Moving iTunes to New Laptop

I have read a few tutorials on moving your iTunes library to a new computer and while I generally understand the process and restriction, I have a bit of a unique situation.
Old laptop = Windows XP Pro SP2 with iTunes program and library etc in default locations (C:\My Music).
New laptop = Windows 7 Ultimate with 2 partitions on HDD and I want all media content (iTunes Media Folder) to reside on partition D: but the actual iTunes program on partition C:
So far I have downloaded iTunes to my new laptop and authorized it so it resides on C: in the default location, gone into advanced setting and changed the media path to D:\My Music and then copied the iTunes folder (complete) from my old laptop to a portable USB HDD.
This is where I am stuck. Do I just copy the iTunes Music folder from within the iTunes folder on my portable HDD to D:\My Music on my new laptop or do I have to do something more?
I know the old iTunes Library.itl file contains information on where iTunes should look for the music and of course right now it is pointing to C:\My Music. So by changing the default setting of iTunes in the new laptop to look in D:\My Music, will it automatically find all my music or will this really screw things up?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive/

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