Backup Copy "Don't Have Write Access for your iTunes Media Folder"

Subject states the case. Here is what changed. I run a Mac Mini with an external hard drive with about 200gb of music (HD-1). I have a second external HD that I use to periodically back up with Time Machine (HD-2). HD-1 crashed so I bought a new drive. Well I want to use the new HD (HD-3) for the Time Machine backup, so I copied the iTunes folder from HD-2 to HD-3. I did this by opening the disk, selecting the file and copying, not by using "restore." I then erased HD-2 and copied the file back from HD-3 to HD-2.
iTunes has now found all my music and plays great. Then I tried to add a music CD and got the message above. I used Disk Utility to repair permissions on the internal hard drive, which took 17 minutes and found a ton of problems. Got one "Warning: SUID file system/library/core has been modified and will not be repaired. Disk Utility won't let me do the same repair to the external HD-2.
I also checked info and the permissions are "read and write" on the disks. I'm in over my head already to do this much and now stumped.
Any ideas? THANKS!

Problem Solved! Thanks to information I learned in an excellent article by Jesse David Hollington, "Transferring your iTunes Library" from iLounge. Published in Tutorials, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
I created a new library and now I can add media.
1) Go into iTunes Advanced preferences and change the Media Folder path to a new location. In my case I created a new folder on the same external drive as the "bad" library copy named (not creatively) "new 2011". Do this by selecting "change" and choosing this new folder.
2) Go to File>Library>Organize Library. Select Consolidate files, then OK.
This will move all your media to the new file. I have 180 GB of music, so this took a few hours. In my case, in this new location I am now able to add music.
3) As iTunes made new copies when it moved the files, the old "bad" music folder still exists. After you confirm that your media is in the new location and working, you can delete this old copy.
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