ITunes filling up the ole Drive...

My primary drive is filling up with all the songs I recovered after a recent PC crash.
I'm looking to install a "slave" 500Gig HD in the slot underneath the primary. In the past I found out how to point iTunes "Media" folder to an alternate spot on a removable mass storage drive, but I want to use an internal HD and do it right. If I use that same method will I be able to point all new iTunes music downloaded to the new hard-drive?
Clear as mud?
Hooah...my Brothas.

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