Moving music to second drive - keeping iTunes on same computer

I am going to move my iTunes music to another drive on the same Windows XP computer I have now. I will keep the iTunes base location (library file) on my current location and will only move the music itself. I'll change the itunes option to point to the new music location. I don't want to lose my playlists. Will this work?

#1 Create a new folder on another drive that will hold your music in future
#2 In iTunes preferences Advanced point the music folder location to this new folder
#3 From iTunes Menu Advanced choose: "Consolidate Library..."
Now all your audio tracks will be copied to that new location.
Check if everything went fine - then you may delete your old "iTunes Music" folder.
Don't touch or move your "Library" files!
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