ITunes doesn't know where all my tunes are

I keep my music on an external HD. WHich crapped out. So I copied the songs from the ipod to a new music folder on my computer's HD (making sure itunes knew where it was via preferences). Then when I got a new external HD I copied it all across and reset itunes preferences. But I still get a lot of those grey exclamation marks and the itunes question 'do you want to locate the file'. It seems the folder structures differ from external HD to internal HD. SO I tried 'consolidate library'. Now all I have is thousands and thousands of duplicates in each folder that I will definitely go bonkers if I have to clean them all out manually.
1. How to easily get rid of all those duplicates?
2. How to make the library file look for and find all the tunes that currently escape it?
HELP! I am going daft! Anyone with any ideas? My music is a mess. Luckily the pod is up to date. Should I just chuck everything away and go with what's on the pod?
Aidan

i've had so many of these problems. i now know that the ITunes software just doesn't like changing file addresses, it basically can only 'remember' the original one. so, if you move your file from PC HD to EXT HD it just goes 'BLAAAH wots my name again'.
i've gotta be honest and say that i can only suggest, resetting all your music from the EXT HD. however, i've been in this situation as have others i've talked to, and although i don't know how, thngs have kinda righted themselves for no reason as i've been messing around......i know that sounds mad but i and others have commented on it.
now, i have learnt to download/rip automatically to the EXT HD, so that a lot of these problems are alleviated in the future.

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