences/Advanced/General). However, iTunes dosent "see" my music files on the Linkstation anymore.
The Linkstation is accessible to my computer and if I double click on music file from the Linkstation iTunes will play it and "see" that particular song but not the rest.
Is there any way of making iTunes scan the Linkstation so it can "see" the music files on it

For future reference, after some tricking around and a lot of finger crossing I managed to fix the problem. And here's how:
(1) I deleted the iTunes folder that was in My Music folder and started iTunes.By starting iTunes it creates anew iTumes folder with new blank .itl and.xml library files. I did that to start with a completely new iTunes .xml and .itl file.
(2) I double checked that the iTunes Music folder was set to the music folder on my NAS drive (using Edit/Preferences/Advanced/General).
(3) I also made sure that the "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library" was NOT selected ( Edit/Preferences/Advanced/General)
(4) I then opened the Music folder on my NAS drive and selected all. I then dragged and dropped the entire contents (5773items 42.9GB) on to the iTunes window.
(5) It took about 30mins to transfer the details and get the art work from the net. Note: it didn't transfer the music, only the details of the location of the music.
AND finally
(6) I backed up my new iTunes .itl and .xml library files and made a note to never forget to back up my iTunes .itl and .xml library files!
Phew.
And thanks to camoracer for the input.

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