Restore missing music files

Can someone PLEASE help. When I launch itunes all of my music is there and available and can be played. However when I go to my external hard drive (I:\My Documents\iTunes\iTunes Music) and try and locate the physical music file it is missing. Example I can play a song from Bad Company but the Bad Company folder is not located on my HD. How can I restore these missing files?

In itunes, right-click on one of those Bad Company songs and choose "Show in Windows Explorer".
Make sure it isn't in some kind of nested folder that looks almost the same, such as I:\My Documents\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music

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