Locating Files HELP!!!

I have just bought a new Lacie External Harddrive and i have moved all of my iTunes music files out of my Harddrive and put them in the external harddrive. Now when I go to play music it asks me to locate the files. Is there any way I can save myself the countless days it will take me to lcate all of my 5000 songs.
Thank you in advance.

Hi Dion,
I've just done that here. I moved the /Users/ me /Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/ folder that had all the artists onto the external dive and then changed iTunes preferences Advanced, General to tell it where the new location was and it just worked.
So if you just drag the 'iTunes Music' folder across that should do it?
Regards,
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