How do I keep my library settings the same after importing?

Hi.
I have organized my whole itunes library down to the gritty upper/lowercase characters of the song names (due to my compulsive nature), and want to keep all my settings for later on when i backup my information as well as import it in the future.
When i delete my library (just the itunes library in the actual program, not the actual hard data in the music folder under users) and then import it again, it always restores back to the original setting that was before i edited all the imformation. Is there a way to make the actual hard data in my folders (deep within the harddrive) a replica of my library? (which includes, song names, artists, albumns, composers, etc.)
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer
-Denny
P.S. I don't know whether or not to "re-create" the library as i found on the other support topic. I'm so afraid that it'll mess up my library again!

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