Lost all ratings, playlists, etc... after switch to new pc.

I know there are many topics like this, but I tried everything I found on the subject without any result.
I bought a new pc and removed my harddrives from the old one to the new one.
After reinstalling itunes and changing the location of the default itunes media map to the one where my old files are nothing happened.
I then tried to import the 'iTunes Music Library.xml' file.
(On a side note, took me a long time to find 'Import playlist' because the threads I was reading didn't mention to  press Ctrl+B to get the old menu bar back.)
That didn't work. It imported all the music. But no playlists and the tracks lost their rating.
I then removed the xml and the iTunes Library.itl and replaced them with  automatic backup files I have through crashplan.
No results, even going back several versions of the back ups.
The weird thing is these files say the last version of them is 2009 ?
Before switching pc's I made sure the itunes media map was the one I was using,
because I remember itunes changing it a couple of time back in the days after updates without asking.
The location hadn't changed and everything in crashplan was backupped correctly.
I've been messing with this for hours and I'm close to a panic attack knowing that I still have to connect my iphone for the first time.
Something tells me that's gonna be misery too. Lost months of pictures etc after switching from 3GS to 5S.
Anyway, if somebody knows how I can get years of playlists and ratings back, I would be very grateful.

When itunes upgrades, it saves a copy of the current database in a folder named Previous iTunes Libraries.
Copy & paste the mose recent one to the folder one level up, and rename it to get rid of the date.
For example
itunes/Previous itunes libraries/iTunes Library 2010-03-31.itl
This shows my last upgrade was 31st March 2010.
With itunes closed, copy that itl file and paste it in the itunes folder.
Rename it so it looks like this
iTunes Library.itl
You'll have to delete the current (blank) itl file first.

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