Exclamation mark-will they go on ipod?

hey,
i have just bought an external hard drive, and i have my music on there, and on my computer.
however i would like to delete it off my computer nad just keep it on the external hard drive.
i am getting exclamtion marks by my songs, as iTunes must be having a problem finding my external hard drive, even though i have moved my iTunes music library...i think it is the fault of the external hard drive
so i would like to know if the songs with the exclamation mark will go onto my ipod, will still go onto my ipod?does the exclamation mark just mean that they dont play in iTunes?
thank you for your help!

Hannah,
You need to move the music files back to where they were and then move the Library using iTunes (see below). Otherwise your Library will be severly broken.
If you want to make another drive (direct or portable) on your PC the main music location for iTunes, move all song files there, as well as any future imported music from CDs, here is one method (see the links below):
You will maintain your playlists, ratings, comments, etc. This will only move your music folders location, NOT your iTunes program files or the Library database files. It is my opinion that programs (i.e. – iTunes) work better when installed on your main hard drive. At the very least, it makes it easier to manage all your programs if they are centrally located on one hard drive (the Windows default standard).
See these links for some step-by-step info:
iLounge: Moving your iTunes Library to a New Hard Drive
MacMuse: iTfW: Move iTunes music/Library to new drive
iTunes: Moving your iTunes Music folder
If you are moving the music to an external hard drive or network drive, after the transfer (and to work correctly), the drive must be running prior to your opening iTunes. If not, iTunes will reset the location of your music folder location to the default location (usually: ‘C:\...My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music’). If this happens, you need to manually change the path back to your external location, or future CD ‘Imports’ will be deposited on your internal HD.
Also make sure that the new drive always loads as the same Drive Letter, otherwise you will lose the references within iTunes.

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