Transfered music files from windows XP to windows vista won't play

I recently bought a new Dell XPS 410 running Windows Vista Premium. I used a jump drive to transfer all my music from itunes to the new computer. The songs show up in my library, however when I click on it to play it comes up with a message that says "The song 'xxxx' could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" This happens with songs that I purchased from itunes as well as songs that I downloaded from CDs. I have enabled the new computer to play purchased songs but this did not help. HELP!!! I know, I should have purchased an Apple.

Please read the appropriate support articles from http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/.
There is a procedure you need to follow for the iTunes library to be accessible from the external drive.
Get back here to report how you get on.
Neville

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