Moved library to ext. disk, trouble ensued

Since I moved my itunes music folder to an external disk drive, I've had serious problems getting the ipod to mount. Usually itunes goes non-responsive and I have to shut down. I went through the Rs and Restored. Since then, on the few occasions when I have been able to access the ipod through itunes, it has not transferred all of the songs in the library from the external disk--stopping after a while with an error. I've even tried and failed to reassign the ipod a different disk letter through control panel under computer management. Any advice would be much appreciated!

Hi,
I checked out that website and hubby (who did it for me) said that he did everything except click on the "consolidate library" step.
I tried it again but it didn't help so.... maybe it helps if you follow that link step by step and do it all at the same time, but if you've already started, then it's too late.
Well, I know what I'm doing for the next few days!
Thanks for trying anyway. Maybe next time I'll check here before I do anything!
Thanks again.

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