Playlists after reinstall

Hi all,
Having a bit of confusion with iTunes after reinstalling from a hard drive problem.
All of my music and iTunes library files are stored on E:\Music
Replaced C:\ drive, reinstalled Windows 7x64 and reinstalled iTunes 11
I got iTunes pointed to the iTunes Library database by using the "Shift + Launch iTunes" trick.
iTunes sees about half of my music, 6194 of over 11,000 songs. It's also not showing any playlists.
Any tips on repairing this would be appreciated.
Thanks.

"+Seems odd that by backing up the complete iTunes folder you lose the playlists ?+"
Maybe not. Performing a backup is step one. You need to +properly restore+ the data to completely recreate your Library. Not sure you did that based on your post.
I have never failed to recover my Library with my backups. I have tested the restore process several different ways while developing 'fixes' for folks who post here, and just testing general theory for my own understanding.
This is what I would have done in your place after a HD reformat:
1) Reinstall iTunes (usually the exact same version as before)
2) Copy the music Folders\Files back onto the PC into the exact same path (drive and folder structure) as before
3) Deleted the 'current' (and blank) Library Database files located in the main 'iTunes' folder
4) Copy the 'full' Library Database files into their place (these are the backed-up files from your 'running' Library)
5) Open iTunes and have the exact same Library as prior to the reformat
6) Update iTunes to a later version (if applicable)
My suspicion is that you did not perform steps 3 & 4, but I could be wrong. You should have all you need to bring your Library back to a 'pre-reformat' condition. We just need to figure out what steps you need to implement...
Post back with where you are in the recovery.
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