Importing songs from hard drives

I have songs on my hard drive that already are separated into various categories and files for ease of reference.
is there any way to import these songs into itunes and keep them in the files in which they are already separated into?
for example, i have an oldies file on my hard drive. when i import that file into itunes, all the songs go into the general library. i then have to create a playlist in itunes and hunt for those songs to recreate the file on my hard drive as a playlist. is this the only way to maintain the files in itunes in the manner i already have them on my hard drive?

Open iTunes, Select FILE, Select ADD FILE or ADD FOLDER to LIBRARY, when the box opens search for your F: drive, locate you music, select all songs/folders you want to add and click OPEN.
Let us know if this works for you.

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