Restoring itunes library when drive letters have changed

I installed a new MB,CPU, and PS and got a new HD and reinstalled WXP pro on my computer. The process changed the letters of my hard drives. (I now have three large HDs.) All the data (library stuff) is still there, it's now has a different drive letter from before. Using the methond of importing using the old library .XML file would work except that itunes can't find the songs. Is there a way to edit the XML file to change the drive letter to the new one? I don't want to have to set up all new playlists.
PC Windows XP Pro Athlon 64
PC Windows XP Pro Athlon 64

Use a texteditor to replace all occurencies of "<string>file://localhost/C:/Doc ... " with the fitting drive letter.

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brigdool wrote:
How do I restore iTunes library from flash drive backup?
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Restoring itunes library when drive letters have changed

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