Changing iTunes File Locations

Greetings,
This is probably a simple question that's been answered hundreds of times, but I can't seem to find it. I just want to move my music files from the "My Music" folder (and all subfolders) to a new external drive. Aside from manually moving the folders over and changing the default location setting in iTunes, is there anything else I need to do?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
--- Gary
HP Pavilion 9795c, HP Media Center 673n, and Toshiba Satellite 2405-S201 Windows XP

Hi, Gary.
Have a look at this article in the Apple Knowledge Base.

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