Relinking songs with files on external HD

I recently downloaded the newest iTunes version. I have over 16,000 songs in iTunes, located on an external HD.
I opened iTunes today to sync my iPod (I rarely open iTunes - matter of fact, its been maybe 5 months since I last had it open), and every file I have has lost its link. I get the dreaded exclamation point.
When I click on a song, I get this warning:
"The song """" could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?"
I also have about 30 playlists each containing 100 or more songs - there is a lot of time spent in organizing these.
Apple support told me to unhook my external, delete my entire library, then hook my external back up and go to file, then add folder to library. I lose all of my playlists, etc though. Plus, it is not in one clean folder - I have folders by artist that require you to go to each individual one.
Here's my question (and I'm not sure how to do this, but heard you can): Can you bring up a calendar and select a date in the past to make your PC think it is from that day and time. For instance, if my iTunes was working on Nov. 25th of last year, can I select that day as the day my computer will think it is, essentially giving me an earlier version of iTunes and having the song addresses in tact?
If this will not help, is there any easy way to reallign the song with its file on my external?
Thanks in advance....frustrated because this will be the 3rd time I've had to potentially rebuild my iTunes.
Message was edited by: bri bell

If using Win XP, remap the drive letter to match the drive letter in iTunes.
Find location mapped in iTunes: Select a song, right click and select "Get Info"
the lower part should display "Where: G:\..." where G is the drive letter of the external HD.
Remap Drive Letter:
Start -> Control Panel -> Performance & Maintenance -> Administrative Tools ->
Computer Management -> Disk Management
Select the external hard drive letter, right click then select "Change Drive Letter and Paths" -> Click on "Change..." Select the drive letter that matches iTunes and click "OK"
This has worked for me with may laptop.

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If using Win XP, remap the drive letter to match the drive letter in iTunes.
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I want to know what kind of hard disk is that ? A GPT format or MBR format?
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The details about the get disk format steps and information about GPT format, you can find it below:
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