MOVING iTUNES FROM OLD EXTERNAL DRIVE TO NEW EXTERNAL DRIVE

My iTunes folder is currently on an old exHD, and I want to move the folder to my new exHD. I tried "Consolidate," but it froze during the operation (twice). Then I dragged the folder to the new exHD and it copied it perfectly. But iTunes still reads from the old exHD. How do I get iTunes to read from the new drive so that I can trash the old folder on the old drive?

Firstly, are you sure that it's actually copied the file?
Right / Crtl click the song in itunes and select 'get info'
Select the summary tab, and under where, it should tell you the location. If it's not on your hard disk then delete itunes of the songs you imported and do the following:
select preferences (either under file, or tools, I can't remember on windows version of itunes)
Select advanced
Tick 'copy files to itunes music folder when copying'
Tick 'keep itunes folder organised'
This will ensure that your music is stored locally.
Now, drag your old itunes folder into itunes and it will copy them all.

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