How do I move my iTunes media/install to a new internal hard drive?

The Seagate hard drive that stores my Windows 7 OS and my iTunes media library is dying a slow death. I list the hard drive manufacturer because of my frustration with that company right now. (Buy WD !).
Anyway, I fresh installed iTunes and Windows 7 on another hard drive. Since I can sometimes get to the Seagate drive, I copied my existing iTunes media library from the dying Seagate drive to the new WD drive. I went in to iTunes preferences->advanced and changed the location of the iTunes media folder location (C:\iTunes\iTunes Media) to where I copied the original iTunes media folder. Everything is fine so far.
My two problems are these:
1. iTunes doesn't show me ANY of the audiobooks that I have purchased. Although, I haven't gone through all the music to verify, it does seem as though all purchased movies and music is accounted for. (movies and tv shows are available for streaming anyway).
2. When I check to sync my iPhone 4S with the iTunes library I get the nasty message that says "are you sure you want to remove your existing music, etc...fro this iPhone"? Even though I have reinstalled iTunes, it is still the same PC. How can I get iTunes to recognize that my iPhone syncs to the iTunes library "normally". Am I the only one who thinks iTunes shouldn't be so troublesome (like Windows is) ?
Thanks in advance for helping me with these issues!

Does anyone know how / if I can get an Apple support person to help with this problem? Do I need to go to the Apple store?

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