How to move the library

Hi,
I need to move my Itunes library from my harddrive to my external harddrive in order to save some space. How and what exactly files do I have to move to my external harddrive?
Thanks you all

I am trying to move my iTunes Library to my new Time Capsule drive. I followed the instructions in the "Moving Your iTunes Folder" pdf you referred to. When I came back several hours later, the consolidation seemed to be finished but there seem to be two problems:
1. The sized of the new folder is only about 10% of the size of the original folder (5 GB vs 40 GB).
2. Only the music files seem to in the new location. No database or Album art was moved.
I'm now concerned that anything I do could screw things up. What should I do next.

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Very simply:
D:\Music\iTunes is where the library is stored
D:\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music is where music is stored.
I want to change the location of the library to:
D:\iTunes
I don't care about the library content and I can move music files anywhere I want without any issue.
No matter what I do iTunes builds it's database in the D:\Music\iTunes folder.
This shouldn't be so hard to do that even Apple technical product support specialist have to escalate the issue for results... I'm still waiting for a reply.
Thanks in advance for any reply.

The riddle gets deeper.
Uninstall and Reinstall doesn't allow you to point to a new location again. It did when I first installed because it's not in a default location.
So I think to myself.. it's on the D: drive.. I assigned a differetn drive letter, M:, rebooted and launched iTunes. It says it can't find OR create the folder and doesn't launch.
So with the new drive letter I uninstall and reinstall again hoping it would allow me to select the location.
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Hello TWBuddha,
You can use the directions listed in the following article, under "External drive." Just pick up at 'Part 5.'
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
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Hi ahmedmagdyelrasheedy,
It is not clear what library you are trying to move, but if you are running out of space on your internal hard drive the most likely culprits are your iTunes music and your iPhoto library. Either of these can be moved to an external hard drive making room on the internal.
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To move the iTunes music see this article -
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Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive...
Full Details Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
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The title is a bit misleading. This is actually related to a previous discussion I started but never got any feedback on.
Here is the situation:
I have iTunes Match.
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I decided to move the library to a new location (different external hard drive).
I completely uninstalled iTunes and all Apple software from pc. (yes, i have a mac but easier to keep this on the desktop).
I reinstalled iTunes, but something is still there, because my library immediately showed up. I turned off iTunes Match, updated the preferences to point to the new location and turned iTunes Match back on.
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The big problem this causes is that, as I add music, it's impossible to tell what is really physically there and what needs to be downloaded.
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Thanks Cander.
I've been syncing my iPod this way since I first got my 3Gen iPod a few years ago (i'm on my 4th ipod) - and I know they've made improvements to iTunes.
Is there a better way to achieve what I wanna do with just 1 computer?
Is there a way to manage 2 or 3 iPods on 1 computer using seperate "itl" or "xml" files for each iPod's library?
As it is now, I still have to go to My wife's computer and "add files or folders" to her library to get the newest tracks to add to her library - and over the network, it could take a full day If I did the whole library. Instead I write down what I've added on my Mac and just go through on her computer and add those folders.
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Can I have 3 seperate data files that manage the preferred tracks for 3 different iPods?
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