Moving Library and only 1/2 the tunes were copied

Hello all,
I followed the instructions here (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364) to move my iTunes media folder on a USB drive F:, to the default location under <user>\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media. It only copied 1/2 of my music, that I can tell. Now I have music on C and F which, of course, means when I unplug my USB I dunno which tunes I'll have.
How do I get the rest of the music into the correct location without losing all the metadata.
Thanks!
David

Nevermind...apparently it just need to be told to Consolidate again.

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