Moving itunes library to mobile hdd?

i moved the complete library to another place, and wnat itunes to recognize the new folder as the home folder. and the plasylists should also be recognized.
on my mac, i just change the adress of my home music folder. this option doesn't seem to work on the windows pc i'm trying to do this.
help anyone?
cheers!

If you moved the files outside of iTunes, then iTunes will lose the references, Playlists, Ratings and other matadata.
You'll need to move the files back to where they were originally, then transfer the files to the ExHD using iTunes. See the correct process below.
If you want to make another drive (direct or portable) on your PC the main music location for iTunes, move all song files there, as well as any future imported music from CDs, here is one method (see the links below):
You will maintain your playlists, ratings, comments, etc. This will only move your music folders location, NOT your iTunes program files. It is my opinion that programs (i.e. – iTunes) work better when installed on your main hard drive. At the very least, it makes it easier to manage all your programs if they are centrally located on one hard drive (the Windows default standard).
See these links for some step-by-step info:
iLounge: Moving your iTunes Library to a New Hard Drive
MacMuse: iTfW: Move iTunes music/Library to new drive
iTunes: Moving your iTunes Music folder
If you are moving the music to an external hard drive or network drive, after the transfer (and to work correctly), the drive must be running prior to your opening iTunes. If not, iTunes will reset the location of your music folder location to the default location (usually: ‘C:\...My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music’). If this happens, you need to manually change the path back to your external location, or future CD ‘Imports’ will be deposited on your internal HD.
Also make sure that the new drive always loads as the same Drive Letter, otherwise you will lose the references within iTunes.

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