Need help with moving files into Itunes and syncing

Please help.
I have an external hard drive with my music on it.  I created a new playlist in Itunes and did a drag and drop from my external hard drive into my newly created playlist. 
Now that I go back and play the items I brought over, I get an error that says "original files not found" and it won't play and therefore does not seem to be syncing to the Ipod to be able to play.
Can you please give me guidance as to what I can do without recreating all the work I had already done?
Thanks,
Michelle

Is the external drive connected?
Has the drive letter possibly changed due to being disconnected and reconnected?

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