My Itunes keeps changing the drive I store files on to C:, But I want it on another drive

I am trying to move my Itunes Library to a different drive on my computer.  I even uninstalled and reinstalled Itunes onto another drive on my computer.  However no matter how I set it up, the songs and videos etc keep getting saved on C: not the drive I designate for it.
So I have 4.5 GB of data on itunes that should be on a different drive.
I can't upload any more music or anything until I move it to a different drive.
I've searched the internet High and Low and have not been able to find a solution that works.

No, an external drive will not always be mounted. If the drive goes to sleep, it can unmount, or it may unmount for other reasons. As Chris said, confim that the drive is mounted and active before launching iTunes.
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