My songs are not in my library, but I see them on my hard drive.

I've tried the instructions located here http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1967
I downloaded & installed the latest verison of iTunes, dragged the iTunes Library folder to my desktop, dragged the Previous iTunes Library file to the main iTunes folder (where it seems to have renamed itself "iTunes Media". I the renamed it "iTunes Library" per the instructions and still nothing when I open iTunes.

There seems to be some confusion between files & folders in your post. Perhpas my comments in this post will help clear things up.
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