Re-associating itunes music with a renamed HDD

Hi guys,
User error I know...
I had to rename my external HDD where all my music resides. Now when I try and play music on my pc with itunes I get the following error "....original file could not be located. Would you like to locate it"
Now I can locate each file one by one but 8gb of music isn't really prcatical. Can I re-associate my itunes library with the renamed HDD?
BTW Itunes 9.1.12 and windows Vista PC

As Katrina says it is easiest, if possible, to switch the letters back. It would help, however, to be precise about what has changed as it may be that with a little assistance iTunes can cope with the change.
If, for example, your database files are still on drive C: and you had relocated the *iTunes Media* folder to say *D:\iTunes Media*, which is now *E:\iTunes Media* then changing the media folder location in iTunes preferences, followed by closing & reopening iTunes ought to resolve things.
If things were more randomly organised, i.e. not inside the iTunes Media folder, then it becomes harder. It is possible, in principle, to write a script which performs a seach and replace on the iTunes track paths, but because iTunes won't report the original location of a "missing" file this is not so eash to do in practice. I do however have a script I'm working on that can switch the location from A to B if the file can be made to appear in both locations using say a Junction or Symbolic Link or a SUBST command. Once all the files have been remapped the Junction/SymLink or SUBST could be removed.
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