How do I change the folder location

All my ipod touch music and videos are on my computers hard drive. They are taking up too much room and I want to move them to an external hard drive. How the heck do I do this?
Thanks.

There is an outline on how to do this under ITUNES --> help check :
"Changing where your iTunes files are stored"
I would first backup all music and video files before doing this process.
Changing where your iTunes files are stored
-------------------------from above help file from itunes --------------------------------------
By default, songs and other files you import into iTunes are placed here:
My Documents/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music
To change the default location of imported files:
Choose Edit > Preferences and click Advanced.
Click Change and select a new location for your files.
From now on, new songs and other items you import will be stored in the new location. Songs you've already imported stay in their current location.
To restore the iTunes Music folder as the default storage location, click Reset (in the Advanced pane of iTunes preferences).
To move already-imported files to a new location (for example, a different folder on your hard disk, or a different computer), follow the instructions above and then quit iTunes. Select everything in the iTunes Music folder and drag the files to the new location (don't drag the entire iTunes Music folder, only its contents). For information about finding out where individual audio files are stored, search help for "finding files."
For more tips on transferring files between computers, click the links below.

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