After an update, my default media folder changed and I can't find my music anywhere

I noticed in advanced options that iTunes was not drawing from my portable hard drive which I had set as the location of my iTunes and all iTunes media. I tried to change the path and now I can't find any of my music. Please say that there is a way to find this again. I tried to "reset" the path, but still no luck. All songs have the exclamation point and prompt "can not locate" - when I try to locate them, I can't find them.
Thanks

iPhoto as a built-in trash can. Start iPhone. Empty its trash. Quit iPhoto.
Time Machine Snapshots:
Time Machine will use up to 80% of the disk space for local snapshots.
If you turn Time Machine OFF, Time Machine will immediately stop creating new ones, and start deleting all existing snapshots (that may take a while).
Time Machine FAQ, What are Local Snapshots: http://pondini.org/TM/30.html
OS X: What is "other" space in About This Mac? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6047
What is "Other" and What Can I Do About It? https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142
Where did my disk space go? http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html
For hints on how to free disk/SSD storage see
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5872318?tstart=0
and
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5939678?tstart=60
Backup your data before beginning to delete any files.
Always maintain at least 10 GB of free space and an additional 10 GB as a buffer to avoid going under 10 GB.

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