Itunes has renamed and reordered all of my music files. Why? can I undo it?

Sorry, I posted this in 'windows' by mistake...
I moved my music library from an ext drive to an int drive. Then I clicked "add to library" in iTunes [7.2(34)]. My target is the int drive, no files to be copied in my iTunes music folder. It uses too much memory (double!). When it was all done, most of the folders had been renamed and moved around. It will play through iTunes, but when I want to find an artist or album on the hard drive, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. What happened and how can I either undo it, or prevent it from happening again if I go to my backup drive and start over again.

iTunes should only do this if the options are set in the itunes preferences.
The check box is Keep iTunes Music Folder Organized.
iTunes will organize files by artist>album
The next check box is Copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library.
Does just what it says.
The first checkbox is the one that does what you described.

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