New Computer - transfer of songs - now songs are not updating or being foun

Hello,
I transferred my itunes library to a new computer. I lost quite a few songs and now itunes can't find my songs on the computer. They appear in my library but when I click on them to play itunes can't find them. I have checked to see if they are in the correct folder and they are. What do I do? I followed all of the directions on the apple site. Backed up my songs on my ipod. Tried this 3 times. I have spent many hours trying to fix. I am quite frustrated. Please help!

Are you sure you can play all the songs on your computer still! None of the songs have excitement marks next to them?

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