Just did update now cannot play itunes songs???

Hello:
I just was prompted to do an itunes update. I did this (now I wish that I had not) and I cannot play any of my songs on itunes. Each time I try to play a song I get a message saying...."the song "xxxxxx" could not be used because the original file could not be found." Any help is much much much appreciated!!!

Have you been able to find a song file on your system's hard drives?
Are those songs on an external hard drive?

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- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
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