How to move ALL my iTunes stuff to a new installation...

Hi there! I have an iTunes library with songs, videos, and PDFs and I want to back it up and move it to my new computer. So I have two partitions on my HDD... I keep all the stuff in a folder on the D:. I then format the C: drive, move the "iTunes" folder out of "My Music" and install iTunes (creating a new/fresh iTunes folder). Now how do I get all of my music, videos, and PDFs back into iTunes? I know how to get the music and videos... (pref - copy music to iTunes library setting). What about the PDFs?
Any ideas? This applies to both my PC and my PowerBook.
Thanks,
Keith

The easiest method is to 'clone' the current data and move it to the exact same location on the new PC.
Make note of the exact path of the music files, photos, and other items. Copy them to the same drive letter and path on the new PC as they are currently. Also make a copy of the 'iTunes Library.itl' file and use that for your iTunes database file once you install iTunes on the new PC (you'll need to copy the old ITL file over the just created one on the new PC).
You may also consider copying the two 'iTunes.pref' files that are in your 'C:\Documents and Settings' sub-folder (do a search for them).
Done correctly, it will completely clone your current PC status onto the new PC.
That's the simple explanation. Implementing it can be difficult and takes some care to get it right.

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