Restore Library After Power Surge

3 days ago an electric storm shorted out my computer. When I turned the computer on the following day, my iTunes library was corrupted. The songs that I had on my hard drive remained intact (seemingly).
When I tried to File>Import all of the folders and songs back into iTunes I successfully got back about 50%-60% of my library.
When I go back through the songs that are on my hard drive but didn't get imported and try to re-import them. When I do that, I don't receive any error messages, but the songs do not reimport into my library.
Do you have any idea how to get the files that still remain (but are not in my library) back into my library?
Thanks much for any help!

Have you tried to change ethernet cables? Check where the ethernet cable from computer is connected. It should be in one of the four LAN ports.

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