Upgraded iTunes to 6.0.1 & now some songs can't be "found"

I completed a recent upgrade to iTunes & several songs now have an exclaimation point next to them. When I click on them, I get an error message that says, "Song can't be used because the original file could not be found."
All of the songs were imported from CDs but not all of the songs from that import were affected (they play normally.)
I can reimport many of them, but some of them were from the library, friends, etc.
Any thoughts?

Roberta hello,
The remedy is very easy...
Open the iTunes folder and select the iTunes Library file and type command -D
this will make another copy for safe keeping, if anything goes wrong you can always return this copy ... leave the duplicate file where it is.
Start iTunes in the normal way and open the preferences > advanced > general tab... set NOT to copy files when adding to library and DO keep iTunes Music folder organized.... OK your changes.
From the file menu select 'add to library' and choose the iTunes Music folder.
After iTunes has checked and made any adjustments needed have a look and see if any problems still exist ... come and let me know Roberta ... TP
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