Only showing purchased after move to external hard drive!!

Hi,
I have moved my whole library (90gb worth!) onto an external hard drive. Everything moved over fine. As far as I am aware!! However when I go onto iTunes only my purchased items are listed!
How do I get everything back???
Many thanks

Downloading past purchases from App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
see if any of these links may help.

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