Itunes plays most songs, many full albums it pretends don't exist......

OK, I have never really had a problem with itunes before, nothing more than needing to update some tags when importing my library for the first time. But recently, a fresh reformat has left me wondering *** is going on.
I imported my library, error free from my storage HDD, and was listening to music as usual when I realized lots of full albums I knew I had, were missing from my ITunes window. I thought that was strange, so I went through, manually dragged the folders to the window, and it popped up with the dialog, saying it was adding those songs to the library. And yet, it didn't. The files are all mpeg-3. Every single song I have is, and its a crapshoot which ones will play and show up, and which won't... And I know all the songs were tagged properly, due to spending hours tagging everything in my collection properly.
So just to make sure they weren't listed under something else, I clicked a song from the folder itself to play. Nothing. A slight stutter as if ITunes was going to play the song, then nothing. I have since noticed a huge amount of albums missing, no random songs, full albums. And they will not play in ITunes.
Oh, they play in everything else, I have tried. Without any problem whatsoever. I have reinstalled itunes multiple times, browsed these forums to no avail, I am on my last nerve here, I use itunes because I keep my ipod updated with it, and I love the interface for handling large amounts of music. But I am ready to search elsewhere if 35% of my collection is unavailable to me.
Please help, I am desperate.
-Xtal

What version ID3 tags? I've had best luck with v2.3 tags and iTunes. Othere versions mess with the artwork, it seems.
One other thing, check your Vista permissions on your HDD files to make sure you have FULL control, not just read/write.
How to Take Ownership and Grant Permissions in Windows Vista
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/25/how-to-take-ownership-and-grant-permiss ions-in-windows-vista/
How to Disable UAC
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-user-account-control-uac-th e-easy-way-on-windows-vista/

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