Some songs will play and others won't

I have a lot of music that plays fine, but there are also a good percentage that won't play. Shortly after I refurnished my OS drive with a Backup copy some of my songs wouldn't play. Do I have corrupted music files? Please help! I am in dire need of some assistance. I have already deauthored and reauthored my HD still no resolution. Also my music files are on a different HD from the OS HD.
Thank you
733 mhz Quicksilver Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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