Recovering iTunes meta data from dead machine

The power supply failed on the Windows 7 pc that I was using for my iTunes library, let's call that computer A. I had been planning to migrate the library to my new machine anyway, lets call that computer B. I'm not planning on replacing the power supply on computer A. I can pull the HD and put it in computer B as an additional drive, what files do I need to recover from the iTunes folder from computer A?
I know that when I migrated that library from my old Macbook, I needed to to a search and replace in the XML files to point them to the music file's new home, but in that effort, I migrated the library xml file from the Macbook, I didn't need to recover the files from a dead machine.
Worst case scenario and I just re-import everything, but I've had this library for years, I'd like to preserve the playcounts, ratings and playlists, if at all possible.
Computers A and B are both Windows 7.

I did. I even looked at both XML files and the path was identical on all of them. What ended up fixing it for me was to go into preferences>advanced, click on the change location, select the same directory it was in, it went through this lengthy process where it updated and/or looked for album art, and said something about updating my library. when it was done, approximately 20% remain in an unfound status. I rebooted, repeated the process, and I was left with only a handful, about a dozen songs in all, and I manually "found" them.
I am happy though, I kept the playcounts and ratings and all of my playlists are intact.
Thanks for you efforts Ed...

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