Ipod cannot find my library since I moved it to an external hard drive

Ipod classic 80gb - Windows XP - HP Notebook - ... I recently moved my itunes music folder (which is exclusively music ripped from my CD collection) to an external hard drive. It was taking up too much space on the C drive. I sorted it all into playlists and everything appeared fine. I attached the ipod and held control/shift so it would not sync. I opened preferences/advanced and clicked the change button and selected the new location of the library. Everything still fine. Music plays on computer, so it is time to sync the new playlists to my ipod. When I try I get the message that a new library is found and would I like to erase the ipod and sync the new library. The problem is that the library is now empty. Anybody any idea what has happened? I do notice when checking through Windows My Music that my music files on the external hard drive are MP4 .. is this the correct format for the ipod to find them? I am now totally unable to find that library in itunes. I have unchecked the automatic sync but will want to sync to get those playlists to the ipod. Thanks.

iPods don't look for the library. iTunes does.
I recently moved my itunes music folder
Don't move your music folder.
Let iTunes do it.
Point iTunes prefs to the location where you wan tit.
Then go to menu Advanced -> *Consolidate library*.
This will copy the iTunes music folder to the location in iTunes prefs.

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