Can't find my music on a new computer

I recently got a new computer and I am having trouble 'finding' my music. I keep my music on an external hard drive, and had no problem getting my playlists on my new computer, but whenever I try to play a song it keeps searching in my 'my music' folder on my C: drive, not on my external. In my 'properties' I did change my Itunes music folder location to the correct folder on my external harddrive, but this did not help. Each time I try to play a song it can't be found because Itunes is searching for 'my music' in my C: drive. Please help.

Your music will only be here you put it.
It does not magically apppear on a new computer.
If for some reason you have failed to maintain a backup copy, not good, then you can redownload some itunes purchases in some countries:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

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