How do you find multiple original files in itunes? Many threads no answer

I tried looking through a lot of topics that had similar problems but haven't run across an answer yet. I am trying to locate original files for itunes. The library is directed to an external HD. The files are in the HD and I can 'find' them one at a time. As with others on this forum, I don't want to do it individually. Any one know an easy way to point to the music folder for all the titles?.
I actually have the whole library on a travel drive as well and it seems to find them there. If the travel drive is unplugged, then it cannot find the original. I'm guessing that there is a path that needs to be followed and yet in the advanced prefs it is pointing correctly.

*Don't move any media* until your library is working reliably.
My experience is that you can move the "library" files (outside the red box) anywhere and provided the "content" (inside the red box) stays put iTunes will find the files. You can also move the library as a whole, "library" & "content", when nested as shown. Typically when people run out of room they follow a guide which explains how to relocate the content only using iTunes to manage the shift. This has two drawbacks, first iTunes can sometimes fail to complete the operation leading to an unstable library and second it complicates things when unxpected system changes occur.
You might find your existing library and content will reconnect if you edit the location of the iTunes Media folder in preferences to the current location, close iTunes and reopen.
iTunes 9 will work perfectly well with files in the older layout. If you "upgrade" to *iTunes Media Organisation* it should reorgainse the files, but similar caveats obtain. If iTunes crashes while moving the files about (as has heppened to others posting here) then repairing things is complicated. The automated process also fails to rename *iTunes Music* to *iTunes Media*
Again, from my own tests and when properly nested, iTunes will accept the renaming of the *iTunes Music* folder as *iTunes Media* and update the iTunes Media folder preference automatically. If that works and you then close & reopen iTunes and everything still works normally, you can try pushing an Artist folder into iTunes\Media\Music. I think it works, but I manage the structures inside iTunes Media manually & I don't have time to test it just now. If iTunes doesn't llike any step you take just put things back where the were. You can always let iTunes manage the iTunes Media Organsiation upgrade if you have a decent backup and can restore.
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