Saving Song Data in iTunes - .XML

Hey guys, before I reinstalled, I backed up my iTunes Library to an XML file. And, on the reinstall, I made my media hard drive m:/ instead of d:/ like it was previously. So, in the XML file all the references are to where the songs were stored on the D drive and therefore it couldn't import any of the data.
So, I was wondering if it would be easiest to rename the drive back to D:/ and then reimport all the songs. Or, edit the XML file somehow by changing the drive letter to m:/ instead of d:/. I don't know of an easy way to do this since the file is huge and I'd have to edit about 14,000 entries...
Thanks for any help guys!

Paige,
Instead of the export, I have always found it much easier to go to library view in iTunes, make sure the fields of interest are displaying (View > Options if you need to adjust), Edit > Select All, Edit > Copy. Then switch to Excel and Edit > Paste. Each column of the library becomes a column in the spreadsheet and you can sort, analyze, print, etc to your heart's content.
Ed

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