Moved Library some files not found, what next?

Just moved my Library and renamed it. Tested it and conclude that 30% of my music files seemed to reside in 2nd Library which I removed (after backing up). These files can no longer be found by iTunes. I can restore the backup and try to locate the files, but that would return me to a double library files structure whic I would like to avoid.
So my question is: How do I best consolidate my library?
Is this right?:
1) Restore backup Library to New disk and Folder location (i.e. physically add the files to the structure)
2) Locate the files by trying to play again and opting to locate when prompted.
OR
Use the consolidate function once I have restored.
(I donlt quite understand what the consolidate function does - though it sounds like its just the right tool)
Thanks for any advise on this before I proceed...
P.S. Yes I did opt not to consolidate during the move process when prompted by the iTunes system. That may have been a mistake...

It's probably easier to just drag them back into your itunes library, and delete the references to the ones from the C: drive.
Otherwise you will have to locate each song's new path.
As you've discovered, it's a bad idea to move file locations outside of itunes. It stores the absolute path to each file, so if it changes, it can't find it.

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