Final Cut File Migration/Offline Reconnections Question

Howdy!
I have a 2 hour film with over a thousand associated files I'm editing. Because he's concerned about some erratic behavior the drive has been exhibiting lately, the director wants me to move all the files to a new terabyte drive.
Here's my question: First, is there an easier way than manually looking for every single file and then copying it over? Is there something within Final Cut that will allow me to tell it, "Copy all necessary files to 'x'?"
Second: I copied a large portion of the files over to a new drive already in one attempt, and thereafter tried to open the original Final Cut project file again. When I opened it, the files were, of course, offline. When I went to reconnect them, it wouldn't let me tell it to just search the new drive for those files. When I click on "search" it just gives me the "I'm not gonna do that" sound. So is it impossible to have it autosearch the new drive for the offline media? Or will I have to manually reconnect everything now that it's been moved?

Media Manager. It's available from FCP's File menu bar item. MM will consolidate your entire project and associated media into a single folder to a locvation of your choosing.
I find it to be pretty much self explanatory but it is covered in detail in the manual -just in case.

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