Getting iTunes to "repoint" to Maxtor Harddrive

Hi
I bought a 300gb Maxtor today, my own PC only has 80gb and I have run out of memory. I want to move all my photos to the Maxtor, that is no problem. However, does anybody know how I can get iTunes to "point" there instead of currently to my hard drive? Thanks in advance

Go to "Edit"
"Preferences"
"Advanced"
and then edit the location for Ipod to look. At least that is the way I did it when I added an external.
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