Hard Drive Crash - How Do I Restore Purchased Media?

The boot drive (C:) of my PC / Windows XP computer has crashed and I am in the process of installing a brand new boot drive. Although key components of iTunes is located on the C: drive, the entire music / video library, including a number of purchased videos and music is located on a separate (and functional) hard drive (G:). I will be installing the new drive shortly (operating system and core applications such as iTunes, iTunes updater and Quick Time). Although I think I should be able to link my existing music / video library to iTunes on the new C: drive, I'm concerned that I might encounter problems with the purchased music / videos. I would appreciate any tips / guidance on the best way to proceed with seting up iTunes and the iPod on the system.
Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Scott Stevenson

I am delighted to say that everything has gone well. I initially downloaded the latest versions of iPod updater and iTunes. I installed iTunes and imported the existing (+6,000 selections) from their location on the destop unit's data drive, and then ran the updater which, by the way, updated the iPod software on my iPod unit. I then synced the iPod with iTunes and responded yes to the question asking if I wanted to link to the "new" music library. Initially, all selections EXCEPT the purchased media transferred to the iPod. I then played one of the the purchased songs, which launched the new "authorization" process (I assume this was needed becasue of the newly installed BOOT DRIVE), which painlessly set the "new" system as the SECOND of FIVE computers authorized to play my purchased media. A second syncing round with the iPod moved all the purchased media onto the device (as you expected).
All in all, this was quite simple, and behaved exactly as one would expect.
Thanks again for the quick response and the "right on target" advice.
Regards

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