Library can't find songs after restored library

I reinstalled windows, itunes, and restored the old itunes folder from the old drive. My music is in the same location. When I load up itunes my library is still there, but all my songs are missing.

Can you copy this iTunes Music folder somehow? How big is it? Can you fit it on a flash drive?
COPY the files...don't MOVE THEM. (If something goes wrong...you know they'll still be on your old hard drive!)
Once you have the files on a flash drive, can you import them into your new iTunes setup and then authorize the computer to play them?

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