ITunes changed my music folders

Hi,
I just installed itunes and added my 70GB music to my library/playlist but i forgot to uncheck the "Edit iTunes Music folder" (?) I don't know if it is that in english, because my iTunes is in dutch.
You can find that option at: Edit > Preference (shortcut ctrl+,) > Advanced. I changed my iTunes map to my music folder, but as i told before, forgot to uncheck the "Edit iTunes Music folder". So now all my music is sorted in different folders, what i don't want. Is there an options to undo that? I really hope there is, otherwise i need to organise my 70GB of music again.
Greetings,
Dosed

Don't waste your vacation! Just listen to the music in iTunes. Don't look at the folder structure. Use the iTunes Browse feature (ctrl-b) and all the various search capabilities to view your music instead of just files.
(hate to see anyone waste a vacation day)

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