Moved iTunes from pc to iMac...now have missing file links!

Hi all. Just bought a new iMac and want to transfer my iTunes library and music to it from my pc. On my pc I had all my music consolidated and organised by itunes, and I transferred the entire itunes folder (music, library, etc) to my iMac via an external hard drive. When I open iTunes on my iMac, the library opens, all my songs, playlists, etc show up, just as they did on my pc. Unfortunately, a bunch of songs show up with the dreaded '!' beside them.
I have a huge music library...over 80gb and 16000+ songs...and over 3000 of them are affected. Ugh! I can go and locate the file for each song...they are on the iMac right where I would expect them to be...but for some reason iTunes isn't linking properly to them.
Since all the music is on the iMac, I know that I can simply rebuild my library, but I don't want to lose all my playlists, info, etc...

Still can't figure it out The problem appears to exist right across my library...some of my oldest stuff that was ripped from CDs straight thru to some of my newest stuff downloaded straight from iTunes within the last month.
One common link may be that the affected files either have very long file names (or are contained in folders with very long names) or they contain charachters such as ()! etc, or they are part of compilations. A few examples are 'Like a G6' by Far East Movement, the entire album of 'Music from the Motion Picture Invictus', and the entire album 'Listen Up! Misic from the 2010 Fifa World Cup'...
Is there any way that iTunes or the iMac may be renaming the files slightly when I am transferring them from my external HD? I am at a loss and any input would be appreciated! Thanks in advance...
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