ITunes file transfer Problem - to new Windows 7 PC from old Windows XP PC

I have just followed the instructions regarding transfer of my iTunes music from my old PC to my new one, using an external hard drive. When I run iTunes, my library is totally empty!
I have checked the box in the iTunes Advanced Preferences window to enable Copy files to iTunes media folder when adding to library, as well as enabling the Keep iTunes media folder organized option.
I copied the main iTunes Media folder from mp old PC to the following folder in my new PC:
C:/users/adam/my music/iTunes/iTunes media
and when I check the folder, it contains the following:
(folder 110 MB) Album Artwork
(empty folder) Automatically Add To iTunes
(empty folder) Downloads
(folder 19.6 GB) iTunes Music
(folder 358 MB) Mobile Applications
(folder 2.93 MB) Previous iTunes Libraries
(iTunes database file 16 KB) iTunes Library Extras
(iTunes database file 32 KB) iTunes Library Genius
(iTunes database file 7.37 KB) iTunes Library
(XML document 24.5 KB) iTunes Music Library
(TMP file 4.53 MB) Temp File 1.tmp
(TMP file) Temp File.tmp
The parent folder, one level above the iTunes Media Folder (iTunes) contains the following:
(folder) Album Artwork
(folder 20.1 GB) iTunes Media
(database file 16 KB) iTunes Library extras
(database file 32 KB) iTunes Library Genius
(database file 3.82 KB) iTunes Library
(XML document 12.3 KB) iTunes Music Library
Please can someone help me shed light on this as I have spent an entire day trying to crack this, and I am now starting to feel ill :- (
Many thanks
AK

Importing your music folder will add in the tracks, but your playlists all live in the original .itl file. Not quite sure why any playlists were imported at all, though if you have exported m3u files then they could have been added in when you added the folder. iTunes records absoulte paths in these lists and ignores any file it can't find.
The stuff in the Temp folder can be thrown away once everything is working. Just safer than deleting in case you wanted/needed to reverse any actions.
At step 6 you should have had your original library complete with ratings, playlists, date added values etc., so I'm not quite sure where things have gone wrong.
When you moved everything up one level did that include an iTunes Library.itl file? Another way of asking the same question is when you got to step 6 did you have a completely blank library with the prompts to add music.
Perhaps the .itl file was corrupt. The .tmp files indicate something may have gone wrong at some point. What are the sizes/dates of the files in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder? The most recently dated of these, providing it is at least of a comparable size to its predecessors) may well be a better starting point. You can rename the current itl as iTunes Library (Temp).itl, copy the the older file up to the iTunes folder and rename it as iTunes Library.itl.
Use iTunes Folder Watch to update the library with tracks that have been added or removed since the backup file was created.
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