Restoring track and rating info in i tunes

Having moved my music files from my c to d drive on my pc to free up disk space, all the associated data held in itunes (my rating, playlists, date added, playcount etc) seems to have been lost. I haven't synced my ipod though so wondered whether the info held on it can be somehow reapplied back into itunes on the pc? Any help appreciated
Vaio   Windows XP  

I had a similar problem. my pc's HDisk crashed, luckily enough I had every song backed-up on an external HDisk.
Everything is working again with the new HDisk, the only things missing are :
* the stars I gave to all my songs
* the songs I checked so they would be copied on my i-pod
I have about 15,000 songs and spend a lot of time to rate and choose which ones I like to have on my i-pod. My i-pod is a 6 month old 60 gb, last model.
Can someone help me please ?
Thanks !! Filip

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