How to Restore ALL Media from external drive

Hello forum...
On an external 60GB HDD, I have my previous complete untouched iTunes media folder.
It is acting as a slave drive only.
I have installed a new HDD 500GB drive. The PC has been authorized from Apple. What is the procedure to get the my media from my old 60GB drive to the new 500GB drive? Simply copy and paste?
Thanks
DH

Essentially, yes. You need to open the preferences in iTunes and find the directory it is working out of. It should be under the advanced tab, iTunes media folder location. Once you know this location, open it in explorer and find the folder labeled "Music". Drag/copy the folder from the external into the iTunes folder on the computer, overwriting the old Music folder. When you reopen iTunes it should recognize all the files.
Please note that you need to remove any audio files before you copy your library over to the internal hard drive, or they will probably be erased.

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