What does the white question mark in a black circle mean in the itunes wind

I have copied from my old PC my itunes music folders into my new PC. All my music and podcasts now have a white question mark in a black circle next to each line in the first column on the window. When I try to add music to my new nano i can only do this if I first play the song/podcast, this makes the question mark disappear.
Is there a way I can 'uncheck' all these question marks without having to go into each item?
I have not yet tried to sync my old Ipod photo.

Hi Again
Page 291 of the Aperture 2 manual goes through the different badges used in Aperture - for the black tick on white background it states;
The image is an album’s pick image, the identifying image for that album,
webpage album, web journal album, Light Table album, or book album.
pearcie

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