Moving iTunes to new PC with different drive structure

Hi
I have just purchased a new laptop. My current Windows 7 laptop has iTunes in the default file locations c:\users\username\music\itunes etc.
My new laptop however has a partitioned disk with d: being the data drive. I have copied all the iTunes folders to the d:\ drive and set this as the media folder in iTunes.
I have tried copying the old library files across to the new PC but iTunes fails to find the files, and even after manually resetting a few files still doesn't recognise the new location.
For info, the new c: drive is not big enough to hold the entire iTunes media so I can't put it there and then move.
Any ideas how to get iTunes to recognise the media in the d: drive and keep my library intact. At nearly 350gb of video and audio I really don't want to lose it, and after 2 days of trying am tearing my hair out.
Thanks for any help.
Rob.

Copy your entire iTunes folder from C:\Users\<Username>\Music\iTunes on the old laptop to D:\iTunes on the new one. Hold down shift as you start iTunes and keep holding until asked to choose or create a library. Click choose. Navigate to D:\iTunes\iTunes Library.itl. That should be it.
Since you've already copied over the media you can probably save some time by copying over a fresh copy of the files in the iTunes folder (inc. the Album Artwork folder) and then move the iTunes Media folder into the correct place inside iTunes.
tt2

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I DON'T MIND DRAGGING THINGS OVER; TH PROBLEM IS, WHEN I TRY TO PLAY PLAYLISTS AFTER MOVING STUFF TO THE NEW DRIVE, EVERY SONG WILL ASK "FILE NOT FOUND--WOULD YOU LIKE TO LOCATE IT?" WITH 50,000 mp3s, it will take forever to rebuild all my playlists. Is there a way to have iTunes search a new drive and recognize the songs as being the same as the ones on the old drive, so you don't have to do this manually?
Also, if I do use the 'consolidate library' approach-- what happens if I drag all my other music folders into my itunes folder manually on the old drive, then try consolidate--will it copy EVERYTHING over to the new drive, or only the stuff that was in the iTunes music folder on the old drive from the beginning (since everything else I used "add to library' but not 'copy to itunes music folder'.
iTunes should have some more built in utility options to allow it to find everything in the library when it moves to a new drive, even if one chooses to keep music in a different format than the 'itunes music folder' approach. .

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