New computer, can't get iTunes to load music

I've had a variety of problems, and transferred my music from my old computer to my new one (without using my iPod) - just moved the songs and folders. I cannot seem to make iTunes find and import the songs automatically - my only recourse is to "import" one at a time - which is painful for the hundreds of songs i have. Any ideas for me?

the trick was "add folder", and i just picked the highest level folder that had all the albums in it! thanks!

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