Purchased songs cant be located?

My computer crashed and was repaired. My Itunes and photos were able to be saved, but some of my songs say they can't be located.  When I go to ITunes store and look at my purchased songs they are there, but I can't play or sync them on my devices.  I am having the same issue with several songs that I had downloaded years ago from my own CD's.  Any suggestions on how to correct this?

This happened to me once. I keep my song files on an external hard drive - and forgot to turn it on. iTunes went looking for my music and couldn't find it.
When this happens, you'll need to go into your preferences and set your "iTunes Music Folder" back to the the original setting (for me, on the external drive).

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