IMove projects moved to diffferent ext HD, music no longer attached

I previously had iMovie projects, iMovie events and iTunes on the same external HD. Ran out of room and moved iMovie events and projects to a new external HD. iTunes was left on the old one.
Now the music is no longer attached to my iMovie projects. Is there a way to tell iMovie where to go get the music without having to reattach it all?
Thanks in advance for any help!!!
Message was edited by: Moodymom

{quote:title=Fish Eye wrote:}I need the best and easiest way to get iTunes to see where my music is on my new External Hard Drive?{quote}
{quote:title=Jolly Giant wrote:}before trying to give advice, please let us know exactly what you did.{quote}
JGG
{quote:title=Fish Eye wrote:}I am not sure if you were paying attention, but I did post a question at the end? So are you willing to help or just jump to conclusions?
I need the best and easiest way to get iTunes to see where my music is on my new External Hard Drive?{quote}

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