ITunes Match & new SSD doesn't recognize previous library.

Hello:
I have my iTunes library on an external drive and I recently replaced my internal drive with a new SSD. I installed all the software, opened iTunes and pointed the music folder to that external drive. I then turned on iTunes Match and after it had scanned the library (where it should've matched the previous songs) I got a response that said I had too many songs in the cloud and showed duplicates of EVERY song - one with a download 'cloud' icon and the song's file from my external drive.
I've tried fixing it but it appears that the only way I can get around it is to delete all those files from my external drive and force iTunes Match to RE-download every song which is pointless because the files are already ON the hard drive. And yes, all those files on that external drive are the 'matched' iTunes-native files (not the MP3s from Google or past CD rips).
Is there ANY way to get iTunes Match to see those files as a match to those in the cloud? I've had good luck with iTunes Match so far, but if I have to download the files again this time (or every time I get a new computer) it's a definite deal breaker. I have Time Warner and their bandwidth restrictions are going to kill me if this is the case.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Rodney

The reason this is happening is because you didn't restore the iTunes DB files. Specifically the iTunes Library.itl.
In Finder go to ~/Music and move the iTunes folder to the Trash. Don't delete the trash yet. Now restore the iTunes folder from the backup from before the SSD was replaced. Now when you open iTunes it will see the "original" library and you'll be able to use iTunes just as you did before.

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