Moving songs and such to a new PC

My old PC failed. I pulled the hard drive and connected it to the new PC with a USB cable. I copied the contents of My Music folder to the new PC. iTunes sees the song titles and album art but when i try to play a song I get an error message - "The song...could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" I then have to browse and open the song to reconnect them. I have over 3000 songs and hope there is an automated way to do this. Or should I delete it and try something else?

There's a realtively easier way: (PC based instructions, MAC please follow along as able)
1st assure a clean install of iTunes on the new pc
Charge and sync one last time to your old pc (if applicable)
Simply copy the contents of the OLD iTunes Music folder to your new computer'a iTunes Music folder. Now your music is there but _not your playlists_ and settings.
NOW...
DELETE the files "iTunes Music Library" and "iTunes Library" from the /MyMusic/iTunes directory. (they are a .xml and a .itl file. If you can't see them, assure your folder options are set to show hidden files) I am paranoid, so I emptied my recycle bin now too.
NEXT, COPY the same files from your OLD PC and place them in this folder on the NEW PC.
Open iTunes and your playlists and settings should be there.
MAKE SURE you do NOT open iTunes until AFTER you have done both steps.

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